Action Guide

Ned was adamant that future generations take up his causes. He believed the environmental movement would continue and deepen because he believed in people. So get empowered with the guide to nature activism in Texas.

List in Progress

Each entry will have a one to two-sentence description, plus a Google maps link to show the location.

Sources still to be gleaned:

https://earthdirectory.net/texas
https://greensourcedfw.org/community-index
https://texanbynature.org/programs/conservation-wrangler/

Nature — Nonprofit Groups

Environmental

Environment Texas https://environmenttexas.org/
Sierra Club: Lone Star Chapter https://www.sierraclub.org/texas
list all chapters
Texas Campaign for the Environment https://www.texasenvironment.org/
Texas Conservation Alliance

Regional

Arlington Conservation Council https://www.acctexas.org/

Citizen’s Environmental Coalition https://cechouston.org/
Downwinders at Risk https://www.downwindersatrisk.org/
Ecology Action of Texas https://www.ecology-action.org/
Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas https://greensatx.org/
Hill Country Alliance https://hillcountryconservancy.org/

Land Trusts

Native Prairies Association of Texas https://texasprairie.org/
Texas Agricultural Land Trust https://www.txaglandtrust.org/
Texas Land Conservancy https://www.texaslandconservancy.org/
Texas Land Trust Council https://texaslandtrustcouncil.org/
The Nature Conservancy https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/texas/

Regional

Bayou Land Conservancy https://www.bayoulandconservancy.org/
Coastal Prairie Conservancy https://www.coastalprairieconservancy.org/
Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust https://gbrtx.org/
Valley Land Fund https://valleylandfund.com/

Native Plants & Pocket Prairies

Botanical Research Institute of Texas http://www.brit.org/
Native Plant Society of Texas https://npsot.org/wp/
list chapters

Naturalist

Texas Master Naturalist https://txmn.org/
list chapters
Regional

Park & Preserve Support Groups

Big Bend Conservancy https://bigbendconservancy.org/
Big Thicket Association https://www.bigthicket.org/
Franklin Mountains Wilderness Coalition https://franklinmountains.wordpress.com/
Friends of Anahuac Refuge http://friendsofanahuacnwr.com/
Friends of Aransas National Wildlife https://friendsofaransas.wildapricot.org/
Friends of Attwater Prairie Chicken Wildlife Refuge https://attwater.org/
Friends of Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge https://www.friendsofbalcones.org/
Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges https://www.refugefriends.org/
Friends of Hagerman NWR https://friendsofhagerman.com/
Friends of Trinity River Refuge http://www.friendsoftrinityriverrefuge.com/

Rivers & Ocean

Clean Water Action Texas https://www.cleanwateraction.org/states/texas
Meadows Center
Texas Rivers Protection Association

Regional

Bayou City Waterkeeper https://bayoucitywaterkeeper.org/
Coastal Bend Bays Foundation https://www.baysfoundation.org/
Environmental Stewardship https://www.environmental-stewardship.org/
Galveston Bay Foundation https://galvbay.org/
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory https://www.gcbo.org/
San Marcos River Foundation https://sanmarcosriver.org/
Trinity Waters https://trinitywaters.org/

Wildlife

Audubon Society
list all chapters

Texas Wildlife Society
list all chapters

Texas Ornithological Society https://texasbirds.org/

 

Regional

Butterfly Enthusiasts of Southeast Texas https://www.naba.org/chapters/nababest/
Piney Woods Wildlife Society https://pineywoodswildlifesociety.org/

 

Human Rights & Social Progress — Nonprofit Groups

Human rights and informed voting. Unitariarism.

Activist Training

Organizations with environmental and naturalist activism training

 

Activism

Texas Environmental Center http://www.tec.org/

Regional

School of Constructive Hellraising

 

Informed Voting

League of Conservation Voters

League of Women Voters

 

Education

Colleges and universities with environmental programs. Law schools.

Ecology and Environmental Departments

Texas A&M University

University of North Texas

Law Schools

Southern Methodist University

University of Texas

Media

Books

Films

Publications