Partner Organizations

Discover and connect with 36 leading bioregional restoration organizations across North America—each one offering unique opportunities to join the regenerative movement

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Glen Canyon Institute logoHigh Priority
Glen Canyon Institute
Colorado River Basin
Founded 1996

Dedicated to the restoration of Glen Canyon and a healthy, free-flowing Colorado River through Grand Canyon.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🌊 Riparian

Focus Areas

Glen Canyon restorationFree-flowing riversDam removal advocacy
Advocacy/PolicyRegional

Join us in restoring one of America's most iconic canyons—your voice and action can help return the Colorado River to its natural glory for generations to come.

Living Rivers (Colorado Riverkeeper) logoHigh Priority
Living Rivers (Colorado Riverkeeper)
Colorado River Basin

Promotes alternative energy and water conservation while protecting the Colorado and Rio Grande River watersheds through community engagement.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🌊 Riparian

Focus Areas

River protectionAlternative energyCommunity organizing
Advocacy/PolicyRegional

Stand with us as guardians of the Colorado River—together we can build grassroots power to protect these vital waters from extraction and ensure a thriving future for all who depend on them.

Colorado Water Trust logoHigh Priority
Colorado Water Trust
Colorado River Basin
Founded 2001

Statewide 501(c)3 nonprofit restoring water to Colorado rivers and streams through innovative water rights solutions.

Restored 26.7 billion gallons of water to 600 miles of rivers and streams

Water Restored

26.7B gallons

River Miles

600 miles

Years Active

24 years

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🌊 Riparian

Focus Areas

Water rightsStream restorationInstream flow
Direct Restoration PractitionerState/Provincial

Partner with proven innovators who have already restored billions of gallons—your support amplifies 24 years of water rights expertise to heal even more rivers across Colorado.

Raise the River logoHigh Priority
Raise the River
Colorado River Basin

Unique partnership of six U.S. and Mexican NGOs committed to restoring the Colorado River delta.

Partner Organizations

6 NGOs

Countries

US & Mexico

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🦆 Wetland🌊 Riparian

Focus Areas

Delta restorationInternational cooperationFlow restoration
Network/CoalitionContinental/International

Be part of a historic binational movement bringing life back to the Colorado River Delta—cross-border collaboration proves that nature knows no boundaries when we work together.

Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program logoActive Partner
Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program
Colorado River Basin

Unique partnerships working to recover four threatened and endangered fish species found only in the Colorado River basin.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed

Focus Areas

Endangered species recoveryHabitat restorationPartnership coordination
Network/CoalitionMulti-State/Basin-Wide

Help save species found nowhere else on Earth—your engagement supports critical habitat work that ensures these ancient fish survive and thrive for future generations.

RiversEdge West logoHigh Priority
RiversEdge West
Colorado River Basin, Columbia River Basin, Great Basin

Improves the health of riparian ecosystems while promoting the economic, social, and cultural well-being of communities in the American West.

Restoration Focus

🌊 Riparian💧 Watershed

Focus Areas

Riparian restorationCommunity engagementEconomic integration
Direct Restoration PractitionerRegional

Join a movement that proves ecological restoration and community prosperity go hand in hand—your involvement strengthens Western rivers while building resilient local economies.

The Nature Conservancy - Colorado River Basin logoActive Partner
The Nature Conservancy - Colorado River Basin
Colorado River Basin

Working to protect the Colorado River Basin, which provides water, food, recreation and energy for more than 40 million people.

Serves 40M+ people across 7 states

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Watershed protectionWater securityLarge-scale conservation
Direct Restoration PractitionerMulti-State/Basin-Wide

Contribute to securing water for 40 million people—large-scale conservation requires collective action, and your partnership helps protect this lifeline for seven states.

California Native Plant Society logoHigh Priority
California Native Plant Society
California Floristic Province

Saving California's native plants and places using both head and heart through science, education, conservation, and gardening.

Restoration Focus

🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Native plant conservationEducationHabitat protectionNative gardening
Education/Capacity BuildingState/Provincial

Protect California's botanical heritage with science and passion—whether you garden, volunteer, or advocate, your participation helps save irreplaceable native ecosystems.

River Partners logoHigh Priority
River Partners
California Floristic Province

Restoring California's rivers to weather climate extremes, revitalize communities and cultures, sustain food systems, and bring back nature.

