About Us
CCC is led by Board of Directors: Curtis Sundquist (President), Sarah Cate, David Hagen, Phil Hoge, Becky Lang-Boyd, Kara Lolley, Ray Paolella, Mary Place, Mary Riehl, Katrina Strathmann, Bob Wahl, and Ann Willis.
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Members of the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy are people who appreciate the natural resources of our area and are determined to preserve precious areas for future generations. The organization has a Board of Directors who lead the effort. The history of the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy is one of vision and tenacious cooperation. The beauty and integrity of the natural landscape are our inspiration.
The mission of the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy is to promote a healthy future for our community by conserving our heritage of open space, scenic vistas, and riparian corridors from Yakima to the Cascade foothills with connected recreation trails and natural landscapes. A non-profit membership organization, CCC is particularly dedicated to preserving, enhancing and maintaining the essential features of shrub-steppe and riparian terrain within the Cowiche Creek and Naches River watershed areas in the Yakima Valley region of Washington State, including the Cowiche Canyon, its adjacent undeveloped uplands, and Snow Mountain Ranch.
Lands preserved by Cowiche Canyon Conservancy are a key component of a trail that is envisioned to stretch from Yakima to Mount Rainier (Tahoma). CCC is working in close partnership with the William O. Douglas Trail Foundation and others to accomplish this vision.
The conservancy manages public use of the area consistent with its capacity as a natural area. Public access is via an unpaved trail system.
None of the following are allowed in Cowiche Canyon Conservancy lands:
- motorized vehicles
- livestock grazing
- fires
- camping
- hunting or firearms
- roads
- man made dams
- construction of buildings
- mining, drilling or other ground disturbing activities
Please report any activities that do not comply with our stated management practices.