Friends Groups and Local Nonprofits

National Public Lands Day wouldn’t be as successful without the partnership of numerous nonprofit "Friends Groups" that participate each year. Friends Groups organize a significant percentage of National Public Lands Day volunteer work events.

The National Environmental Education Foundation supports friends groups through the Every Day Grant program. Every Day grants provide funds to friends groups for capacity building. Learn more at the Every Day Grants website.

Friends Groups and Local Nonprofit Partners

Interested in getting your friends group or local nonprofit added to the list? Plan an NPLD event for September 28, 2013.

Alabama

• Flint River Conservation Association, Brownsboro
• Land Trust of North Alabama, Huntsville
• Wild South

Alaska

• Southeast Alaska Guidance Association, Juneau
• Trail Mix, Juneau

Arizona

• Black Canyon Community Association
• Community Forest Trust, Prescott
• Friends of Ironwood Forest, Tucson
• Friends of the Sonoran Desert National Monument, Tempe
• Grand Canyon Trust, Flagstaff
• Southwest Conservation Corps

Arkansas

• Arkansas Wildlife Federation, Little Rock
• Keep North Little Rock Beautiful

California

• Acterra, Palo Alto
• Back to Natives Restoration
• Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation, Carlsbad
• Carlsbad Community Gardens Collaborative 
• Friends of Channel Coast State Parks, Ventura
• Friends of Coleman National Fish Hatchery, Anderson
• Friends of East Sacramento
• Friends of Shipley Nature Center, Huntington Beach
• Glendora Conservancy
• Golden Gate Audubon Society, Berkeley
• Golden Gate National Park Conservancy, San Francisco
• Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco
• Irvine Ranch Conservancy, Irvine
• League to Save Lake Tahoe
• Los Angeles Audubon
• Palos Verdes Land Conservancy, Rolling Hills Estates
• Pacific Crest Trail Association, Sacramento
• Placer Land Trust, Auburn
• Salmon Protection and Watershed Network, Forest Knolls
• San Bernardino National Forest Association, San Bernardino
• San Diego River Park Foundation, San Diego
• San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy, Encinitas
• San Gorgonio Wilderness Association, Mentone
• Save Mount Diablo, Walnut Creek
• Surfrider Foundation, San Clemente
• Teaching Kids to Fish, Ridgecrest
• Trout Unlimited California
• Tuleyome, Woodland
• Tuolumne River Trust, San Fjavascript:mctmp(0);rancisco
• Twin Oaks Ranches Owners Association
• Urban Releaf, Oakland
• Ventana Wilderness Alliance, Santa Cruz

Colorado

• Colorado Mountain Bike Association
• Colorado Mountain Club
• Grand Mesa Nordic Council, Paonia
• The Greenway Foundation, Greenwood Villager
• Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, Denver
• Wildlands Restoration Volunteers, Boulder

Connecticut

• Connecticut Forest and Park Association
  
• Groundwork Bridgeport

District of Columbia

• Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
• Rock Creek Conservancy

Florida

• Archbold Biological Station, Venus
• Arthur R. Marshall Foundation, Lake Worth
• Carrabelle Lighthouse Association
• Egmont Key Alliance, St. Pete Beach
• Florida Trail Association
• Friends of Cayo Costa State Park, Boca Grande
• Friends of Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, Naples
• Friends of Dudley Farm, Newberry
• Friends of Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Hobe Sound
• Friends of Lovers Key State Park, Fort Myers Beach
• Friends of MacArthur Beach State Park, North Palm Beach
• Friends of Paynes Prairie, Micanopy
• Friends of Rainbow Springs State Park, Dunnellon
• Friends of San Felasco, AlachuaDunedin
• Friends of St Andrews State Park, Panama City Beach
• Friends of St. Joseph State Park, Cape San Blas
• Friends of the Island Parks, Dunedin
• Friends of Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Weeki Wachee
  
• North Florida Springs Alliance
• Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful, Tampa
• Teen Job Corps, Miami Beach
• Timucuan Trail Parks Foundation, Jacksonville Beach

