California Invasive Plant Council
Contact Name: Doug Johnson, Executive Director
Address: 1441-A Walnut St. #462 Berkley California 94702
Phone: 510-843-3902
Email: info@cal-ipc.org
Website: www.cal-ipc.org
County: Statewide
Issue Focus: Invasive Plant Management, Habitat Protection
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Accepts Donations: Yes
Public Events: Annual conference in October, plus training field courses year-round
Description: Protecting wildlands from invasive plants through research, restoration, education and advocacy. We are a membership organization, with 1,000 natural resource managers, researchers, and restoration volunteers statewide.
California Native Plant Society
Contact Name: Tara Hansen, Executive Director
Address: 2707 K Street, Suite 1, Sacramento, California 95816
Phone: 916-447-2677
Email: cnps@cnps.org
Website: http://cnps.org
County: Statewide
Issue Focus: Native Plant Protection, Education and Conservation
Accepts Donations: Yes
Public Events: CNPS Conservation Conference in 2012; Education Program offerings year-round; Chapter educational programs, field trips and restoration activities throughout the state
Description: Protecting California Native Plants through education, advocacy and science. Statewide membership organization with 33 chapters and 10,000 members.
California Watershed Coalition
Contact Name: Michael Wellborn
Phone: (714) 932-8689
Email: michael@watershednetwork.org
County: Statewide
Issue Focus: State policy and legislative issues
Volunteer Opportunities: Yes
Accepts donations: Yes
Public Events: 2009 California Watershed Forum
Description: A coalition of non-profit entities working on statewide policy issues.
Center for Biological Diversity
Contact person: Justin Augustine
Address: 351 California Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415-436-9682 x302
Email: jaugustine@biologicaldiversity.org
Website: www.biologicaldiversity.org
County: Statewide
Issues Focus: Endangered species, wildlife and habitat, watershed quality, global warming, land use
Volunteer Opportunities: Yes
Accepts donations: Yes
Description: The Center is a non-profit, public interest, conservation organization dedicated to the protection of native species and their habitats through applying sound science, policy and environmental law. The Center has over 40,000 members many of whom reside in California.
The Pacific Forest Trust
Contact person: Laurie Wayburn, President
Address: 1001-A O’Reilly Ave, San Francisco, CA 94129
Phone: 415-561-0700
Email: pft@pacificforest.org ; lwayburn@pacificforest.org
Website: http://www.pacificforest.org
County: Statewide
Issues Focus: Forest conservation; forestry; land use; global warming; forest and climate policy
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Volunteer Opportunities: PFT often has summer internships available
Accepts donations: Yes
Public Events: PFT hosts an annual dinner, the Forest Fete, every year (September)
Description: PFT is a non-profit organization dedicated to sustaining private forestlands for their wealth of public benefits, including wood, water, wildlife and a well-balanced climate. We own and manage forestland and hold conservation easements in California and the Pacific Northwest. In collaboration with landowners, forest managers, public agencies and others, PFT has led the development of forest climate policies and projects to achieve substantial benefits for the climate through conservation and stewardship.
