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Adirondack Council Home Page

http://adirondackcouncil.org/
Provides information, news and resources on Adirondack Park, conservation issues. Includes information on how to fight acid rain by purchasing a Clean Air Certificate.
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL)

http://www.bredl.org/
Information on campaigns to raise public awareness against environmentally damaging projects and proposals throughout the southeast including landfill expansion, corporate hog farms, four-lane highways, and clearcut logging in national forests.
Constitutional Law Foundation

http://www.conlaw.org/
Seeks to advance environmental law issues, intergenerational ethics, and the concern for posterity stated in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Provides articles and documents related to the U.S. Constitution and environmental protection.
Earth Share

http://www.earthshare.org/
Manages workplace giving campaigns for its national environmental charities, just as the United Way raises funds for its health and human service charities. Provide news, resources and campaign information.
Earthjustice

http://www.earthjustice.org/
A non-profit public interest law organization dedicated to protecting places, natural resources, and wildlife and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment.
Environmental Defense

http://www.edf.org/
Links science, economics, and law to create innovative, equitable, and cost-effective solutions to the most urgent environmental problems. Provides information, news and resources on many environmental issues.
Environmental Working Group

http://www.ewg.org/
Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit with a focus on drinking water, pesticides, air pollution and other environmental topics.
Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center

http://www.floridaocean.org/
Dedicated to protecting, preserving and restoring Florida's ocean and coastal ecosystems through education, research and personal stewardship.
Friends of Hudson

http://www.friendsofhudson.com/
Hudson River Valley public interest group focused on protecting air and water quality, and promoting sound land use planning, with a speciality in the cement and hazardous waste industries.
Friends of the Earth US

http://www.foe.org/
FOE is a national environmental organization dedicated to preserving the health and diversity of the planet for future generations. Provide information on campaigns and issues.
Global Justice Ecology Project

http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/
Organization working to support real solutions to climate change including a vast reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels and wood-based products by industrialized countries. Based in Hinesburg, Vermont
Institute for Southern Studies

http://www.southernstudies.org/
A non-profit media, research and action center working for a better South. The Institute publishes Facing South, an online magazine, and Southern Exposure, a print journal.
Izaak Walton League of America

http://www.iwla.org/
Dedicated to protecting our nation's soil, air, woods, waters and wildlife. Details conservation programs, membership and publications.
Merck Family Fund

http://www.merckff.org/
Private family foundation that awards grants to non-profit organizations in the United States that work to protect the natural environment. Details on programs, internships and grant guidelines.
National Parks and Conservation Association

http://www.npca.org/
Site provides information on US national parks and campaigns to protect these natural, historic and cultural treasures.
Native Forest Council

http://www.forestcouncil.org/
Provide news and resources for the protection of publicly owned lands from logging, mining, grazing, drilling and off-road vehicles.
Network of Waste Activists Stopping Trash Exports

http://nowaste.tripod.com/
NO WASTE are Michigan environmentalists who advocate and educate people about the problems with solid waste imports and exports. Provide news and information to promote sensible waste management and recycling in the US.
Next Step

http://www.nextstep.state.mn.us/
Provides resources and networking for Minnesota and elsewhere on many environmental and sustainable future topics.
NRDC - Environmental Legislation

http://www.nrdc.org/legislation/default.asp
Extensive information on environmental legislation from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Includes "Legislative watch," a bi-weekly email bulletin that tracks environmental bills moving through Congress.
Opossum Society of the United States

http://www.opossumsocietyus.org/
OSUS is a non-profit wildlife rehabilitation organization dedicated to the care of orphaned and injured opossums. Provides information and resources.
Pacoima Beautiful

http://www.pacoimabeautiful.org/
Provides information about the organizations programs, staff, Board of Directors, mission, funding and contact information.
Population-Environment Balance

http://www.balance.org/
A national, non-profit membership organization dedicated to maintaining the quality of life in the United States through population stabilization.
Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG)

http://www.uspirg.org/
State based consumer and environmental advocacy groups active across the country. Features action alerts and reports on many environmental, consumer and student issues.
Riverkeeper

http://www.riverkeeper.org/
National environmental group based in the Hudson Valley with a focus on protecting U.S. rivers. Provides information, history, news and resources.
Save America's Forests

http://www.saveamericasforests.org/
Nationwide campaign to pass historic federal law to ban clear cutting, end logging of Ancient Forests and protect natural forest ecosystems. Provide information, news, resources and actions.
The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund

http://www.celdf.org/
Provides free and legal services to community-based groups and local governments working to protect their quality of life and natural environment.
The Nebraska Environmental Trust

http://www.environmentaltrust.org/
State program dedicated to the preservation of Nebraska's natural resources. Information on funding, grants, projects and publications.
The Wilderness Society

http://wilderness.org/
Dedicated to preserving America's wilderness through action and public education.

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