Education and Advocacy
Education and Advocacy Organizations Working to Protect Bay Area Open Space
| Organization Name |
Website Address |
| Acterra | http://acterra.org/ |
| Alameda Creek Alliance | http://www.alamedacreek.org/ |
| Arthur and Elena Court Nature Watch Conservancy | http://www.arthurcourt.com/nwc.htm |
| Bay Area Barns and Trails | http://www.bayareabarnsandtrails.org/ |
| Bay Area Open Space Council | http://www.openspacecouncil.org/ |
| Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association | |
| The Bay Institute | http://www.bay.org/ |
| Bicycle Trails Council of Marin | |
| Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay | http://www.btceastbay.org/ |
| Blue Ridge / Berryessa Natural Area Conservation Partnership | |
| Bluewater Network | http://bluewaternetwork.org/ |
| California Association of Local Conservation Corps | |
| California Conservation Corps | |
| California Exotic Pest Plant Council | |
| California Futures Network | |
| California League of Conservation Voters | http://www.ecovote.org/ |
| California Native Grass Association | http://www.cnga.org/ |
| California Native Plant Society | http://www.cnps.org/ |
| California Park and Recreation Society | http://www.cprs.org/ |
| California Rail Foundation | |
| California Recreational Trails Committee | |
| California Riding and Hiking Trail Association | |
| California State Horsemen's Association | |
| California Trout | http://www.caltrout.org/ |
| California Wilderness Coaltion | http://www.calwild.org/ |
| Californians for Western Wilderness | http://www.caluwild.org/ |
| Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center | |
| Center for Marine Conservation | |
| Central Valley Habitat Joint Venture | http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvhjv/ |
| Chabot Canyon Preserve | |
| Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge | http://www.refuge.org/ |
| Citizens for the Preservation of El Granada | |
| CLEAN South Bay | |
| Clean Water Action | http://cleanwateraction.org/ |
| Coalition for the Outdoor Recreation Plan (Sonoma County) | http://www.sonomatrails.org/ |
| Coastside Preservation and Recreation | |
| Committee for Green Foothills | http://www.greenfoothills.org/ |
| Communities for a Better Environment | |
| Community Youth Council for Leadership and Education | |
| The Conservation Fund | http://www.conservationfund.org/ |
| Defense Of Place | http://defenseofplace.rri.org/ |
| Delta Science Center at Big Break | |
| Ducks Unlimited | http://www.ducks.org/ |
| Earth Team | |
| East Bay Area Trails Council | |
| East Bay Bicycle Coalition | |
| East Bay Conservation Corps | |
| East Bay Urban Gardeners | |
| East Bay Watershed Center at Merritt College | http://www.merritt.edu/~envst/watershed.html |
| EcoCity Builders | http://www.ecocitybuilders.org/ |
| Ecology Center | http://ecologycenter.org/ |
| EcoNet | |
| El Cerrito Greenway Committee | |
| Environmental Action Committee of West Marin | http://eacmarin.org/ |
| Environmental Careers Organization | http://www.eco.org/ |
| Environmental Defense | |
| Environmental Policy Center | |
| Environmental Water Caucus | |
| Federation of Fly Fishers San Mateo County | |
| Food, Land, and People | |
| Friends of Alhambra Creek | |
| Friends of Baxter Creek | http://www.creativedifferences.com/baxtercreek/ |
| Friends of Coastal Open Space | |
| Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed | http://www.friendsofcortemaderacreek.org/ |
| Friends of Creeks in Urban Settings | |
| Friends of Fitzgerald Marine Life Refuge | |
| Friends of Five Creeks | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ |
| Friends of Franklin Canyon | |
| Friends of Glen Canyon Park | |
| Friends of Islais Creek | |
| Friends of Livermore | http://www.friendsoflivermore.org/ |
| Friends of Novato Creek | |
| Friends of Orinda Creeks | |
| Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed | |
| Friends of San Leandro Creek | http://www.fslc.org/ |
| Friends of Sausal Creek | http://www.sausalcreek.org/ |
| Friends of Stevens Creek Trail | http://www.stevenscreektrail.org/ |
| Friends of Strawberry Creek | http://www.strawberrycreek.org/ |
| Friends of Temescal Creek | http://www.aoinstitute.org/temescal/ |
| Friends of the Creeks | |
| Friends of the Napa River | |
| Friends of the San Francisco Estuary | http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/sfep/about/friends.html |
| Friends of the Urban Forest | |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | http://www.parksconservancy.org/ |
| Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore Advisory Commission | |
| Golden West Women's Fly Fishers | |
| Great Valley Center | http://greatvalley.org/ |
| Green City | |
| Greenbelt Alliance | http://www.greenbelt.org/ |
| GreenInfo Network | http://www.greeninfo.org/ |
| Habitat Restoration Project, Point Reyes | |
| Hayward Hiking Club | |
| Henry W. Coe State Park Trail Advisory Committee | |
| Heritage Trails Fund / Amigos de Anza | http://www.therapure.com/anza-trail/ |
| International Center for Local Environmental Initiatives | |
| Kids for the Bay | http://www.kidsforthebay.org/ |
