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Friends of Sausal Creek works to restore, maintain, and protect the Sausal Creek Watershed. They educate future generations, involve the community in local environmental stewardship, and collaborate with agencies and other nonprofits to have a positive impact on the local ecosystem.

Friends of Casco Bay works to protect the health of Casco Bay because it is a place of national, regional, and personal significance. The Bay affects our quality of life, our tax base, and the weather in our region. Valued for its rich diversity of marine life, Casco Bay was designated an Estuary of National Significance by the federal government in 1990. At the heart of Maine?s most populated region, the Bay is of immeasurable value to the 42 communities in its watershed. The Bay sustains our economy, supporting a vast array of industries: shipping, tourism, commercial fish and shellfish harvesting, and oil transport. The Bay provides abundant recreational opportunities, from wind-surfing and angling to boating and beachcombing. Our community?s identity and wellbeing are inextricably linked to the health of the Bay. For the 300,000 people that call the watershed home, Casco Bay is a source of recreation, inspiration, and economic vitality.Friends of Casco Bay fills a unique niche in Maine?s environmental and nonprofit community. We are: Locally-focused: We are the only organization whose sole focus is protecting Casco Bay. Science-based: The positions we take are backed up by data collected by our highly trained staff and EPA-certified volunteers.  Pragmatic: We are results-oriented, striving for measurable outcomes that protect the environment. Collaborative: We know that protecting the Bay is a group effort, so we work closely with scientists, government officials, businesses, residents, and other partners.

The Friends of Chakchiuma Swamp is a community organization functioning under the 501(3)c of the Grenada Community Foundation with the dual purpose of conservation of Chakchiuma Swamp at Lee Tartt Nature Preserve and education in the City of Grenada. Our mission as Friends of Chakchiuma Swamp (FCS) is to protect and restore Chakchiuma Swamp habitat within Lee Tartt Nature Preserve (LTNP) for the benefit of Grenada County biodiversity and all Grenada residents and visitors.

Friends of Holliday Park, Inc is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and maintenance of Holliday Park

Too many of our veterans have not had a chance to tell their story.Veterans Voices of Canada will help to ensure that all Canadian military veterans have the opportunity to talk about their "personal experiences" and their stories on camera.Currently focusing on WW2 and Korean War Veterans,we have also interviewed Cold War,Peacekeeping,Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans.

Founded in 2013, we are a 501c3 nonprofit actively restoring and educating the public about the trails, history and flora of Herrontown Woods. Our goal is to honor the extraordinary legacy of Oswald and Elizabeth Veblen, who left this first Princeton nature preserve, their house, cottage and farmstead in the public trust.

Over the years, Friends of Walker Pond has funded, and continues to fund, projects that allow Walker Pond to remain one of the healthiest bodies of water in Maine. The group works with the towns of Brooksville and Sedgwick to ensure that our members, area residents and summer guests are aware of the activities affecting the health and enjoyment of the pond. The group engages experts to test and monitor water quality every year and has done so for 20+ years. Friends of Walker Pond has also been active in raising awareness regarding land development that might have the potential to damage the health and environment of the pond. This has all been done with donated funds and volunteer involvement.

We’re volunteers who inspire the protection & planting of Virginia Beach’s City Tree – The Live Oak (Quercus virginiana).

To promote knowledge of nature through awareness, appreciation, and stewardship of the unique and diverse environment of Reinstein Woods and its programs.

Their mission is to preserve and protect the aesthetic qualities, the recreational value, and the purity of the water of Wilson Lake in Wilton, Maine and its watershed. Since 1989, Friends of Wilson Lake has led many efforts to protect the 563 acres of beautiful Wilson Lake and create programs to educate the community.

To preserve the natural beauty and wildness of the Wissahickon Valley and stimulate public interest therein.

The Friends of Patterson Park is a non-profit membership organization formed in 1998 to promote, protect and advocate for our treasured common ground - Patterson Park -so that it can be enjoyed for generations to come.