The Issaquah Alps Trails Club is excited to welcome three new members to its board this March, Kelly Jiang, Mark Griffith, and Gaurav Sharma.
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The IATC is asking for your continued support in writing letters asking for the inclusion of wildlife passages, a summit interchange, and recreation considerations in the SR-18 redevelopment design.
This month advocacy leaders Steve Williams and Sally Lawrence presented the case for Save Coal Creek to an AP environmental science class in Bellevue.
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You may be an experienced hiker, or you just might be a novice to the trail. Whether or not you are just starting your hiking career, though, there are important things that every adventurer should know. Let’s break down the “Ten Essentials” to find out what they are and why we need them.
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To prepare for ultra races-- which can be 50, 100, or even 200 miles-long-- runners perform frequent high-mileage, multi-hour training sessions, which are difficult to schedule around nine-to-five jobs and families. Unlike some professional sports such as football, professional runners often still work full-time and must fit in their training before sunrise or late at night. For Seattle-area runners, the Issaquah Alps make this balance possible.
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This spring, King County is planning another “gap treatment” project in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park. This involves cutting down some broadleaf trees like red alder and bigleaf maple at seven different sites in the park to make room for new conifer trees.
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The current plan to rebuild the dam would increase the size of the dam and the amount of water it could be taken out of the ecosystem. This raises several key concerns about the project.
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If you are an insect, beware of the pileated woodpecker.
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After being delayed due to COVID-19, the Trailhead Ambassadors program is launching in March! Education and training materials will be released online and there will be a Zoom info-session on March 9th and 11th to help answer questions about this program.
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Outside of voting periods, ordinary citizens can have an extraordinary impact by reaching out to their government representatives. By phone, mail or email, you can make your voice heard by contacting your elected officials today.
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In February 2020, the IATC Board of Directors and Executive Director gathered for a strategic planning retreat. After many meetings, drafts, and and much valuable feedback from our leadership and community, the Board gave IATC’s first formal strategic plan its final approval.
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Our partners at Conservation Northwest are urging members of the Issaquah Alps Trails Club to take action to support the continuation of the Trust Land Transfer. This program has historically supported public lands such as Tiger Mountain. The trails club supports this effort and encourages its members to learn more and take action today by contacting your legislators.
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The Issaquah Alps Trails Club is proud to release its first annual report. Looking back on the year 2020, the organization faced many challenges, but we met those challenges head on and succeeded in our mission.
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The IATC Board has decided to move forward with the preparation and publication of a book covering the history of the Issaquah Alps Trails Club. We need your old club-related photographs.
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The City of Issaquah’s newly formed Environmental Board met for the first time this week with board members coming from several familiar organizations including the Trails Club itself and the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust.
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State Route 18 is undergoing improvements to help safely connect Maple Valley and the South Sound with Snoqualmie and the I-90 corridor. Unfortunately, while the current plan proposed by WSDOT this month tries to address important safety concerns, it does not include these recreation considerations.
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The IATC hosted a public forum on December 22nd to address the current engineering plan for the SR-18 project. IATC President David Dunphy presented on this project and then responded to audience questions. The following article highlights some key points discussed during that event. For more information on the SR-18 advocacy work that the IATC is doing please visit our advocacy page.
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The Issaquah Alps Trails Club is advocating for the inclusion of safe wildlife passages in the design for the expansion of SR-18, but why are these passages so important?
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Issaquah is on the map again - on the route of the coast-to-coast Great American Rail-Trail.
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