Founded in 1985 to Maintain, Restore, Nurture, Protect, and Appreciate the natural values of its namesake, Mount Rainier National Park Associates (MRNPA) welcomes you to our home page! On this site you will find information on issues affecting one of America's grandest national parks and how you can get involved in preserving and protecting this natural treasure.
Trail Reports
Mt. Rainier National Park can always use help in keeping up with problems on the trail and other issues. Visitors can help by letting them know what problems they see. As you spend time at the park enjoying the beauty of its magnificent mountain scenery you might see things that could use attention. Has a tree fallen across the trail? Is there debris on the trail causing you or others to go off the trail to avoid it? Has a part of the trail washed away? Is a foot log or bridge washed out or in need of repair?
Any of these problems can cause damage to the surrounding area and potential harm to park visitors. You can help to keep the park safe and enjoyable to you and others by reporting these problems to us so that we can let the park know about them. We have an online form that you are free to use. Filling in the form is voluntary and any information you provide will not be used for any other purpose than for what it is intended. Click the link below to open the form.
Trail Report Form
2011 work project season has ended.
Visit our Work Projects page for information about the 2012 season. Dates will be posted when they are available. You can still follow us here for current park information and special functions we may be involved in. You can still fill in our volunteer form during the off season to contact us with questions and comments, or to be added to our email list that will get any news of interest right to your inbox. When filling out the form for non work project issues just use the current date in the project date box.
The latest work project details have been posted on October 16, 2011. Click here to view the details.
(NOTE: You can still fill out our form if you would like to be added to our email list. If you are not signing up for a specific work date but want to be on the email list, use the current date you are filling out the form in the work project date field.)
Images.
We have an extensive image gallery of our past work parties that can be viewed at mount-rainier.smugmug.com/.
We have added a video gallery at our Smugmug site. As we collect videos from our work parties they will be added to the video gallery.
Many in our group spend a lot of time out in the park hiking and backpacking. You can view their contributions at our "Image Gallery" page.
Blog.
We have a public blog page available to view that will include news and information we feel you would be interested in. We welcome any comments and information you may have so feel free to leave comments on our welcome post anytime. We do reserve the right to remove any inappropriate comments. You can also send us comments from our Contact Us page.
Mount Rainier National Park sends out press releases on occasion. We will post a copy of those releases on our blog for you to view and comment on.
Check out our blog page often!
*NEW POST Feb 10, 2012* Mt. Rainier issued a press release regarding road work on the Nisqually Road. Go to our Blog Page to view the release.
F.A.Q's.
Visit our FAQ page for answers to some frequently asked questions.
Board Members
Board Meetings
February 24
April 13
June 15
August 24
December 21
Annual Meeting
The 2012 annual meeting date to be determined.
Board member Blog
Click here to visit our board member blog.
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Along the Trail of the Shadows in Longmire.
Photo by Rose Evans
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