PMPC

Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council

Protecting Phoenix's mountain preserves from development and degradation

Our Guiding Principles

Our Belief

We are caretakers of Phoenix's desert and mountain landscapes. Our organization operates exclusively to promote the common good of people and place. Our responsibility is to steward these wild lands wisely and leave them better than we found them for generations to come.

Our Vision

A City whose desert and mountain landscapes are protected in perpetuity, enhanced, and inseperable from our identity - cherished and stewarded across generations for public enjoyment and regional pride.

Our Mission

Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council, Inc. (PMPC) is a 501(c)(4) tax-exempt social welfare organization operating exclusively to promote the common good and general welfare of the people of the community through activities that enhance the protection, maintenance and continuing improvement of the City of Phoenix Mountain Preserves. PMPC is dedicated to reducing the negative effects on these great natural assets, adding lands to the preserves, and keeping the Phoenix Mountain Preserves for public enjoyment of the open spaces, nature, places of respite, and outdoor recreational and educational activities.

Our Values

We are guided by five core values: Vigilance in monitoring threats and holding officials accountable; Evidence-Based Stewardship grounded in science and policy; Community through collaborative action and transparency; Integrity in upholding process and principle; and Respect for desert ecology, cultural history, and all who find meaning in these landscapes.

Who We Are

Our History

The Phoenix Mountains Preserve grew out of a grass roots movement, which began more than 50 years ago and continues today, Efforts by individuals to save the mountains within Phoenix began in the early 1960s, but coalesced into a group effort when the Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council was founded in August, 1970. From land preservation to public education, the work of PMPC reflects a shared promise: that the Phoenix Mountains will remain open, protected and cared for. This is civic stewardship in action, where love of place becomes responsibility, and responsibility becomes legacy.

What we do + Why it matters

PMPC protects the Phoenix Mountains Preserves from development and degradation through:

Community Advocacy: Mobilizing residents to defend preserve protections and collaborating with partners. Legal Vigilance: Monitoring development proposals, holding officials accountable, understanding public policy and protections. Civic Engagement: Attending public meetings, monitoring public notices, and strengthening preserve policies.

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