Mission
TO PROTECT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND TO HELP THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO GAIN AN APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF ITS BEAUTY AND ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE. BY WORKING BOTH TO PRESERVE CRITICAL NATURAL RESOURCES AND TO TEACH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE AND NECESSITY OF MAINTAINING THOSE RESOURCES, THE ORGANIZATION HOPES TO EFFECT POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD.