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ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS

List of Environmental Organizations That Can Provide Information about Protecting the Natural Heritage of Albemarle County

Albemarle County Service Authority -- water conservation
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Environmental Education Center
Environmental Science Department at the University of Virginia
Ivy Creek Foundation -- Preserve the Ivy Creek and Ragged Mountain Natural Areas
Izaak Walton
National Audubon Society -- Protecting natural heritage -- particularly birds
Piedmont Environmental Council
Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club
Plant Conservation Alliance
Preservation Piedmont
Rivanna Conservation Society
Rivanna Trails Foundation
Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority -- Information on the community's watershed
Sierra Club
Southern Environmental Law Center
Streamwatch - Monitoring of the Rivanna watershed
The Audubon Society in Virginia
The Nature Conservancy -- Mission to preserve natural communities by protecting the lands they inhabit
The Nature Conservancy in Virginia
The Outdoor Adventure Social Club
Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District
Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission
US Environmental Protection Agency
Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club
Virginia Conservation Network
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Virginia Department of Forestry
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Virginia Master Naturalist
Virginia Native Plant Society -- Originally the Virginia Wildflower Preservation Society, this organization's purpose is to conserve Virginia native plants and habitats
Wildlife Center of Virginia -- hospital for native wildlife