Environmental Agencies,
Organizations, Associations
DISCLAIMER: The following links will take you off of our site. At the time we
linked to them, site content was educational and appropriate for children.
Arizona Association for Environmental Education
AAEE is a nonprofit organization working to enhance the quality of environmental
education in Arizona and to advance professionalism among all who are involved
with environmental education, whatever the topic or setting. There's a New Way
to Support the Arizona Association for Environmental Education! What if
AAEE earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Well, now we can!
GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates ad revenue, about a
penny per search, to the charity its users designate. Use it just like any search
engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get the same great results.
Arizona Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cares for more than 270 million acres of
public lands. In Arizona the numbers exceed 12 million. Many of these lands are
open to exploration and we invite you to consider these lands your largest
classroom.
Arizona Clean and Beautiful
Arizona Clean and Beautiful, founded in 1985 is a non-profit. volunteer-driven
organization dedicated to preserving, maintaining, and enhancing the beauty and
environmental quality of Arizona through research, education and the Arizona
Affiliate Network.
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
ADEQ engages citizens in many ways to keep them informed and invite their
participation in environmental planning and decision-making. This page of our
Web site identifies ADEQ's public involvement activities and resources to assist
you.
Arizona Environmental Recycling
Arizona Environmental Recycling, L.L.C., is dedicated to providing individuals and
the business community with comprehensive recycling programs along with safe
and clean collection facilities. Family owned and operated, we are focused on
preserving our state's environment for future generations to enjoy.
Arizona Environmental Strategic Alliance
The Alliance is a unique public-private partnership which demonstrates
environmental leadership to Arizona communities and businesses. The Alliance
recognizes leadership characteristics, shares expertise, builds public trust, and
works in partnership for positive environmental change. As its cornerstone, the
Alliance believes that organizations exhibit environmental leadership by achieving
environmental performance beyond regulations and visibly models this philosophy
to communities and businesses.
Arizona Foundation for Resource Education
The Arizona Foundation for Resource Education (AFRE) promotes environmental
and economic literacy through natural resource education. Online resources for K-
12 educators include recommended readings about natural resources, best
practices and leadership plus downloadable tools to help teachers employ cutting-
edge, research-based instructional strategies and models such as curriculum
mapping and Understanding by Design (UbD).
Arizona Native Plant Society
The Arizona Native Plant Society is a statewide nonprofit organization devoted to
Arizona's native plants. Its mission is to promote knowledge, appreciation,
conservation, and restoration of Arizona native plants and their habitats.
Arizona Recycling Coalition
The Arizona Recycling Coalition (AzRC) is a non-profit organization of
professionals and citizens pledged to promoting recycling efforts in the public
sector and in the business communities throughout Arizona.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a world-renowned zoo, natural history
museum and botanical garden, all in one place! Exhibits re-create the natural
landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region so realistically you find yourself eye-to-
eye with mountain lions, prairie dogs, Gila monsters, and more. Within the
Museum grounds, you will see more than 300 animal species and 1,200 kinds of
plants. There are almost 2 miles of paths traversing 21 acres of beautiful desert.
Arizona Tree Council
The Arizona Community Tree Council, Inc. is a non-profit organization that
promotes communication and the exchange of information about trees and the
essential role they play in the well being of all Arizona communities. The Council
is composed of representatives from individual Arizona counties, tribal
communities, government agencies, professional organizations and other
individuals who have a statewide interest in the Council's mission.
Arizona Wilderness Coalition
The Arizona Wilderness Coalition's (AWC) mission is to permanently protect and
restore Wilderness and other wild lands and waters in Arizona for the enjoyment
of all citizens and to ensure that Arizona's native plants and animals have a
lasting home in wild nature. AWC coordinates and conducts inventories and
educates citizens about the unique features of Arizona's landscape, while
advocating and building support for their lasting protection. The AWC has
completed inventories and has prepared preliminary wilderness recommendations
for nearly one half of the state. We are actively organizing volunteers to complete
this effort for all of Arizona.
Arizona Wildlife Federation
AWF is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating, inspiring, and assisting
individuals and organizations to value, conserve, enhance, manage, and protect
wildlife and wildlife habitat.
Audubon in Arizona
Audubon Arizona is a state leader in conservation.
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cares for more than 270 million acres of
public lands. In Arizona the numbers exceed 12 million. Many of these lands are
open to exploration and we invite you to consider these lands your largest
classroom.
Center for Biological Diversity
At the Center we believe that the health and vigor of human societies and the
integrity and wildness of the natural environment are closely linked. Beyond their
extraordinary intrinsic value, animals and plants, in their distinctness and variety,
offer irreplaceable emotional and physical benefits to our lives and play an
integral part in culture. Their loss, which parallels the loss of diversity within and
among human civilizations, impoverishes us beyond repair. Combining
conservation biology with litigation, policy advocacy, and an innovative strategic
vision, the Center for Biological Diversity is working to secure a future for animals
and plants hovering on the brink of extinction, for the wilderness they need to
survive, and by extension for the spiritual welfare of generations to come.
Cocconino Rural Environment Corps
In partnership with Southwest Youth Corps and Canyon Country Youth Corps,
CREC has forged a new corps association, the Mountain Alliance of Conservation
Corps.
Desert Botanical Garden
Nestled amid the red buttes of Papago Park, the Desert Botanical Garden hosts
one of the world’s finest collections of desert plants. One of only 44 botanical
gardens accredited by the American Association of Museums, this one-of-a-kind
museum showcases 50 acres of beautiful outdoor exhibits.
Home to 139 rare, threatened and endangered plant species from around the
world, the Garden offers interesting and inspiring experiences to more than
250,000 visitors each year.
Don't Waste Arizona
Non-profit environmental organization created for the protection, conservation,
and preservation of the human and natural environment in and around Phoenix,
and the state of Arizona.
Earth 911
It is the mission of Earth 911 to empower the public with community-specific
resources to improve their quality of life. While sustainable prevention programs
are by far the best way to protect our nation’s environment, the costs associated
with many of these programs can be astronomical. That is why the use of this
Public and Private Sector Partnership is so important in effectuating prevention
ideals. Through the Partnership, economies of scale and scope are achieved,
promoting this public service across the nation and centralizing environmental
resources into one user-friendly network.
Ecosa Institute
The mission of the Ecosa Institute is to restore health to the natural environment,
and thus the human environment, through education in design. Our vision is
based on synthesizing the ethical and ecological values critical to the health of the
environment, with the vitality and dynamism of the design arts.
Environment Arizona
Environment Arizona is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy
organization. Our professional staff combines independent research, practical
ideas and tough-minded advocacy to overcome the opposition of powerful special
interests and win real results for Arizona's environment. Environment Arizona
draws on 30 years of success in tackling our state's top environmental problems.
Highlands Center for Natural History
The Highlands Center for Natural History is an environmental education
organization, which features quality outdoor science education, reaching over
10,000 children and adults each year.
Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
The Institute for the Study of Planet Earth (ISPE) is a center for disciplinary and
interdisciplinary environmental and climate change science at The University of
Arizona. Working with faculty and students from more than forty departments
across campus, ISPE supports and helps coordinate the physical science, social
science, and engineering research and education needed to understand how
natural and human systems are likely to change and influence society in the
months, years, and decades to come. From global warming impacts in Antarctica
to water availability concerns in Arizona, ISPE builds on the UA's long-standing
tradition of excellence in earth science and environmental programs to address
regional and global change issues and provide society with the tools and solid
scientific foundation needed to make the best decisions about our future.
McDowell Sonoran Conservancy
The McDowell Sonoran Conservancy is committed to preserving the Sonoran
Desert and its Mountains for the benefit of this and all future generations.
Native West Press
NATIVE WEST PRESS is a small press in Prescott, Arizona, with a special
emphasis on indigenous wildlife and the natural history of the American West.
Native West Press is dedicated to enhancing public awareness of the importance
of natural biodiversity, particularly within the western regions of the United States.
Nature Conservancy
For more than 35 years, The Nature Conservancy in Arizona has been working
locally with communities, businesses and people like you, providing hope for the
preservation of our land, our water, our way of life.
Northern Arizona Environmental Education Resources Center
The Northern Arizona Environmental Education Resources Center, designated by
the Arizona Department of Education, is a part of the Center for Environmental
Sciences and Education at Northern Arizona University, and was established to
serve environmental educators and the public of northern Arizona. The NAEERC
assists educators in Northern Arizona with developing and integrating
environmental education in their curriculum. The NAEERC provides environmental
education workshops and community programs, access to print and other media
environmental education resource materials. Visit our on-line catalog, and serves
as a site for and to publicize environmental education workshops and community
programs.
Oracle State Park
The purpose of the park is to act as a wildlife refuge and environmental learning
center. Educational programs are being developed to focus on basic ecologic
principles, and to enhance public awareness of the importance of safeguarding
natural resouces. Although the land has been a park for just a short while, the
area has been visited and used by man since prehistoric times. This interaction
between man and the park environment has played an important role in shaping
the landscape we see today.
Phoenix Zoo
Saguaro Juniper Corporation
The Saguaro Juniper Corporation is a group of over 60 associates holding both
deeded land and land leased from the State of Arizona. This land is located in
and around Hot Springs Canyon, a major tributary of the central San Pedro River
in the southeastern part of our state. Saguaro Juniper associates are more likely
to consider themselves stewards of the land rather than owners. To quote from
the Preamble to our Saguaro Juniper Covenant, “In acquiring private governance,
we agree to cherish its earth, waters, plants and animals in a way that promotes
the health, stability, and diversity of the whole community.” Thus we do not seek
to isolate wildlands from all human contact, rather we hope to include human
beings as partners embracing the land, its plants and animals. Saguaro Juniper is
a share-holder corporation that makes decisions by a consensual process.
Save the Peaks
The Save the Peaks Coalition was formed to address environmental and human
rights issues caused by proposed ski resort development on the San Francisco
Peaks, a mountain in Northern Arizona held sacred by over 13 Native American
Nations.
Sierra Club: Grand Canyon Chapter
Solar Alliance
The Tucson Solar Alliance is a non-profit community coalition dedicated to helping
people access solar energy and related measures more easily on a practical and
cost-effective basis. The Solar Alliance doesn't sell anything. No one who does is
on its Board of Directors or has any decision-making role in, or influence on, its
decisions or actions. The Solar Alliance is on your side, with good, unbiased,
noncommercial, expert advice and support. Through Cooperative Buyers Groups,
it helps in obtaining such products at greatly reduced prices. Through the
Alliance's Community Solar Program, which includes dozens of non-profit
organization partners, as well as the City of Tucson, Pima County and the State of
Arizona, Tucson became the first community in the nation to be accepted on that
basis for participation and funding in the national photovoltaic program. The
Tucson homeowners and builders who have taken advantage of that program
have been able to obtain top-quality pv systems for prices far lower than
anywhere else. You are invited to join the community and join in the solar
revolution.
Tucson Clean and Beautiful
Tucson Clean & Beautiful, a nonprofit organization, conducts environmental
volunteer programs in waste reduction and recycling, land stewardship, urban
forestry, and beautification. Trees for Tucson is a program of Tucson Clean &
Beautiful.
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center is a private, non-profit 501(c)
(3) organization sponsored by the Coconino and Fredonia Natural Resource
Conservation Districts. The gardens in the park feature a pond and a wide
variety of plants native to the Colorado Plateau. We are open to the public 12-4 p.
m. Wednesday and Saturday during the school year. (Closed December and
January and most school holidays.)
The Frog is the "one-stop" resource site for Arizona educators featuring a
professional development and events calendar, field trip destinations, student
publications, lessons and activities and much more!
Organizations, Associations
DISCLAIMER: The following links will take you off of our site. At the time we
linked to them, site content was educational and appropriate for children.
Arizona Association for Environmental Education
AAEE is a nonprofit organization working to enhance the quality of environmental
education in Arizona and to advance professionalism among all who are involved
with environmental education, whatever the topic or setting. There's a New Way
to Support the Arizona Association for Environmental Education! What if
AAEE earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Well, now we can!
GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates ad revenue, about a
penny per search, to the charity its users designate. Use it just like any search
engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get the same great results.
Arizona Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cares for more than 270 million acres of
public lands. In Arizona the numbers exceed 12 million. Many of these lands are
open to exploration and we invite you to consider these lands your largest
classroom.
Arizona Clean and Beautiful
Arizona Clean and Beautiful, founded in 1985 is a non-profit. volunteer-driven
organization dedicated to preserving, maintaining, and enhancing the beauty and
environmental quality of Arizona through research, education and the Arizona
Affiliate Network.
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
ADEQ engages citizens in many ways to keep them informed and invite their
participation in environmental planning and decision-making. This page of our
Web site identifies ADEQ's public involvement activities and resources to assist
you.
Arizona Environmental Recycling
Arizona Environmental Recycling, L.L.C., is dedicated to providing individuals and
the business community with comprehensive recycling programs along with safe
and clean collection facilities. Family owned and operated, we are focused on
preserving our state's environment for future generations to enjoy.
Arizona Environmental Strategic Alliance
The Alliance is a unique public-private partnership which demonstrates
environmental leadership to Arizona communities and businesses. The Alliance
recognizes leadership characteristics, shares expertise, builds public trust, and
works in partnership for positive environmental change. As its cornerstone, the
Alliance believes that organizations exhibit environmental leadership by achieving
environmental performance beyond regulations and visibly models this philosophy
to communities and businesses.
Arizona Foundation for Resource Education
The Arizona Foundation for Resource Education (AFRE) promotes environmental
and economic literacy through natural resource education. Online resources for K-
12 educators include recommended readings about natural resources, best
practices and leadership plus downloadable tools to help teachers employ cutting-
edge, research-based instructional strategies and models such as curriculum
mapping and Understanding by Design (UbD).
Arizona Native Plant Society
The Arizona Native Plant Society is a statewide nonprofit organization devoted to
Arizona's native plants. Its mission is to promote knowledge, appreciation,
conservation, and restoration of Arizona native plants and their habitats.
Arizona Recycling Coalition
The Arizona Recycling Coalition (AzRC) is a non-profit organization of
professionals and citizens pledged to promoting recycling efforts in the public
sector and in the business communities throughout Arizona.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a world-renowned zoo, natural history
museum and botanical garden, all in one place! Exhibits re-create the natural
landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region so realistically you find yourself eye-to-
eye with mountain lions, prairie dogs, Gila monsters, and more. Within the
Museum grounds, you will see more than 300 animal species and 1,200 kinds of
plants. There are almost 2 miles of paths traversing 21 acres of beautiful desert.
Arizona Tree Council
The Arizona Community Tree Council, Inc. is a non-profit organization that
promotes communication and the exchange of information about trees and the
essential role they play in the well being of all Arizona communities. The Council
is composed of representatives from individual Arizona counties, tribal
communities, government agencies, professional organizations and other
individuals who have a statewide interest in the Council's mission.
Arizona Wilderness Coalition
The Arizona Wilderness Coalition's (AWC) mission is to permanently protect and
restore Wilderness and other wild lands and waters in Arizona for the enjoyment
of all citizens and to ensure that Arizona's native plants and animals have a
lasting home in wild nature. AWC coordinates and conducts inventories and
educates citizens about the unique features of Arizona's landscape, while
advocating and building support for their lasting protection. The AWC has
completed inventories and has prepared preliminary wilderness recommendations
for nearly one half of the state. We are actively organizing volunteers to complete
this effort for all of Arizona.
