Washington'S National Park Fund

“The draft 990 will be provided to the finance committee for review and then forward to the entire board prior to it being filed.”

“Officers, directors, and employees are required to submit a statement that lists any potential conflicts on an annual basis.”

“The board used an outside search firm that also provided guidance on the proper compensation package for the new ceo.”

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“Our mission is to raise funds to preserve and enhance the natural beauty, cultural heritage, and recreational opportunities of mount rainier, north cascades, and olympic national parks so that they remain vibrant, thriving ecosystems and cherished destinations for future generations.”

“Washington's national park fund is the official philanthropic partner of washington state's three largest national parks. Our mission is to raise funds to preserve and enhance the natural beauty, cultural heritage, and recreational opportunities of mount rainier, north cascades, and olympic national parks so that they remain vibrant, thriving ecosystems and cherished destinations for future generations. Our vision is for washington's national parks to ignite a deep sense of wonder and awe in the hearts of all who experience them.”

“Olympic national park funding: all of the olympic national parks priority projects were funded including (1) an internship program within the park specifically for local tribal youth; (2) avalanche education and training for first responders; (3) recreational experiences for young people in partnership with the boys and girls club of the olympic peninsula; (4) night sky interpretative events at hurricane ridge for visitors; (5) olympic park citizen science project to assess long-term marmot trends; (6) volunteer efforts at the matt albright native plant nursery which is essential to revegetation and restoration efforts; (7) an interactive art exhibit featuring 300 elk sculptures which combined art with science to inspire discussion around environmental stewardship; and, (8) much needed trail maintenance throughout the park.”

“North cascades national park funding: several priority projects were supported at north cascades national park. These included the food sustainability project to provide educational outdoor experiences, place-based learning, native plant education, and food sustainability for k-12 students and community members through partnerships between the national park service, lummi nation, and darrington school district. Other funded projects and items included (1) rangers and volunteers educating the visitors about recreating safely in bear habitat, bear biology, and protection and stewardship of bears and their habitat; (2) the purchase and installation of additional bear boxes in the backcountry due to an increase of visitors and replacement of older, dilapidated units; (3) studying whitebark pine that are resistant to disease when others aren't; and, (4) volunteers documenting butterfly species to detect the impacts of climate change.”