Restoration Focus

🌊 Riparian💧 Watershed

Focus Areas

Climate resilienceFood systemsCultural revitalization
Direct Restoration PractitionerState/Provincial

Build climate-resilient rivers that nourish people and nature—your engagement supports restoration that strengthens food security, cultural vitality, and ecological health simultaneously.

Plumas Corp logoHigh Priority
Plumas Corp
California Floristic Province

Non-profit specializing in stream and meadow restoration, managing all aspects of projects, and providing watershed monitoring and education.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🦆 Wetland

Focus Areas

Stream restorationMeadow restorationWatershed monitoringEducation
Direct Restoration PractitionerLocal/County

Support hands-on restoration expertise that transforms degraded watersheds into thriving ecosystems—local action creates ripple effects across entire bioregions.

California Watershed Network logoNetwork Member
California Watershed Network
California Floristic Province
Founded 2000

Non-profit protecting and restoring California's watersheds, ensuring healthy communities, run by a volunteer board.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Watershed protectionCommunity healthVolunteer coordination
Network/CoalitionState/Provincial

Connect with California's statewide watershed movement—your network participation amplifies grassroots efforts to protect the water sources that sustain all communities.

Sustainable Conservation logoHigh Priority
Sustainable Conservation
California Floristic Province

Advances the collaborative stewardship of California's land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Collaborative stewardshipLand conservationWater qualityAir quality
Direct Restoration PractitionerState/Provincial

Unite with pragmatic problem-solvers who bridge divides—your collaboration helps forge innovative solutions that benefit both ecosystems and the people who depend on them.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation logoActive Partner
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Chesapeake Bay

Saving the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams through education, advocacy, litigation, and restoration.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🦆 Wetland🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Bay restorationEducationAdvocacyLitigation
Advocacy/PolicyMulti-State/Basin-Wide

Defend America's largest estuary with the Bay's most powerful advocate—your support fuels education, legal action, and on-the-ground restoration to save this national treasure.

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay logoActive Partner
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay

Communities, companies, and conservationists working together to improve lands and waters in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. 50 years of conservation.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Community collaborationCorporate partnershipsLand and water improvement
Network/CoalitionMulti-State/Basin-Wide

Join 50 years of proven collaboration that brings together diverse stakeholders—your participation strengthens the alliance restoring the Bay for all who depend on it.

Chesapeake Conservancy logoActive Partner
Chesapeake Conservancy
Chesapeake Bay

Conserving 30% of the Chesapeake's lands and waters by 2030 for climate resilience, biodiversity and water quality.

Restoration Focus

🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Land conservationClimate resilienceBiodiversityWater quality
Direct Restoration PractitionerMulti-State/Basin-Wide

Help achieve the ambitious 30-by-30 goal that will transform the Chesapeake—your engagement accelerates land conservation critical for climate adaptation and biodiversity.

Chesapeake Bay Network logoNetwork Member
Chesapeake Bay Network
Chesapeake Bay

Network of 600+ organizations actively working to restore and conserve natural resources and create sustainable communities.

600+ member organizations

Member Organizations

600+

Restoration Focus

🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Network buildingResource conservationSustainable communities
Network/CoalitionMulti-State/Basin-Wide

Tap into the collective power of 600+ organizations—joining this network multiplies your impact and connects you with the Bay's most dedicated restoration community.

Tallgrass Prairie Center logoHigh Priority
Tallgrass Prairie Center
Tallgrass Prairie

Empowers people to value and restore resilient, diverse tallgrass prairie through education, research, and hands-on restoration.

Restoration Focus

🌾 Grassland

Focus Areas

Prairie restorationEducationNative plant productionAmeriCorps programs
Education/Capacity BuildingRegional

Restore America's most endangered ecosystem with expert guidance—your involvement helps bring back the diverse prairies that once covered 170 million acres.

Grassland Heritage Foundation logoHigh Priority
Grassland Heritage Foundation
Tallgrass Prairie

Provides hands-on prairie restoration opportunities, academic scholarships, and workshops on prairie management, native plant gardening, and prairie ecology.

Restoration Focus

🌾 Grassland

Focus Areas

Hands-on restorationScholarshipsWorkshopsPrairie ecology education
Education/Capacity BuildingRegional

Get your hands in the soil and learn from prairie experts—your participation supports scholarships and workshops that build the next generation of grassland stewards.

The Nature Conservancy - Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie logoActive Partner
The Nature Conservancy - Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Tallgrass Prairie

Major effort to restore approximately 20,000 acres of farm and industrial land to tallgrass prairie and complex ecology.

