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Protecting nature protects water. Please help us protect our water sources by volunteering your time to help with local on the ground projects to make our rivers and lakes healthy. For your convenience, we have put together a list of freshwater-related volunteer opportunities for The Nature Conservancy and other organizations. Additional opportunities can be found on our volunteer page.

Conservancy Chapters that Host Cleanups/Work Parties

Connecticut
Georgia
Kentucky
Missouri
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin

National Organizations that Host Cleanups or Can Help Find Cleanups

America's State Parks
Environmental Protection Agency
Forest Service
National Park Service
National Wildlife Federation
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Service Nation
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Volunteer Match

Groups/Organizations that Host Cleanups

Alabama, Tennessee: Flint River Conservation Association
Alabama: Cheaha State Park
Alabama: DeSoto State Park
Alabama: Alabama Power
Alaska: Anchorage Waterways Council
Arizona: Friends of the Verde River Greenway
Arizona: Verde River Greenway State Natural Area
Arizona: Slide Rock State Park
Arkansas: Buffalo National River Partners
Arkansas: Lake Dardanelle State Park
California: Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods
California: Liquid Fusion Kayaking
California: Friends of Los Angeles River
California: Tuolumne River Trust
California: The South Yuba River Citizens League
California: South Yuba River Parks Association
California: American River Parkway Foundation
California: Friends of the River
California: San Diego River Park Foundation
California: Save Our Shores
California: Donner Summit Area Association
California: Lassen Land and Trails Trust
Colorado: Rocky Mountain Surf Festival
Colorado: City of Loveland
Colorado: Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
Colorado: Greater Arkansas River Nature Association
Colorado: Coalition for the Upper South Platte
Colorado: Colorado State Parks
Connecticut: Housatonic Valley Association
Connecticut: Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District
Connecticut: Connecticut River Watershed Council
Connecticut: Connecticut Fund for the Environment
Delaware: Christina River Watershed Council
Delaware: Brandywine Creek State Park
Florida: Current Problems
Florida: Tampa Bay Estuary Program
Georgia: Get Outdoors Georgia
Georgia: Rivers Alive
Georgia: Atlanta Area Paddlers
Hawaii: City & County of Honolulu, Department of Environmental Services
Hawaii: Mālama O Mānoa (Manoa Historic Preservation Committee)
Idaho: City of Boise
Illinois: Prairie Rivers Network
Illinois: Friends of the Chicago River
Illinois: Friends of the Illinois River
Illinois: Northern Illinois Anglers Association
Illinois: Living Lands and Waters
Illinois: River Forest Park District
Illinois: Illinois Paddling Council
Indiana: Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Indiana: Living Lands and Waters
Indiana: Friends of the White River
Indiana: Oxbow, Inc.
Indiana: City of Shelbyville Indiana
Indiana: Wabash River Defenders
Iowa: Cedar River Festival Group
Iowa: Winneshiek Energy District
Iowa: Living Lands and Waters
Iowa: Madison County Parks
Iowa: Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Kansas: City of Overland Park
Kentucky: Bardstown Boaters
Kentucky: Kentucky State Parks
Maine: Ferry Beach Ecology School
Maine: Maine Department of Conservation
Maryland: Alice Ferguson Foundation
Maryland: South River Federation
Maryland: Blue Water Baltimore
Maryland: Clean Bread and Cheese Creek
Maryland: Patapsco Valley Heritage Greenway
Massachusetts: Charles River Cleanup Boat
Massachusetts: The Neponset River Watershed Association
Massachusetts: Zoar Outdoor
Massachusetts: OARS, Inc.
Massachusetts: Connecticut River Watershed Council
Massachusetts: Groundwork Lawrence
Massachusetts: Housatonic Valley Association
Massachusetts: Westfield River Watershed Association
Massachusetts: Charles River Watershed Association
Michigan: Tuscola Conservation District
Michigan: St. Joseph County Conservation District
Michigan: Friends of the Detroit River
Michigan: Barry Conservation District
Michigan: Hillsdale Conservation District
Michigan: Missaukee Conservation District
Michigan: Ingham Conservation District
Michigan: Boardman River Clean Sweep
Michigan: Van Buren Conservation District
Minnesota: Friends of the Wild River State Park
Minnesota: Cannon River Watershed Partnership
Minnesota: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Minnesota: Friends of the Mississippi River
Minnesota: Living Lands and Waters
Missouri: Top of the Ozarks Resource Conservation and Development
Missouri: James River Basin Partnership
Missouri: Living Lands and Waters
Missouri: The Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region
Montana: Clark Fork Coalition
Montana: Montana Water Course
Nebraska, Missouri: Missouri River Relief
New Hampshire: New Hampshire Rivers Council
New Hampshire: Nashua River Watershed Association
New Jersey: The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
New Mexico: City of Albuquerque Open Space Division
New Mexico: Quiet Waters Paddling Adventures
New Mexico: Santa Fe Watershed Association
New York: Battenkill Conservancy
New York: Clearwater
New York, Pennsylvania: National Park Service: Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
New York: Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program
New York: Housatonic Valley Association
New York: Groundwork Hudson Valley
North Carolina: North Carolina Big Sweet
North Carolina: City of Raleigh
North Carolina, Virginia: National Committee for the New River
Ohio: Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District
Ohio: Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Oklahoma: City of Edmond
Oregon: Tualatin River Watershed Council
Oregon: SOLV
Pennsylvania: French Creek Conservancy
Pennsylvania: Chester - Ridley - Crum Watersheds Association
Pennsylvania: United By Blue
South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
South Dakota: National Park Service: Missouri National Recreational River
Tennessee: City of Knoxville
Tennessee: Living Lands and Waters
Tennessee: National Park Service: Obed Wild and Scenic River
Texas: Texas Rivers Protection Association
Texas: Busura Bash: Annual San Antonio Waterways Clean Up
Vermont: Friends of the Winooski
Vermont: Green Mountain Troutfitters
Virginia: Tree Stewards
Virginia: Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment
Virginia: James River Association
Washington: City of Federal Way
Washington: Atomic Ducks Dive Club
Washington: Duwamish ALIVE!
Washington: Puget Creek Restoration Society
West Virginia: West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Wisconsin: Wisconsin's Citzen-Based Water Monitoring Network
Wisconsin: St. Croix River Association
Wyoming: Bear River Greenway