The Mountain Institute

The Mountain Institute
FoundedCherry Grove, WV, 1972
FoundersDaniel C. Taylor, King Seegar, & Lila Bishop
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Area served
The Andean, Appalachian, Himalayan, and other Mountain Ranges
Websitewww.mountain.org

The Mountain Institute (TMI) is an international non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., and operates regional field offices in the Andes,[1] Appalachians,[2] and Himalayas.[3] Respectively, these are the longest, the oldest, and the tallest mountain ranges in the world. TMI is the sole organization dedicated to conservation and development in mountain regions.[4]

History

The Mountain Institute was founded in 1972 as the Woodlands & Whitewater Institute in Cherry Grove, West Virginia, by Daniel C. Taylor and King Seegar. In 1973, TMI's work expanded to experiential and leadership education for youth. The Baltimore Friends School, of which TMI's founders are alumni, was the first school course. St. Paul's School for Girls came next, and the founders were soon working with a number of schools in the Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, and New York City areas. TMI became an international organization in 1987, when it assisted in the establishment of Makalu Barun National Park in Nepal and the adjacent Qomolangma National Nature Preserve in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.[5][6] At this time, the organization changed its name to "Woodlands Mountain Institute" to reflect its broad work in the world's mountain ranges. "Woodlands" was later dropped, leaving it with its current name.[7]

The Andes program began in 1996, and The Mountain Institute has been involved in a variety of conservation and community programs in the Himalayas since 1987.[8]

Awards and recognition

References

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  2. ^ "Appalachian Program". The Mountain Institute. 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Himalayan Program". The Mountain Institute. 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. ^ Pratt, D. Jane (August 2000). "The Mountain Institute". Mountain Research and Development. 20 (3): 280–281. doi:10.1659/0276-4741(2000)020[0280:TMI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0276-4741.
  5. ^ Shapiro, Michael (14 December 2020). "New roads are changing trekking in Nepal's most remote regions". National Geographic. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ^ Taylor-Ide, Daniel; Alton C. Byers III; J. Gabriel Campbell (1992). "Mountains, Nations, Parks, and Conservation". GeoJournal. 27 (1): 105–112. doi:10.1007/bf00150641. S2CID 158797233.
  7. ^ Pratt, D. Jane (1 April 2001). "Corporations, Communities, and Conservation: The Mountain Institute and Antamina Mining Company". California Management Review. 43 (3): 38–43. doi:10.2307/41166087. ISSN 0008-1256. JSTOR 41166087. S2CID 154158760. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Opinion | These indigenous communities are models for how to adapt to climate change". Washington Post. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Celebrating 20 years of the St Andrews Prize for the Environment". ConocoPhilips. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.