20,000 acres under restoration

Acres Restoring

20,000

Restoration Focus

🌾 Grassland

Focus Areas

Large-scale restorationLand conversionEcosystem complexity
Direct Restoration PractitionerRegional

Witness the transformation of 20,000 acres from industrial wasteland to thriving prairie—your support helps write one of conservation's greatest comeback stories.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve logoActive Partner
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Tallgrass Prairie

Protects and restores nearly 11,000 acres in the Flint Hills—the largest expanse of tallgrass prairie left in the world.

11,000 acres protected

Acres Protected

11,000

Restoration Focus

🌾 Grassland

Focus Areas

Prairie preservationPublic educationBison restoration
Direct Restoration PractitionerRegional

Safeguard the world's last great tallgrass prairie landscape—your engagement helps preserve this irreplaceable ecosystem and the bison that shaped it for millennia.

Conservation Northwest logoActive Partner
Conservation Northwest
Columbia River Basin, Cascadia

Connecting big landscapes, restoring iconic wildlife, and protecting natural heritage for future generations in the Pacific Northwest.

Restoration Focus

🌲 Forest🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Landscape connectivityWildlife restorationNatural heritage protection
Direct Restoration PractitionerRegional

Help reconnect fragmented landscapes so wolves, grizzlies, and salmon can thrive—your action builds the wildlife corridors essential for Pacific Northwest biodiversity.

Puget Sound Restoration Fund logoHigh Priority
Puget Sound Restoration Fund
Cascadia

Spearheads tangible, in-water actions to restore marine species, habitats, and waters for people and place in Puget Sound.

Restoration Focus

🦆 Wetland🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Marine restorationShellfish recoveryKelp forest restorationCommunity engagement
Direct Restoration PractitionerRegional

Dive into hands-on marine restoration that brings back oysters, kelp forests, and thriving waters—your involvement creates visible, measurable change in Puget Sound.

Regenerate Cascadia logoHigh Priority
Regenerate Cascadia
Cascadia

501(c)3 nonprofit program of the Department of Bioregion. Social movement and capacity-building organization promoting bioregionalism.

Restoration Focus

🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

BioregionalismSocial movementCapacity buildingCommunity organizing
Education/Capacity BuildingRegional

Build the bioregional movement from the ground up—your participation strengthens the social infrastructure needed for systemic ecological and cultural regeneration.

Sustainable Northwest logoActive Partner
Sustainable Northwest
Columbia River Basin, Cascadia

Partners with rural & Tribal communities to develop locally-led solutions that advance forest health and resilience.

Restoration Focus

🌲 Forest

Focus Areas

Rural partnershipsTribal collaborationLocally-led solutionsForest health
Network/CoalitionRegional

Support community-driven forest restoration that honors Tribal wisdom and rural livelihoods—your partnership empowers local solutions that heal landscapes and strengthen communities.

SER Northwest Chapter logoActive Partner
SER Northwest Chapter
Cascadia
Founded 1993

Actively protects and restores ecosystems throughout the Cascadia bioregion (Washington, Oregon, parts of CA, BC, ID).

Restoration Focus

🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Professional networkEcosystem restorationScience and practice
Professional SocietyRegional

Join the professional community advancing restoration science and practice—your membership connects you with experts transforming Cascadia's ecosystems through evidence-based action.

The Everglades Foundation logoActive Partner
The Everglades Foundation
Everglades

Well-respected authoritative source for scientific research on the Everglades. Scientists are passionate seekers of truth.

Restoration Focus

🦆 Wetland🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Scientific researchData-driven advocacyRestoration science
Research/ScienceRegional

Support rigorous science that guides the world's largest restoration project—your contribution fuels research that holds decision-makers accountable to evidence-based Everglades recovery.

Everglades Coalition logoNetwork Member
Everglades Coalition
Everglades

Alliance of 60+ local, state, and national conservation and environmental organizations dedicated to full restoration of the Everglades.

60+ member organizations

Member Organizations

60+

Restoration Focus

🦆 Wetland🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Coalition buildingFull restorationMulti-organization collaboration
Network/CoalitionRegional

Join the unified voice of 60+ organizations demanding full Everglades restoration—your alliance membership amplifies collective advocacy for America's most unique ecosystem.

Friends of the Everglades logoActive Partner
Friends of the Everglades
Everglades

Mission to preserve, protect, and restore the only Everglades in the world through advocacy and education.

