Western Resource Advocates fights climate change and its impacts to sustain the environment, economy, and people of the West. We respect the different needs of diverse people and partner with them to develop a shared vision for progress — one that advances communities while protecting biodiversity. Our team of policy experts, scientists, economists, and attorneys has a 30-year history of working where decisions are made, sweating the details, creating evidence-based solutions, and holding decisionmakers accountable. This on-the-ground work with policymakers and other advocates advances clean energy, protects air, land, water, and wildlife — and sustains the lives and livelihoods of the West. The climate issues facing the West are what WRA focuses on each and every day — at air quality boards who address air pollution, at public utility commissions who are managing the clean energy transition, in state legislatures and at state agencies where land and wildlife issues are deliberated. All comments on WRA posts are subject to review by the WRA team and may be removed at the team’s discretion. We reserve the right to moderate our comments section, replies, fan and follower lists, and posts to our pages as we see fit, and remove any comment for any reason we deem appropriate. https://westernresourceadvocates.org/social-media-comment-policy/

The American Animal Hospital Association is the only organization that accredits animal hospitals throughout the United States and Canada. AAHA-accredited veterinary hospitals are champions for excellent pet health care. They voluntarily choose to be evaluated on approximately 900 standards of veterinary care. Currently, over 3,600 small animal veterinary hospitals are accredited by AAHA. Consultants regularly visit these hospitals to ensure compliance with AAHA’s standards for services and facilities. Mission: Enhance the abilities of veterinarians to provide quality medical care to companion animals Enable veterinarians to successfully conduct their practices and maintain their facilities with high standards of excellence Meet the public's needs as they relate to the delivery of small animal veterinary medicine

NSAA's mission is to support members in their pursuit to operate thriving and sustainable businesses and deliver exceptional experiences. The National Ski Areas Association is the trade association for ski area owners and operators. It represents over 300 alpine resorts that account for more than 90 percent of the skier/snowboarder visits nationwide. Additionally, it has nearly 500 supplier members who provide equipment, goods and services to the mountain resort industry. NSAA analyzes and distributes ski industry statistics; produces annual conferences and tradeshows; produces a bimonthly industry publication and is active in state and federal government affairs. The association also provides educational programs and employee training materials on industry issues including OSHA, ADA and NEPA regulations and compliance; environmental laws and regulations; state regulatory requirements; aerial tramway safety; and resort operations and guest service. NSAA was established in 1962 and was headquartered in New York, NY. In 1989 NSAA merged with SIA (SnowSports Industries America) and moved to McLean, Va. The merger was dissolved in 1992 and NSAA was relocated to Lakewood, Colo., because of its central geographic location. NSAA is located in the same office building as the Professional Ski Instructors of America and the National Ski Patrol in Lakewood, Colo., a suburb west of Denver.

Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) collaborates with members and key stakeholder groups to move the needle in our key focus areas of outdoor recreation and trade policy, sustainable business innovation and outdoor participation while providing meaningful benefits to help your business thrive. Together we are a force for: Thriving Business – Advocating for the collective group on policy matters and business imperatives Thriving People – Building an equitable and inclusive outdoors Thriving Planet – Collaborative action to mitigate climate change disruption to our supply chains and to the outdoors

PeopleForBikes is uniting millions of individuals, thousands of businesses and hundreds of communities to make bike riding better for everyone. To learn more about PeopleForBikes and join, visit PeopleForBikes.org. Our playbook includes three simple strategies: Through our PlacesForBikes program we help communities quickly build better places to ride of all types. Our Community Grants Program provides financial support for some of these projects. Our Bike Network Analysis tool helps cities and towns identify and correct weak spots in their bike networks. Our first City Ratings program (going public in May) and our acclaimed PlacesForBikes Conference clearly show city leaders where their communities stand on bicycling, and help them improve quickly. We work with federal, state and local leaders to advance bike project funding and pro-bike laws. We develop Congressional champions. We monitor all 50 state legislatures and support the work of state and local advocacy groups. Our business members and individual backers speak up for bike riding in communities nationwide. As a result, government agencies have invested nearly $20 billion to build thousands of miles of new U.S. lanes, paths and trails in the last 20 years. We explain how people and places benefit from safe, accessible, convenient and fun bike rides. We research, measure and quantify the many positive outcomes of bicycling. We share best practices and success stories. When PeopleForBikes is successful, you enjoy good bike riding experiences and great things follow. People become healthier and happier, communities become better places to live, mobility improves, jobs are created and sustained, and businesses thrive. Everyone wins!

❄️THE SNOW PROS❄️ 📚Create Lifelong Adventures Through Education 🏔️Become a better on-snow teacher 💙Turn your passion into a profession #SnowPros PSIA-AASI, the Professional Ski Instructors of America and American Association of Snowboard Instructors is a nonprofit association dedicated to promoting skiing and snowboarding through instruction. PSIA-AASI has a combined membership of more than 32,500 members. PSIA-AASI establishes certification standards for ski and snowboard instructors and develops education materials to be used as the core components of most ski and snowboard school training. PSIA-AASI supports its members through research and development of instructional programs in alpine, telemark, and nordic skiing, snowboarding, and adaptive, children’s, and freestyle skiing and snowboarding.

Protect Our Winters is the environmental center point of the winter sports community. Founded by pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones in 2007, we are united towards a common goal of reducing climate change's effects on our sport and local mountain communities. With over 140,000 supporters worldwide, POW re-invests public and private contributions into educational initiatives, advocacy and supporting community-based initiatives that have tangible results.

The Chef Ann Foundation (formerly Food Family Farming Foundation, or F3) was founded in 2009 by Ann Cooper, an internationally recognized author, chef, educator, public speaker, and advocate of healthy food for all children. Chef Ann’s vision was to create an organization that helps schools take action so that every child has daily access to fresh, healthy food. Today, the Chef Ann Foundation (CAF) carries out that vision by actively supporting school districts nationwide through grant programs and by providing tried and tested tools for school food change. Want to bring healthy, scratch-cooked food into schools? Head over to SchoolFoodInstitute.org to learn more about becoming a leader in school food change. Three new courses launching fall 2018!

PeopleForBikes is uniting millions of individuals, thousands of businesses and hundreds of communities to make bike riding better for everyone. To learn more about PeopleForBikes and join, visit PeopleForBikes.org. Our playbook includes three simple strategies: Through our PlacesForBikes program we help communities quickly build better places to ride of all types. Our Community Grants Program provides financial support for some of these projects. Our Bike Network Analysis tool helps cities and towns identify and correct weak spots in their bike networks. Our first City Ratings program (going public in May) and our acclaimed PlacesForBikes Conference clearly show city leaders where their communities stand on bicycling, and help them improve quickly. We work with federal, state and local leaders to advance bike project funding and pro-bike laws. We develop Congressional champions. We monitor all 50 state legislatures and support the work of state and local advocacy groups. Our business members and individual backers speak up for bike riding in communities nationwide. As a result, government agencies have invested nearly $20 billion to build thousands of miles of new U.S. lanes, paths and trails in the last 20 years. We explain how people and places benefit from safe, accessible, convenient and fun bike rides. We research, measure and quantify the many positive outcomes of bicycling. We share best practices and success stories. When PeopleForBikes is successful, you enjoy good bike riding experiences and great things follow. People become healthier and happier, communities become better places to live, mobility improves, jobs are created and sustained, and businesses thrive. Everyone wins!

Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity is the local foothills affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International. We serve the mountain areas of western Jefferson County, Clear Creek County and parts of Park County up to Kenosha Pass and assist low-income families building and buying their own homes. Blue Spruce is a locally run organization started by twelve volunteers in Evergreen in 1990. Today Blue Spruce has hundreds of volunteers who contribute thousands of hours a year. Like all Habitat affiliates, Blue Spruce is a locally based organization that depends on local funding and volunteers to build our homes. We also operate our Habitat ReStore in Bergen Park to help fund our program. We have built forty homes since our inception. Our current homes are being built in Evergreen and Empire, with additional lots in Idaho Springs.. All Habitat homeowners are local residents, living, working, attending church and having children in school here in our mountain community. They include day care providers, school bus drivers, wait persons, housekeepers, carpenters, hospice aides, preschool teachers and others.

Our COMMON Foundation Empowering Creativity | Inspiring Transformation Welcome to Our COMMON Foundation Established in 2007 under the visionary leadership of Dr. Matthew King, Our COMMON Foundation has been an incubator of social and environmental enterprises, launching dozens of new entities since our founding. Our mission is to incubate, nurture, and empower social and environmental entrepreneurs with a non-profit vision, guiding and supporting them in their quest to serve people and the planet. Dr. King leads a dedicated and passionate team of advisors and provides invaluable one-on-one mentorship, leadership skills, and creative advice for those who share an unwavering commitment to drive positive social and environmental change. Our ultimate goal is to facilitate the launch of independent 501c3 organizations strategically designed for long-term success. Since our inception, we have achieved remarkable milestones, securing over $5 million in funding to drive our shared vision. We have helped dozens of leaders launch impactful projects and programs across the United States, Asia, Africa, and Latin America – securing more than $5 million to advance our collective mission to benefit people, the planet, and peace. These initiatives encompass a range of themes, including sustainable development, agricultural and conservation efforts, documentary films, arts, cultural and social justice advocacy programs, Water, Access to Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), disaster relief efforts, educational scholarships focused on minority and underserved students and teachers who serve them, and other great causes. We focus on a holistic approach to advising, mentoring, and nurturing emerging leaders. If you’re ready to embark on a transformative journey, join us. Embrace the fun, challenge the norms, create a world where dreams are made real, and the impact reverberates for generations. If you’re interested in learning more, get in touch.

Adoption Choices Inc is a government administration company based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.