Natural Heritage Committee  |  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 Alliance

• Rivanna Trails Foundation

• Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority -- Information on the community's watershed

• Sierra Club

• Southern Environmental Law Center

• 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