Georgia

• Benton MacKaye Trail Association, Cherry Log
• Community Improvement Association Environmental Resource Center, Atlanta
• Friends of A.H. Stephens State Historic Park, Crawfordville
• Friends of Amicalola Falls State Park, Dawsonville
• Friends of Chattahoochee Bend, Newnan
• Friends of Cloudland Canyon State Park, Rising Fawn
• Friends of Dahlonega Gold Museum, Dahlonega
• Friends of Elijah Clark State Park, Lincolnton
• Friends of Etowah Indian Mounds, Cartersville
• Friends of Florence Marina State Park, Stewart
• Friends of Fort McAllister, Richmond Hill
• Friends of General Coffee, Nicholls
• Friends of George L. Smith, Emanuel 
• Friends of George T. Bagby, Fort Gaines
• Friends of Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park, Reidsville
• Friends of Hamburg State Park, Mitchell
• Friends of Hard Labor Creek State Park, Morgan
• Friends of High Falls State Park, Jackson
• Friends of Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation, Brunswick
• Friends of Indian Springs State Park, Flovilla
• Friends of Kolomoki Mounds State Park, Early
• Friends of Laura S. Walker, Waycross
• Friends of Little Ocmulgee State Park, Wheeler
• Friends of Magnolia Springs State Park, Millen
• Friends of Mistletoe State Park, Columbia
• Friends of New Echota State Historic Site, Calhoun
• Friends of Red Top Mountain State Park, Cartersville
• Friends of Roosevelt's Little White House, Warm Springs
• Friends of Seminole, Donalsonville
• Friends of Skidaway Island, Savannah
• Friends of Sloppy Floyd State Park, Chattooga
• Friends of Sweetwater Creek, Lithia Springs
• Friends of Tallulah Gorge State Park, Tallulah Falls
• Friends of Unicoi, Helen
• Friends of Victoria Bryant, Franklin
• Friends of Watson Mill Bridge State Park, Oglethorpe
• The Garrison of Fort King George, Darien
• Greening Youth Foundation, Atlanta
• Lake Lanier Association, Gainesville
• Mountain High Hikers Association, Blarisville
• Park Pride, Atlanta
• Save Georgia's Hemlocks, Dahlonega
• Upper Chattahooche Riverkeepers, Atlanta
• Vogel Volunteers, Blairsville

Hawai'i

• Friends of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Volcano
• Friends of Moku'ula, Maui
• Hui o Ko'olaupoko, Kailua

Idaho

• Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, Sandpoint

Illinois

• Chicago Wilderness
• Citizens for Conservation, Barrington
• Friends of the Indian Boundary Prairies, Markham
• Grand Prairie Friends, Urbana
• Land Conservancy of McHenry County, Woodstock
• Salt Creek Greenway Association, Westchester
• Skinner Park Advisory Council, Chicago

Indiana

• Hoosier Back Country Horsemen of America

Kentucky

• Friends of Lake Barkley State Resort Park, Cadiz
• Friends of Lake Cumberland, Burnside
• Friends of Lake Malone State Park, Dunmor
• Friends of Rough River Lake, Leitchfield
• Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Louisville
• Sheltowee Trace Association, Tollesboro

Louisiana

• Bayou Land Resource Conservation & Development Council, Metairie
• Friends of the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, Bossier City
• Woodlands Conservancy, Belle Chasse

Maine

• Androscoggin Land Trust, Auburn
• Appalachian Mountain Club
• Augusta Trails
• Blue Hill Heritage Trust
  
• Coastal Mountains Land Trust
  
• Downeast Lakes Land Trust, Grand Lake Stream
• Eastern Trail Alliance, Saco
• Frenchman Bay Conservancy, Hancock
• Friends of Acadia, Bar Harbor
• Friends of Scarborough Marsh, Scarborough
• Friends of Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Milford
• Georges River Land Trust, Rockland
• Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust, Orland
• Kennebec Land Trust, Winthrop
• Kennebunk Land Trust
• Maine Winter Sports Center - Healthy Hometowns
• Mahoosuc Land Trust, Bethel
• Mahoosuc Pathways, Bethel
• Maine Appalachian Trail Club, Augusta
• Maine Audubon Society, Falmouth
• Maine Island Trail Association, Portland
• Maine Outdoor Adventure Club, Portland
• Natural Resources Council of Maine, Augusta
• Pemaquid Watershed Association, Damariscotta
• Saco Bay Trails
• Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance, Liberty
• Spirits Alive, Portland
• Three Rivers Land Trust, Acton
• Woodie Wheaton Land Trust, Forest City

Maryland

• Blue Water Baltimore
• Boothbay Region Land Trust
• Clean Bread and Cheese Creek, Dundalk
• Friends of Assateague State Park, Berlin
• Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park, Baltimore
• Friends of Sligo Creek, Silver Spring
• Parks & People Foundation, Baltimore

Massachusetts

• Boston Natural Areas Network, Boston
• Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge
• Friends of the Middlesex Fells Reservation, Melrose
• Massachusetts Audubon, Lincoln
• People Making a Difference, Boston
• Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Boston

