ACT LOCAL . BE LOCAL . PROTECT LOCAL .
Whether its kickin’ dirt on a single track, baggin’ a peak or enjoying a fall festival, its all about the Life Outdoors! Into the Yonder is taking the next step in providing opportunities for you to have an impact on preserving your local ecology. Into the Yonder has no relationship and receives no benefit from the organizations below, but based on our criteria we happily present their mission and a link for you to explore and take action.
Criteria:
Criteria:
- Certified Organization or certified 501 (3c)
- Established for more than 10 years
- Easy to navigate site for volunteer, donate or action
- Mission includes core components of Conservation, Preservation and Education
- Output directly impacts its local communities and its residents.
The mission at Keep Virginia Beautiful is to engage and unite Virginians to improve our natural and scenic environment. Our goals include becoming the leading statewide voice, providing a framework for improved communication and collaboration, cultivating and supporting sustainable programs, and engaging citizens by linking them to volunteer opportunities and information about 5 impact areas: Litter Prevention, Recycling, Waste Reduction, Beautification, and Education
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Founded in 1998, Scenic Virginia is the only statewide conservation non-profit dedicated exclusively to the preservation, protection, and enhancement of the scenic beauty of our Commonwealth, with a particular focus on the preservation of significant views and vistas. It believes that beauty is good for business and essential for the soul, and our scenic assets are essential to the cultural and economic health of our Commonwealth.
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Sweet Virginia Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 educational organization. Sweet Virginia is on a mission to create a healthier, happier planet. We teach kids about honey bees and share the joy of sunflowers. Sweet Virginia is dedicated to helping educators teach students about the honey bee. We have reached thousands of local elementary school students with our in-class Hive Alive! program. In late 2016, we launched Hive Alive! Digital, a global online forum including lesson plans, to share the wonder of the honey bee with students around the world
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Prince William Conservation Alliance is an independent nonprofit watershed organization working to protect and enhance natural areas and healthy communities through stewardship, recreation and education. Our stewardship programs create opportunities for individuals to learn more about wildlife and engage in positive activities that improve the quality of local natural areas and communities. All our projects are open for member participation. We invite you to join us!
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Potomac Appalachian Trail Club are the Trail Guardians for over 1000 miles of trails in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia & Virginia, including 240 miles of AT. Our territory begins in Central Pennsylvania at Pine Grove Furnace, continues thru Maryland & West Virginia to Harpers Ferry and extends into the mid-point of Virginia, including the Shenandoah National Park. PATC leads hikes on these 1000+ miles of trails as well as has primary responsibility for maintaining the trails. Our work falls into 4 categories:
- Trail Management & Support - Community Engagement - Education & Youth - Conservation |
The goal of the 500-Year Forest Foundation is to conserve mature forests and the biologically diverse species they nurture. As a 501(c) non-profit organization, we work in partnership with private landowners who have 100 acres or more of forest with a significant number of trees 70 years or older. To become a 500-Year Forest, a designated acreage must be protected by a conservation easement that prohibits timber harvesting, either in the wording of the original easement or as an amendment to an existing easement. Trees of the forest will thereby be allowed to reach their maximum age and fulfill their roles—from small seedling to canopy giant to soil-making decayed log—in a continually regenerating old-growth forest.
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Appalachian Mountain Advocates is a non-profit law and policy center dedicated to fighting for clean water and a clean energy future. Appalmad has a long history of winning precedent-setting court cases and negotiating costly settlements. We have secured hundreds of millions of dollars towards conserving natural areas and treating polluted water. We have worked to ensure that the coal industry cannot continue to dump its costs of doing business onto the public
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Loudon Wildlife Conservancy Our Mission: We inspire, motivate and engage people to protect, preserve and restore wildlife habitat. Loudoun Wildlife educates by leading people to discover through field trips and programs. Indoor and outdoor events open doors to the world of dragonflies and owls, amphibian night sounds and bird songs in the early morning, great trees and wildflowers
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