Advocacy

Evergreen stands as the proud, unifying voice for all mountain bike riders across the state. Our roots are strong, born from a collective vision to transform a landscape of trail closures and limited riding opportunities around Seattle into a vibrant network for everyone.

Today, thanks to tireless advocacy and action, we celebrate hundreds of miles of incredible trails. But this is just the beginning. As the statewide representative, Evergreen is dedicated to constantly growing, protecting, and enhancing this priceless resource, ensuring a thriving future for mountain biking for generations to come.

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Evergreen Is the Voice of Washington’s Mountain Bike Community

Because we have more power when we work together to achieve a common goal, Evergreen acts as a single point of contact representing thousands of mountain bikers across Washington when working with land managers, politicians and other government agencies. We regularly team up with a variety of other organizations to work towards common goals of resource protection and recreational access.

Our goal is to protect the trails that we have, and continually push for new opportunities and access. Check out our History of Advocacy Success and a Timeline of Our Milestones.

Ensuring Washington Trails are Open and Rideable

Because it’s not enough to simply get, or protect, access to trails for mountain biking, we also do trail work. Last year Evergreen donated more than 10,000 volunteer hours to trail maintenance and building new trails. Our proven ability to plan, build and maintain sustainable trail goes a long way towards making us valuable and respected partner when it comes time to negotiate for trails and access. Learn more about our volunteer Trail Work Parties here.

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To continue to be successful, we need your help in making our collective voice stronger