| Land Trust Alliance | http://www.lta.org/ |
| Last Chance Committee | |
| Latino Issues Forum | |
| League of Women Voters of the Bay Area | http://www.lwvba-ca.org/ |
| Lindsey Museum | |
| Literacy for Environmental Justice | |
| Los Altos Hills Open Space Committee | |
| Marin Baylands Advocates | |
| Marin Conservation League | http://www.conservationleague.org/ |
| MCTV | |
| Metropolitan Horsemen's Association | http://www.mhaoakland.org/ |
| Midcoast Park Lands | http://www.mpl.sanmateo.org/ |
| Mill Valley Streamkeepers | http://www.millvalleystreamkeepers.org/ |
| Mission Creek Conservancy | |
| Monte Sereno Open Space Commission | |
| Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation | |
| Napa Valley Horsemen's Association | |
| National Biological Service | |
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | |
| National Parks and Conservation Association | |
| National Wildlife Federation | |
| Native Habitats | http://www.nativehabitats.org/ |
| Natural Heritage Institute | http://www.n-h-i.org/ |
| North Bay Riparian Station | http:///www.mywatershed.org/ |
| Oakland Museum of California | |
| Open Space Alliance of Santa Cruz | http://www.santacruzosa.org/ |
| Open Space Commitee of Pacifica | |
| Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations | |
| Pacific Coast Joint Venture | http://www.pcjv.org/ |
| Pacific Crest Trails Association | |
| Pacifica Environmental Family / Beach Coalition | |
| Pacifica Open Space Committee | |
| Partnership for Regional Livability | |
| Pescadaro Conservation Alliance | |
| Pescadero Municipal Advisory Committee | |
| Petaluma Riverkeeper | |
| Pine Ridge Association | |
| Planet Drum Foundation | http://www.planetdrum.org/ |
| Planning and Conservation League | http://www.pcl.org/ |
| Port Costa Conservation Society | http://www.portcosta.com/ |
| PRBO Conservation Science | http://www.prbo.org/ |
| Preserve Area Ridgelands Committee | |
| Rails to Trails Conservancy | http://www.railtrails.org/ |
| Resource Renewal Institute | |
| REthink HOME | |
| Richmond Environmental Defense Fund | |
| Riparian Habitat Joint Venture | http://www.prbo.org/calpif/htmldocs/rhjv/ |
| Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) | http://www.spawnusa.org/ |
| San Anselmo Open Space Committee | |
| San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory | http://www.sfbbo.org/ |
| San Francisco Bay Joint Venture | http://www.sfbayjv.org/ |
| San Francisco Bay Trail Project | http://www.baytrail.org/ |
| San Francisco Estuary Institute | http://www.sfei.org/ |
| San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners | |
| San Francisco Neighborhood Parks Council | http://www.sfneighborhoodparks.org/ |
| San Francisco Parks Trust |
http://www.sfpt.org/ |
| San Francisquito Watershed Council | http://www.acterra.org/watershed/ |
| San Francsico Tomorrow | |
| San Gregorio Environmental Resource Center | |
| San Juan Canyon Preservation Trust | http://www.sanjuancanyon.org/ |
| San Mateo Coast Natural History Association | |
| San Pablo Watershed Neighbors Education and Restoration Society (SPAWNERS) | http://www.spawners.net/ |
| San Pedro Creek Watershed Coalition | |
| San Ramon Horsemen's Association | |
| Santa Clara Basin Watershed Management Initiative | http://www.scbwmi.org/ |
| Santa Clara County Greenbelt Coalition | |
| Santa Clara Horsemen's Association | |
| Save Open Space in Alameda | |
| Save Our Shores | |
| Save San Francisco Bay Association | http://www.savesfbay.org/ |
| Save the Redwoods League | http://www.savetheredwoods.org/ |
| Sierra Club | http://www.sierraclub.org/ |
| Silicon Valley Conservation Council | http://www.svconservationcouncil.org/ |
| Skyline Park Citizens Association | |
| Skyline Wilderness Park Association | http://www.ncfaa.com/skyline/skyline_park.htm |
| Sonoma County Trails Council | |
| Sonoma Ecology Center | http://www.sonomaecologycenter.org/ |
| Sonoma Mountain Preservation Group | http://www.sonomamountain.org/ |
| South County Trails Committee | |
| Stepping Softly | |
| Suisun Marsh Natural History Association | |
| Surface Transportation Policy Project | |
| Sustainable City | http://www.sustainable-city.org/ |
| Sustainable Conservation | http://www.suscon.org/ |
| Three Circles Center for Multicultural Environmental Education | |
| Tides Foundation | |
| Trail Council of Lafayette | |
| Trails for Richmond Action Committee (TRAC) | |
| Transportation and Land Use Coalition | http://www.transcoalition.org/ |
| Transportation for a Livable City | http://www.livablecity.org/ |
| Tri-City Ecology Center | |
| Tri-Valley Trails Council | |
| Trout Unlimited | http://www.tu.org/ |
| Urban Creeks Council | http://www.urbancreeks.org/ |
| Urban Ecology | |
| Urban Habitat Program | |
| Vacaville Historical Museum | |
| Walnut Creek Open Space Foundation | http://www.wcosf.org/ |
| Waterfront Coalition | |
| WaterKeepers Northern California | http://www.waterkeepers.org/ |
| The Watershed Project | http://www.thewatershedproject.org/ |
| West Contra Costa Environmental Education Council | |
| Wild in the City | |
| The Wilderness Society | |
| Yerba Buena Nursery |