Causes: Environment

Mission: To create, maintain, and protect sustainable mountain biking opportunities in Washington.

Target demographics: Mountain bikers of all ages, abilities and backgrounds looking to get out in nature, maintain access to public lands and create great riding around the state of Washington

Direct beneficiaries per year: Thousands of mountain bikers and the communities they live in throughout Washington state benefit from Evergreen's dedication to maintaining access to public lands, creating a strong community of volunteers dedicated to building and maintaining world class trail systems and providing education programs to get riders of all levels out and enjoying the natural world in an exciting and healthy way!

Geographic areas served: Eight chapters throughout Washington State (Central, Methow, Cascades to Sound, Westsound, East, Southwest, Cowlitz-Naches and Kittitas)

Programs: Trail work: evergreen organizes and coordinates volunteer "trail work parties" to build and improve trails and to maintain trails that have been damaged by severe weather and use over time in 2014.298 work parties were held with 2,597 volunteers (volunteer days) for an estimated 14,837 hours of volunteer work. Trail projects: trail maintenance was performed in 10 counties, 5 national forests, 9 ranger districts, 4 state parks, 2 dnr state forests, 4 county parks and 3 city parks. Examples close to seattle include significant re-builds of popular trails on tiger mountain, duthie hill, grand ridge, paradise valley, middle fork snoqualmie, black diamond open space, and south fork snoqualmie. Multi-day camp, ride and volunteer events along highway 410 near mt rainier, orcas island, mt st helens, kettle crest and mt osborne were hugely successful. Work included trail brushing and clearing to re-establish trail corridors, tread repair, erosion control, drainage improvements, bucking and clearing downed logs, repairing wash-outs, trail re-routes and building turnpikes and rock armored fords. These trail maintenance accomplishments are critical to keeping trails open for hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians. In 2014 evergreen staff and volunteers completed significant new trail construction projects at tiger mt in issaquah and swan creek park in tacoma. New trail construction projects at tiger mt and the black diamond open space were also started. A trail planning project which will lead to as much as 30 miles of new trails off hwy 18 in the raging river state forest was also completed

education: evergreen organizes a number of classes each year for beginning mountain cyclists. In addition, evergreen is involved throughout the year with many projects where evergreen representatives meet with the public and provide information regarding washington state mountain biking opportunities and information on responsible off-road cycling. Advocacy: evergreen educates and partners with public and private land managers and various other trail user group representatives regarding trail access, trail maintenance and responsible off-road cycling.

cycling community services: evergreen provides various other services to the washington state cycling association and the outdoor trail user community. These services include acting as a resource for general mountain biking, providing trail access information and facilitating rides through an interactive website. In 2014, group rides were initiated through this site. Rides were targeted to specific groups such as beginners, women, children and teens. Participants may join rides free of charge and membership in evergreen is not required. Washington student league mountain biking league for middle school and high school are youth with a focus on having fun and getting fit while learning leadership, stewardship and teamwork skills. The league participates in weekly rides from january through may and organizes 4 races during the season. Additionally, there are opportunities for participants to become involved in a leadership summit or become mentors.