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Our Advocacy Mission
The Issaquah Alps Trails Club has always been more than a hiking club. From its earliest days twenty years ago, the club has been a voice for the protection of not only trails but the open spaces through which they run, achieving massive victories with the creation of Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park and Tiger Mountain State Forest.

The advocacy work of the club is ongoing, and takes many forms:
  1. Protecting public open space and parks from improper use and the impacts of nearby development
  2. Negotiating and working with developers to secure trails and open space within their projects
  3. Working with public agencies and private landowners to secure more acreage for the parklands of the Issaquah Alps
The club has official appointed advocates for each area in the Alps, but your help and voice is often needed to back them up! The more people who speak up for the protection of trails and open space, the stronger and more effective our collective voice will be.

REGIONS
What You Can Do
  1. Join our activist email lists. The club runs a general list for all important advocacy issues at: activist list.
  2. Donate to the club and receive our newsletter, the Alpiner, which will keep you abreast of important issues.
  3. Visit the club website to see a list of current issues.
  4. Come to the clubs monthly board meetings (4th Monday of February, May, August and November, 7-9 P.M., at the Issaquah Trail Center, 1st and Bush streets) to learn more about important issues and how you can help.
  5. Subscribe to the Issaquah Press and the Newcastle News, two great sources of information about local developments. Attend the announced public hearings and/or write letters to local officials.
  6. Environmental Impact Studies on local developments are often available for review and public comments within certain time frames are welcome.
Please help be a part of our advocacy.

IATC Webmaster | Updated: 08/27/7