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Audubon of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Audubon's mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity in Pennsylvania.
Central Pennsylvania Conservancy
Central Pennsylvania Conservancy's mission is to conserve natural resources and open space for the benefit of current and future generations through the acquisition and protection of land in the Central Pennsylvania Region.
iConservePA
iConservePA is a Web site managed by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, whose vision is to inspire citizens to value their natural resources, engage in conservation practices and experience the outdoors.
Keystone Trails Association
Keystone Trails Association, a volunteer-directed, public service organization is a federation of membership organizations and individuals dedicated to providing, preserving, protecting and promoting recreational hiking trails and hiking opportunities in Pennsylvania, and to representing and advocating the interests and concerns of the Pennsylvania hiking community.
National Public Lands Day (NPLD)
NPLD is the nation's largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. NPLD began in 1994 with three sites and 700 volunteers. It proved to be a huge success and NPLD became a yearly tradition, typically held on the last Saturday in September. Since the first NPLD, the event has grown by leaps and bounds. In 2011, 180,000 volunteers worked at over 2,010 sites in every state, the District of Columbia and in many U.S. territories.
Nature Connections
Nature Connections promotes public awareness of outdoor recreation opportunities and the local organizations that can help neighbors enjoy and experience the healing and edifying benefits of a real connection to the natural world.
Pa Forest Coalition
The Pennsylvania Forest Coalition is a unique alliance of hunters, hikers, anglers, landowners, wildlife-watchers, paddlers, bikers, churches and conservation groups who are united in our concern for the stewardship of our public lands.
Penn State Master Gardeners in Cumberland County
Penn State Master Gardeners are volunteers trained by Penn State Cooperative Extension. Their mission is to support Penn State Cooperative Extension by utilizing research-based information to educate the public on best practices in consumer horticulture and environmental stewardship.
Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
If you want to explore Pennsylvania's great outdoors, this is the Web site to visit. You can find information for planning a one day picnic or hiking trip, a weekend getaway, or a vacation.
Pennsylvania Game Commission
For more than 100 years, the Game Commission has managed the Commonwealth's wildlife resources for all Pennsylvanians. With the help of more than 700 full-time employees and thousands of part-timers and volunteers, the agency provides a host of benefits to wildlife, state residents and visitors.
Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water
Formed in 2002, the Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water is a coalition of over 140 environmental, conservation, sporting, and religious groups from all corners of the state that speaks in one voice in support of federal and state policies to protect and restore PA’s water resources.
Pennsylvanial Land Trust Association
The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association seeks to protect Pennsylvania’s special places and landscapes for today and for generations to come. To increase the quality and pace of land conservation, PALTA helps conservation practitioners improve their effectiveness, builds public understanding, and advocates for better governmental policy.
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation (PPFF) began in 1999 as a state-wide non-profit organization supporting the 117 state parks and 2.2 million acres of forest land. PPFF accomplishes this by providing a means for citizens to donate or bequeath money to parks and forests, promoting and supporting local volunteerism, and through recreation, and education. PPFF has 21 chapter friends groups and supports an additional 14 independent groups throughout the commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Recreation and Parks Society
The Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society (PRPS), founded in 1935, is the principal organization promoting quality recreation and park opportunities for all citizens of the Commonwealth through education, training, technical assistance and other support to local, county, state and federal recreation and park providers.
South Mountain Partnership
The South Mountain Partnership is a unified group of private citizens, businesses, not for profit organizations and governmental officials working to protect, preserve and enhance the South Mountain Landscape in Central Pennsylvania.
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
