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Family-friendly, non-sexualized clothing-optional/clothing-free/skinny-dipping/naturist/nudist/FKK/body-positive organizations, businesses, areas, communities, resorts, events and activities in the Pacific Northwest (Wikipedia article).

Contents 1 State and provincial pages 2 Organizations 2.1 Regional 2.2 National 3 Discussion Groups 3.1 Regional 4 Burning Man Regional events 5 Religious groups 5.1 Christian 5.2 Wiccan and pagan 6 Other resources

[edit] State and provincial pages

• British Columbia, Canada
• Idaho, United States
• Oregon, United States
• Washington, United States

[edit] Organizations

See also communities and organizations on each respective state or province page.

[edit] Regional

• AANR-Northwest, serves the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. There are 20 nudist clubs affiliated with AANR-Northwest.
• Body Freedom Collaborative (BFC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the integration and acceptance of non-sexual social nudity in a variety of public and private settings.
• Sun Lover's Under Grey Skies (SLUGS) is a naturist travel club located in the Puget Sound area in the State of Washington. Most of our members live in the greater Seattle area, but we have members from the Olympic Peninsula to Ellensburg, the Tri-Cities, and as far away as Pullman and Walla Walla in eastern Washington, and from Vancouver, B.C. to Oregon.

[edit] National

• American Assocation for Nude Recreation (AANR)
• Clothes Free International
• The Naturist Society (TNS) and The Naturist Action Committee (NAC)

[edit] Discussion Groups

Note: Yahoo! forces many clothing-optional groups to be categorized as "adult", even if the activities are strictly within family-friendly, non-sexualized contexts. Many body-positive people are very much against this policy adopted by Yahoo!

[edit] Regional

• NWnaturist Yahoo! Group • This mailing list is a discussion group for anyone interested in naturist or nudist topics and activities.
• NWFunintheSun Yahoo! Group NWFunintheSun is the predecessor to the Oregon Clothing-Optional Beach Alliance (ORCOBA). Both groups share a particular focus on Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, but we welcome discussion related to family-oriented clothes-freedom everywhere.
• Body Freedom Collaborative
  • bodyfreedom1 By application
  • bodyfreedom2 Special announcements only
  • bodyfreedom3 General discussion
  • Sea Mountain Resort new york times calls the best nude resort in the USA

[edit] Burning Man Regional events

• Critical Massive a regional Burning Man event held a annual Seattle/Northwest area Burning Man Regional event at Skalitude in Carleton, WA, a four hour drive from Seattle.(Jun 2-8, 2008)
• Vancouver BC Burning Man Regional
• SOAK 2007 Portland, OR Regional event.

[edit] Religious groups

[edit] Christian

• The Original Inner Circle Yahoo! group
• The Original Inner Circle Web Page
• The Natural Christian
• Naturism - The positive naked truth about naturism.

[edit] Wiccan and pagan

• Non-sexualized nudity within PNW Pagan groups and festivals

[edit] Other resources

• TNS Naturist Network Do a search by the area you in which you are interested.
• Mooncrow's Northwest Nudist/Naturist Information
• C/O Hiking & Soaking in the Western U.S. & Canada An interactive Googlized map of Clothing-optional Venues and Events, favoring hot spring locations
• NWFunintheSun Links page
• Nude Hiking and Soaking in the Pacific Northwest
• Clothing-Optional Opportunities in British Columbia. It also has a pretty good section on the rest of the Pacific Northwest.
• Bare Buns Run Lists nude running events in Oregon and throughout the Pacific Northwest.
• [http://www.seamountainranch.com the sea mountain inn ranked by the new york times is the luxury Nude resort for the USA