Conservation

The Conservation Fund forges partnerships to preserve our nation's outdoor heritage: America's legacy of wildlife habitat, working landscapes, and community open space.
http://www.conservationfund.org/

Forest History Society links the past to the future by identifying, collecting, preserving, interpreting, and disseminating information on the history of interactions between people, forests, and their related resources.
http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/

Land Trust Alliance is a national leader of the private land conservation movement, promoting voluntary land conservation across the country and providing resources, leadership, and training to the nation's 1,200-plus nonprofit, grassroots land trusts, helping them to protect important open spaces.
http://www.lta.org/aboutlta/index.html

Lincoln Land Institute is a nonprofit educational institution established in 1974. Its mission as a school is to study and teach land policy, including land economics and land taxation.
http://www.lincolninst.edu/aboutlincoln/index.asp

The Orion Society seeks to inform, inspire, and engage individuals and grassroots organizations to become a significant cultural force for healing nature and community.
http://www.oriononline.org/index2.html

Orton Family Foundation is a nonprofit, private operating foundation working with rural communities as they cope with rapid economic, social, and environmental change. The mission is to provide rural America with the tools needed to undertake responsible rural and land use planning.
http://www.orton.org/

School of Natural Resources/University of Vermont is a community of students, faculty, and staff who share concern for the environment, excitement for discovery, and commitment to life-long learning. The school emphasizes the integration of natural science and social science perspectives that reflect the interdisciplinary context in which ecosystem management, resource planning, and environmental concerns must be addressed.
http://snr.uvm.edu/

Sonoran Institute is a nonprofit organization that works collaboratively with local people and interests to conserve and restore important natural landscapes in western North America, engaging partners such as landowners, public land managers, local leaders, community residents, and nongovernmental organizations. "Community Stewardship" is the Institute's innovative approach to conservation.
http://www.sonoran.org/si/

QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment exists to support the rural communities and environment of eastern Canada and New England, and to create models for stewardship of natural resources and cultural heritage that can be applied worldwide.
http://www.qlf.org/

Stewardship Education

Antioch New England Institute is a nonprofit environmental and educational consulting organization of Antioch New England Graduate School. The Institute provides training and resources to communities and organizations in the following areas: environmental education, leadership training, environmental policy development, nonprofit management and governance, exhibit planning and design, public administration, facilitation, and democracy building.
http://www.anei.org/about.html

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to focus on conservation history and the evolving nature of land stewardship in America. Opened in June 1998, Vermont's first national park preserves and interprets the historic Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller property.
http://www.nps.gov/mabi/

National Park Foundation strengthens the enduring connection between the American people and their national parks by raising private funds, making strategic grants, creating innovative partnerships, and increasing public awareness.
http://www.nationalparks.org/Home.asp

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation conserves healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants, on land and in the sea, through creative and respectful partnerships, sustainable solutions, and better education.
http://www.nfwf.org/

National Wildlife Federation is the nation's largest member-supported conservation group, uniting individuals, organizations, businesses, and government to protect wildlife, wild places, and the environment.
http://www.nwf.org

Shelburne Farms is a membership-supported, nonprofit environmental education center and national historic site on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. School children, adults, educators, and families come to learn, while casual visitors may enjoy the walking trails, children's farmyard, inn, restaurant, property tours, and special events.
http://www.shelburnefarms.org/index.htm

Student Conservation Association is one of the nation's leading providers of conservation service opportunities, outdoor skills, and leadership training for young women and men.
http://www.thesca.org/

Training

The George Wright Society is a nonprofit association of researchers, managers, administrators, educators, and other professionals who work on behalf of the scientific and heritage values of protected areas. The society is dedicated to the protection, preservation, and management of cultural and natural parks and reserves through research and education.
http://www.georgewright.org/

Pinchot Institute for Conservation is a nonprofit natural resource policy, research, and education organization dedicated to leadership in conservation thought, policy, and action. The Pinchot Institute facilitates communication and closer cooperation among resource managers, scientists, policymakers, and the American public.
http://www.pinchot.org/index.html

Murie Center develops new constituencies for wilderness and fosters fresh thinking in the conservation community.
http://www.muriecenter.org/default.htm

National Park Service/The Learning Place is a centralized location for information and materials about training and development for the National Park Service and all its employees.
http://www.nps.gov/training/

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/National Conservation Training Center is a gathering place where conservation professionals from all sectors can learn together in an environment especially designed for them. Government, nonprofit organizations, and corporations can come together in a non-threatening, collaborative setting to learn new skills, share perspectives, break down barriers, establish networks, find common ground, and move toward field-based solutions built on consensus and mutual interest.
http://training.fws.gov/

International

ICCROM (The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property) is an international, intergovernmental organization established in 1959. Created by UNESCO, ICCROM is an independent body currently consisting of 101 member nations and various associated institutions. With headquarters in the Ospizio di San Michele, Rome, it serves as a research and training center and as a clearinghouse for the exchange of conservation information among specialists from all nations.
http://www.achp.gov/iccrom.html

International Centre for Protected Landscapes was established in 1990 to offer training for protected area professionals and to provide advisory and consultancy services to governments and nongovernmental organizations around the world. The center does so through a range of activities including academic and professional training, consultancy, and research, and through establishing networks and partnerships with individuals, organizations, and institutions around the world.
http://www.protected-landscapes.org/

Lazio Regional Park Agency (Italy) participates in an international exchange program between the Italian Nature Conservancy Service and the U.S. National Park Service.
http://www.parks.it/Eindex.html

UNESCO World Heritage Centre protects natural and cultural properties of outstanding universal value against the threat of damage in a rapidly developing world. It organizes nominations for the World Heritage List, mobilizes international assistance, and organizes training courses and emergency assistance when a site is threatened.
http://whc.unesco.org

US/ICOMOS (U.S. National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites) fosters heritage conservation and historic preservation at the national and international levels through education and training, international exchange of people and information, technical assistance, documentation, and advocacy. US/ICOMOS membership includes professionals, practitioners, supporters, and organizations committed to the protection, preservation, and conservation of the world's cultural heritage.
http://www.icomos.org/usicomos/

World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is the world's leading global network of protected area specialists. WCPA's international mission is to promote the establishment and effective management of a worldwide representative network of terrestrial and marine protected areas, as an integral contribution to the IUCN mission.
http://wcpa.iucn.org/welcome.html