The Upper Saranac Lake Foundation seeks to preserve, enhance and protect the natural beauties, environmental quality and recreational enjoyment of the Upper Saranac Lake region through the selective support of projects consistent with those objectives and the Certificate of Incorporation, dated August 1990. The Upper Saranac Foundation shall: 

1.	Develop strategic plans to preserve, enhance and protect the environmental quality, recreational enjoyment and scenic beauty of the Upper Saranac region
2.	Raise funds to implement such plans
3.	Communicate such plans to the interested community
4.	Oversee implementation of such plans