Michigan

• Belle Isle Conservancy, Detroit
• Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
• Friends of the Porkies, Ontonagon

Minnesota

• Friends of the Mississippi River, St. Paul
• Great River Greening, St. Paul
• Mississippi River Fund, St. Paul
• Sajai Foundation

Missouri

• Bridging the Gap, Kansas City
• Friends of Squaw Creek, Mound City
• Kansas City WildLands
• Ozark Trail Association, Potosi
• Show-Me Missouri Back Country Horsemen

Montana

• Foy's to Blacktail Trails, Kalispell
• Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument, Lewistown 
• Montana Conservation Corps

Nevada

• Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Reno

New Hampshire

• Appalachian Mountain Club
• Sustainability Project, Gilsum

New Jersey

• Branch Brook Park Alliance, Newark
• Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, Trenton
• Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands, Kingston
• Land Conservancy of New Jersey
• Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, Pennington

New Mexico

• Commonweal Conservancy, Santa Fe
• Railyard Stewards, Santa Fe

New York

• Audubon Society of the Capital Region, Delmar
• Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
• The Cornucopia Society, Rosedale
• Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc. 
• Friends of Glimmerglass State Park, Cooperstown
• Friends of the Bay, Oyster Bay
• Friends of Van Cortlandt, Bronx
• Jay Heritage Center, Rye
• Riverside Park Fund, New York
• Starflower Experiences, Wyandanch 

North Carolina

• Carolina Thread Trail
• Catawba Lands Conservancy, Charlotte
• Cradle of Forestry Interpretive Association, Brevard
• Friends of Crowders Mountain, Gastonia
• Friends of Panthertown, Cashiers
• Nantahala Hiking Club, Franklin
• Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, Asheville

North Dakota

• North Country Trail Association

Ohio

• Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Peninsula
• Friends of Alum Creek and Tributaries, Academy Park
• Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed, Columbus

Oregon

• Audubon Society of Portland
• Charleston Community Enhancement Corporation
• Forest Park Conservancy, Portland
• Friends of Mt. Tabor Park, Portland
• Friends of Tryon Creek, Portland
• Oregon Natural Desert Association, Bend
• SOLVE, Portland
• South Coast Watersheds, Gold Beach
• Willamette Riverkeeper, Portland

Pennsylvania

• Allegheny CleanWays, Pittsburgh 
• Friends of Big Pocono State Park, Tannersville
• Friends of Glen Providence Park, Providence Township
• Friends of Nockamixon State Park, Quakertown
• Friends of the Allentown Parks, Allentown
• Friends of Vernon Park, Philadelphia 
• Keep York Beautiful
• Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers, Philadelphia

Puerto Rico

• Vieques Conservation & Historical Trust

South Carolina

• Greater Greenville Parks Foundation
• Keep Greenville County Beautiful

South Dakota

• South Dakota Wild Grassland Coalition

Tennessee

• Friends of Bledsoe Creek State Park, Gallatin
• Friends of Norris Dam State Park, Lake City
• Friends of South Cumberland State Park, Monteagle
• Keep Morristown Hamblen Beautiful
• Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, Oak Ridge
• Watts Bar Lake Association, Spring City

Texas

• Audelia Road Library Friends, Dallas
• Austin Parks Foundation
• Brackenridge Park Conservancy, San Antonio
• Discover Green Young Environmental Leaders
• Friends of Caddo Lake, Karnack
• Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas, San Antonio
• Groundwork Dallas
• Hermann Park Conservancy, Houston
• Keep Flower Mound Beautiful
• Keep Irving Beautiful
• Montopolis Greenbelt Association, Austin
• Williamson County Conservation Foundation, Cedar Park

Utah

• Bear River Watershed Council,  Richmond
• Canyonlands Field Institute, Moab
• Cottonwood Canyons Foundation, Holladay
• TreeUtah, Salt Lake City

Virginia

• Eastern Virginia Mountain Bike Association
• Friends of Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria
• Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail Club
• Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club, Richmond
• Upper Tennessee River Roundtable, Abingdon

Washington

• Adults for Lil' Sprouts, Pacific
• Dishman Hills Natural Area Association
• Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Seattle
• Mt. St. Helens Institute, Amboy
• Mountains to Sound Greenway, Seattle
• Save Habitat And Diversity of Wetlands (S.H.A.D.O.W.), Renton
• Washington Trails Association, Seattle

West Virginia

• The North Fork Watershed Project, Davis

Wisconsin

• Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin
• Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton
• Friends of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway, Spring Green
• Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful, Milwaukee
• Park People of Milwaukee
• Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance, Baraboo
• Wild Ones, Neenah

Wyoming

• Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Bozeman