We are committed to Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:
We believe that access to nature is a human right and recognize that structural inequities impact participation in outdoor experiences. Through staff training, student financial support, and culturally responsive curriculum, we commit to providing greater access to inclusive nature experiences so that everyone can benefit from the healing power of nature.

We acknowledge that our program activities take place on the traditional homelands of indigenous people, including tribes and bands of Kalapuya, Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw, and Molalla peoples, who have lived and cared for this land since time immemorial. They were forcibly removed from their homelands and moved onto reservations by EuroAmerican colonizers. These tribes are still thriving today as part of two sovereign nations: the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. We commit to including land acknowledgements in our programs, strengthening relationships with tribal nations and Indigenous people, learning from Indigenous educators, and with permission, including Indigenous education and traditional ecological knowledge in our programs.