Everyone deserves to have opportunities to recreate outdoors and to have safe, welcoming and inclusive experiences on trail. If there’s one thing we know — it’s that trails and access to the outdoors are a must-have.
Unfortunately, outdoor spaces are not safe or accessible for everyone, nor is our state’s hiking community always as welcoming or inclusive as it should be.
With your help, we want to change that.
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We need your help to ensure more people have access to the benefits of time spent in nature. Your donations make this work possible. You can also help by educating yourself on the issues, supporting our partner organizations and speaking up for public lands.
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