Arizona Wildlife Federation
AWF is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating, inspiring, and assisting
individuals and organizations to value, conserve, enhance, manage, and protect
wildlife and wildlife habitat.
Audubon in Arizona
Audubon Arizona is a state leader in conservation.
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cares for more than 270 million acres of
public lands. In Arizona the numbers exceed 12 million. Many of these lands are
open to exploration and we invite you to consider these lands your largest
classroom.
Center for Biological Diversity
At the Center we believe that the health and vigor of human societies and the
integrity and wildness of the natural environment are closely linked. Beyond their
extraordinary intrinsic value, animals and plants, in their distinctness and variety,
offer irreplaceable emotional and physical benefits to our lives and play an
integral part in culture. Their loss, which parallels the loss of diversity within and
among human civilizations, impoverishes us beyond repair. Combining
conservation biology with litigation, policy advocacy, and an innovative strategic
vision, the Center for Biological Diversity is working to secure a future for animals
and plants hovering on the brink of extinction, for the wilderness they need to
survive, and by extension for the spiritual welfare of generations to come.
Cocconino Rural Environment Corps
In partnership with Southwest Youth Corps and Canyon Country Youth Corps,
CREC has forged a new corps association, the Mountain Alliance of Conservation
Corps.
Desert Botanical Garden
Nestled amid the red buttes of Papago Park, the Desert Botanical Garden hosts
one of the world’s finest collections of desert plants. One of only 44 botanical
gardens accredited by the American Association of Museums, this one-of-a-kind
museum showcases 50 acres of beautiful outdoor exhibits.
Home to 139 rare, threatened and endangered plant species from around the
world, the Garden offers interesting and inspiring experiences to more than
250,000 visitors each year.
Don't Waste Arizona
Non-profit environmental organization created for the protection, conservation,
and preservation of the human and natural environment in and around Phoenix,
and the state of Arizona.
Earth 911
It is the mission of Earth 911 to empower the public with community-specific
resources to improve their quality of life. While sustainable prevention programs
are by far the best way to protect our nation’s environment, the costs associated
with many of these programs can be astronomical. That is why the use of this
Public and Private Sector Partnership is so important in effectuating prevention
ideals. Through the Partnership, economies of scale and scope are achieved,
promoting this public service across the nation and centralizing environmental
resources into one user-friendly network.
Ecosa Institute
The mission of the Ecosa Institute is to restore health to the natural environment,
and thus the human environment, through education in design. Our vision is
based on synthesizing the ethical and ecological values critical to the health of the
environment, with the vitality and dynamism of the design arts.
Environment Arizona
Environment Arizona is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy
organization. Our professional staff combines independent research, practical
ideas and tough-minded advocacy to overcome the opposition of powerful special
interests and win real results for Arizona's environment. Environment Arizona
draws on 30 years of success in tackling our state's top environmental problems.
Highlands Center for Natural History
The Highlands Center for Natural History is an environmental education
organization, which features quality outdoor science education, reaching over
10,000 children and adults each year.
Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
The Institute for the Study of Planet Earth (ISPE) is a center for disciplinary and
interdisciplinary environmental and climate change science at The University of
Arizona. Working with faculty and students from more than forty departments
across campus, ISPE supports and helps coordinate the physical science, social
science, and engineering research and education needed to understand how
natural and human systems are likely to change and influence society in the
months, years, and decades to come. From global warming impacts in Antarctica
to water availability concerns in Arizona, ISPE builds on the UA's long-standing
tradition of excellence in earth science and environmental programs to address
regional and global change issues and provide society with the tools and solid
scientific foundation needed to make the best decisions about our future.
McDowell Sonoran Conservancy
The McDowell Sonoran Conservancy is committed to preserving the Sonoran
Desert and its Mountains for the benefit of this and all future generations.
Native West Press
NATIVE WEST PRESS is a small press in Prescott, Arizona, with a special
emphasis on indigenous wildlife and the natural history of the American West.
