EXPLORING AND DISCOVERING, GATHERING, COMPILING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT PARTS OF THE EARTH AND ITS LIFE-NAMELY, THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS OF THE PACIFIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; AND DISCOVERING, GATHERING, COMPILING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION RELATIVE TO, AND TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, NAMELY, THE FORESTS AND OTHER NATURAL FEATURES OF THE MOUNTAIN AND OTHER REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA