Natural Resource Organizations Affecting Virginia (Government - except Schools)

snapping turtle found on US 211, north of Sperryville
(note the jagged edge of the shell, above the tail)

• A Commonwealth of Knowledge
• Association of State Wetland Managers
• Coastal States Organization
• Environment Virginia
• Environmental Protection Agency information:
  • Mid-Atlantic Inventories
  • Wetlands
  • where pesticide applications in Virginia should be limited to protect certain species...
• Fish and Wildlife Service - Virginia offices
• NASA
  • Geography
• National Park Service
  • Shenandoah National Park
    • Fire Management
    • Black Bears
    • White-Tailed Deer
• Science Museum of Virginia
• Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere (SAMAB)
• Virginia Academy of Science
• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
  • Virginia State Parks
    • Hunting Facts
  • Soil and Water Conservation Programs
    • Virginia's SWCDs by locality
• Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries (VDIF)
  • Wildlife Mapping
  • hunting in Virginia
• Virginia Science Resource Network
• Virginia Museum of Natural History

Schools with a focus on the environment of Virginia

• University of Maryland
  • Chesapeake Bay Environmental Effects Committee
• Old Dominion University
• Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography
• Geography Connects
• University of Virginia
  • Mountain Lake Biological Station
  • Virginia Coast Reserve Long-term Ecological Research (LTER)
  • Virginia Sea Grant
• Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Center for Environmental Studies - Virginia Environmental Quality Index
• Virginia Tech
  • College of Natural Resources - Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
  • Virginia Cooperative Extension - hunting and fishing articles
  • Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange (at Virginia Tech)
    • Elk Restoration in Virginia
    • Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Service
    • video slideshow

Natural Resource Organizations Affecting Virginia (Non-Government)

• American Bird Conservancy
• American Fisheries Society
• Appachian Trail in Virginia and the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
• Bat Conservation International
• Belvoir Bowhunters (Fairfax County)
• Blue Ridge Outdoors - Organizations
• Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• Ducks Unlimited
• Estuarine Research Federation
• Friends of Blue Ridge Parkway
• Great Outdoor Recreation Pages (GORP)
• Blue Ridge Parkway
• George Washington National Forest
• Jefferson National Forest
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Virginia Projects
• Heartwood
• Hunters for the Hungry
• Isaac Walton League - Virginia
• The Stream Study - Macroinvertebrate Identification
• Wetland Case Study - Huntley Meadows (Fairfax County)
• International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
• Teaming With Wildlife
• Maryland Watermen's Association
• NatureServe
• National Association of Conservation Districts
• National Audubon Society
• Virginia chapters
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• National Wild Turkey Federation
  • Virginia Chapter
  • National Capital Area Chapter
• National Wildlife Federation
• Community Wildlife Habitats: Reston (Fairfax County) and South Riding (Loudoun County)
• ENature.Com
• Piedmont Environmental Council
• Potomac Conservancy
• Restore America's Estuaries
• Save Crows Nest
• Scorecard (Environmental Defense Fund)
• Criteria Air Pollutant Report
• Lead Hazards
• Sierra Club - Virginia
• Save the Mattaponi
• Suburban Whitetail Management of Northern Virginia
• The Nature Conservancy
• Virginia Program
• Trust for Public Land - Virginia
• 1,400 Acres Along Potomac Preserved
• Virginia Center for Stewardship
• Virginia Conservation Network
• White Papers
• Virginia Deer Hunters Association
• Virginia Environmental Endowment
• Virginia Forest Watch
• Virginia Lakes and Watershed Association
• Virginia League of Conservation Voters
• Virginia Peninsula Sportsmen's Association
• Virginians For Wilderness
• Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation
• Wintergreen Nature Foundation