Native West Press is dedicated to enhancing public awareness of the importance
of natural biodiversity, particularly within the western regions of the United States.
Nature Conservancy
For more than 35 years, The Nature Conservancy in Arizona has been working
locally with communities, businesses and people like you, providing hope for the
preservation of our land, our water, our way of life.
Northern Arizona Environmental Education Resources Center
The Northern Arizona Environmental Education Resources Center, designated by
the Arizona Department of Education, is a part of the Center for Environmental
Sciences and Education at Northern Arizona University, and was established to
serve environmental educators and the public of northern Arizona. The NAEERC
assists educators in Northern Arizona with developing and integrating
environmental education in their curriculum. The NAEERC provides environmental
education workshops and community programs, access to print and other media
environmental education resource materials. Visit our on-line catalog, and serves
as a site for and to publicize environmental education workshops and community
programs.
Oracle State Park
The purpose of the park is to act as a wildlife refuge and environmental learning
center. Educational programs are being developed to focus on basic ecologic
principles, and to enhance public awareness of the importance of safeguarding
natural resouces. Although the land has been a park for just a short while, the
area has been visited and used by man since prehistoric times. This interaction
between man and the park environment has played an important role in shaping
the landscape we see today.
Phoenix Zoo
Saguaro Juniper Corporation
The Saguaro Juniper Corporation is a group of over 60 associates holding both
deeded land and land leased from the State of Arizona. This land is located in
and around Hot Springs Canyon, a major tributary of the central San Pedro River
in the southeastern part of our state. Saguaro Juniper associates are more likely
to consider themselves stewards of the land rather than owners. To quote from
the Preamble to our Saguaro Juniper Covenant, “In acquiring private governance,
we agree to cherish its earth, waters, plants and animals in a way that promotes
the health, stability, and diversity of the whole community.” Thus we do not seek
to isolate wildlands from all human contact, rather we hope to include human
beings as partners embracing the land, its plants and animals. Saguaro Juniper is
a share-holder corporation that makes decisions by a consensual process.
Save the Peaks
The Save the Peaks Coalition was formed to address environmental and human
rights issues caused by proposed ski resort development on the San Francisco
Peaks, a mountain in Northern Arizona held sacred by over 13 Native American
Nations.
Sierra Club: Grand Canyon Chapter
Solar Alliance
The Tucson Solar Alliance is a non-profit community coalition dedicated to helping
people access solar energy and related measures more easily on a practical and
cost-effective basis. The Solar Alliance doesn't sell anything. No one who does is
on its Board of Directors or has any decision-making role in, or influence on, its
decisions or actions. The Solar Alliance is on your side, with good, unbiased,
noncommercial, expert advice and support. Through Cooperative Buyers Groups,
it helps in obtaining such products at greatly reduced prices. Through the
Alliance's Community Solar Program, which includes dozens of non-profit
organization partners, as well as the City of Tucson, Pima County and the State of
Arizona, Tucson became the first community in the nation to be accepted on that
basis for participation and funding in the national photovoltaic program. The
Tucson homeowners and builders who have taken advantage of that program
have been able to obtain top-quality pv systems for prices far lower than
anywhere else. You are invited to join the community and join in the solar
revolution.
Tucson Clean and Beautiful
Tucson Clean & Beautiful, a nonprofit organization, conducts environmental
volunteer programs in waste reduction and recycling, land stewardship, urban
forestry, and beautification. Trees for Tucson is a program of Tucson Clean &
Beautiful.
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center is a private, non-profit 501(c)
(3) organization sponsored by the Coconino and Fredonia Natural Resource
Conservation Districts. The gardens in the park feature a pond and a wide
variety of plants native to the Colorado Plateau. We are open to the public 12-4 p.
m. Wednesday and Saturday during the school year. (Closed December and
January and most school holidays.)
The Frog is the "one-stop" resource site for Arizona educators featuring a
professional development and events calendar, field trip destinations, student
publications, lessons and activities and much more!
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