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WildEarth Guardians protects and restores the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and the health of the American West. The organization has four programs focusing on wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and climate and energy.

The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (Forest Society) is a statewide land conservation organization that was founded in 1901 to protect New Hampshire’s most important landscapes and promote the careful use of its renewable natural resources. Today, with 10,000 member households and businesses, the Forest Society owns 170 reservations, encompassing more than…

Los Padres ForestWatch is a community-based nonprofit organization that is leading efforts to protect the Los Padres National Forest and other public lands along California’s Central Coast. Through innovative field work, scientific collaboration, and legal advocacy, the organization works to preserve and restore the forests, mountain streams, rolling hills, wetlands, coastal areas, and wildlife of…

Founded in 1954, American Whitewater is a national organization with a mission to conserve and restore America’s whitewater resources and to enhance opportunities to enjoy them safely. American Whitewater is a membership organization representing a broad diversity of individual whitewater enthusiasts, river conservationists, and more than 100 local paddling club affiliates across America. The organization…

Washington Wild is Washington’s only statewide organization dedicated to preserving wilderness.  For more than 30 years, the organization has worked to preserve and restore wild areas in Washington through citizen empowerment, support for grassroots community groups, and public education.  By educating, empowering and mobilizing people in our communities, WW works to build powerful grassroots networks…

Created in 2004, Washington Climbers Coalition is a group of Washington rock climbers working to promote and preserve climbing access in Washington State. The group’s efforts focus on: getting climbers involved in discussion of issues related to climbing area management and access; encouraging active involvement in coordinated efforts to take care of our crags, and;…

Idaho Rivers United uses a mix of direct advocacy, education, citizen involvement, collaboration and, when necessary, litigation to protect and restore the rivers of Idaho. The organization formed in 1990 to help citizens defend the rivers they love, and has stopped construction of more than 16 unnecessary and destructive new dams, and led grassroots campaigns…

WaterWatch protects and restores natural streamflows in Oregon rivers. Since 1985, WaterWatch has pursued a single clear mission: to protect and restore flows in our rivers to sustain the native fish, wildlife, and the people who depend on healthy rivers.

The Environmental Defense Center protects and enhances the local environment through education, advocacy, and legal action and works primarily within Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties. Since 1977, EDC has empowered community based organizations to advance environmental protection.  Program areas include protecting coast and ocean resources, open spaces and wildlife, and human and…

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to the preservation and management of the natural, scenic, historic, and cultural resources associated with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (AT) in order to provide primitive outdoor-recreation and educational opportunities for Trail visitors.The ATC upholds the highest standards for the protection and management of the AT…