Read AAC's policy committee member Peter Metcalf's opinion piece in the Salt Lake Tribune.
"Ours is not a story of moneyed elites demanding rural oppression. It is the opposite. It is all of us coming together to protect access, enjoy, and profit off our shared lands and their natural features and resources. This is Utah’s story."
Check out the below letter of support written by the American Alpine Club's CEO Phil Powers, Board President Matt Culberson, and Board Member/Policy Committee Member Peter Metcalf.
“We must continue to persevere, to protect, and restore public lands, provide stewardship of the places that inspire us and guarantee responsible access to public lands and water.”
What does the Sustainable Summits Conference address?
Practical solutions to sustaining our mountain environments
Features talks, workshops, panel discussions, poster presentations, field trips and social events
Outstanding international presenters from Alaska, Austria, France, Nepal and New Zealand
Optional final day field trip exploring the Hooker Valley or glacier skiing in Aoraki/Mount Cook National park.
The 2016 conference follows two successful conferences in the USA in 2010 and 2014, organized and hosted by the New Zealand Alpine Club. The NZ conference is celebrating 125 years of NZ mountaineering in association with the New Zealand Department of Conservation and with the support of Ngāi Tahu, the Māori people of the southern islands of New Zealand.
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