Restoration Focus

🦆 Wetland🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

PreservationProtectionAdvocacyEducation
Advocacy/PolicyRegional

Honor Marjory Stoneman Douglas's legacy by defending the River of Grass—your advocacy ensures this one-of-a-kind ecosystem receives the protection it desperately needs.

Alliance for the Great Lakes logoActive Partner
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Great Lakes

Works to protect and restore the largest system of fresh surface water in the world through policy, education, and community engagement.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Water protectionPolicy advocacyCommunity engagementInvasive species
Advocacy/PolicyContinental/International

Safeguard 20% of the world's fresh surface water—your advocacy protects the Great Lakes that sustain 40 million people and countless ecosystems.

Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition logoNetwork Member
Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition
Great Lakes

Coalition of local, state, and regional advocates working together to establish Great Lakes restoration and protection as a national conservation priority.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Coalition advocacyFederal fundingRestoration priorities
Network/CoalitionContinental/International

Amplify the collective voice demanding federal investment in Great Lakes restoration—your coalition membership ensures this national treasure receives the resources it deserves.

Freshwater Conservation Canada logoActive Partner
Freshwater Conservation Canada
Great Lakes, Canada Freshwater Systems

Safeguards biodiversity of Canada's freshwater ecosystems with projects to preserve and restore habitats.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🦆 Wetland

Focus Areas

Freshwater biodiversityHabitat preservationHabitat restoration
Direct Restoration PractitionerContinental/International

Protect Canada's irreplaceable freshwater biodiversity—your support funds habitat projects that ensure clean water and thriving ecosystems for future generations.

Watersheds Canada logoHigh Priority
Watersheds Canada
Great Lakes, Canada Freshwater Systems

Works with property owners, municipalities, and community groups to create custom planting plans to restore shorelines with native trees and shrubs.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🌊 Riparian

Focus Areas

Shoreline restorationCommunity partnershipsNative planting
Direct Restoration PractitionerContinental/International

Transform degraded shorelines into thriving riparian corridors—your partnership brings native plants and community action together to heal Canada's waterways.

Wildlife Habitat Canada logoActive Partner
Wildlife Habitat Canada
Canada Freshwater Systems

National, non-profit, charitable conservation organization envisioning a future where Canadians share a conservation ethic.

Restoration Focus

🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Wildlife habitatConservation ethicNational coordination
Grant-Making/FundingContinental/International

Cultivate a national conservation ethic across Canada—your contribution funds habitat projects that inspire Canadians to value and protect their natural heritage.

WWF Canada - Restoration Fund logoActive Partner
WWF Canada - Restoration Fund
Canada Freshwater Systems

Supports projects that aim to improve the health of Canada's freshwater ecosystems through direct, on-the-ground initiatives.

Restoration Focus

💧 Watershed🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Grant-makingFreshwater healthOn-the-ground projects
Grant-Making/FundingContinental/International

Fund tangible restoration that improves Canada's freshwater health—your donation supports grassroots projects delivering measurable ecological improvements nationwide.

Society for Ecological Restoration logoActive Partner
Society for Ecological Restoration
All

Advances the science, practice, and policy of ecological restoration to sustain biodiversity and improve resilience in a changing climate.

Restoration Focus

🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Science advancementProfessional practicePolicy developmentClimate resilience
Professional SocietyContinental/International

Join the global community advancing restoration science—your membership connects you with practitioners and researchers shaping the future of ecological recovery worldwide.

Planet Drum Foundation logoNetwork Member
Planet Drum Foundation
All
Founded 1973

Promoting bioregionalism as a grassroots approach to ecology. Maintains bioregional resource directory and conducts restoration projects.

50+ years of bioregional advocacy

Years Active

52 years

Restoration Focus

🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

BioregionalismResource directoryEducationInternational projects
Education/Capacity BuildingContinental/International

Connect with the pioneers of bioregionalism who have championed place-based ecology for over 50 years—your engagement strengthens the global movement for living in harmony with natural systems.

Department of Bioregion logoHigh Priority
Department of Bioregion
All

Non-profit promoting bioregionalism as a grassroots approach to ecology and solution to societal problems.

Restoration Focus

🌍 Multi-System

Focus Areas

Bioregional movementGrassroots organizingSystems thinking
Education/Capacity BuildingContinental/International

Build the bioregional future from the grassroots up—your participation helps create the social infrastructure for communities to live regeneratively within their ecological context.

Ready to Join the Movement?

Every organization listed here represents a pathway to meaningful ecological restoration. Choose the one that resonates with your bioregion, skills, and passion—then take action today.