These groups are working together to fully participate in the Forest Service process for revising the management plan for the George Washington National Forest. Visit our websites by clicking on the logos.

	Virginia Forest Watch A grass-roots based coalition of individuals and environmental groups organizing throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Our mission is to maintain and restore the natural ecology and biodiversity of woodlands across Virginia through education and citizen participation.
	Virginia Wilderness Committee A citizens' group working since 1969 to protect suitable public lands as Wilderness Areas in the National Wilderness Preservation System
	Wild Virginia - Protecting your favorite wild places. Wild Virginia is dedicated to preserving wild forest ecosystems in Virginia’s National Forests.
	Heartwood A cooperative network of grassroots groups, individuals, and businesses working to protect and sustain healthy forests and vital human communities in the nation's heartland, from the foothills of the Appalachians to the river valleys of the Great Plains, and from the Great Lakes to the Deep South. Working across political and administrative boundaries, Heartwood seeks to unite the region's inhabitants in appreciation and defense of the natural world and to replace an ethic of waste and exploitation with one of reverence, kinship, and care. Heartwood applies the law and available human and financial resources to protect national, state and local forests and communities.
	Sierra Club The Sierra Club's members and supporters are more than 1.3 million of your friends and neighbors. Inspired by nature, we work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. Visit our website for more information on how you can get involved in protecting the Virginia's National Forests or to read a copy of the "Citizens' Vision: Our Land, Our Water, Our Home: Ensuring a Healthy Future For Our George Washington National Forest."
	Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition A non-profit organization formed in 1994 when conservation groups determined a regional voice was needed to address the increasing threats facing Southern Appalachian public lands. The objectives for the Coalition were to create a unified and compelling regional conservation vision for the 21st Century; to achieve greater representation in Washington DC ; and to strengthen grassroots groups with the tools and leadership needed to protect the forests at the local level - with organizational development, science, mapping, and regional coordination.
	Southern Environmental Law Center - Champions for Conservation SELC uses the full power of the law to conserve clean water, healthy air, wild lands, wildlife habitat and livable communities throughout the South. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, SELC works with more than 100 partner groups to address the most urgent problems facing the Southeast.
	WildLaw WildLaw’s mission is to defend the environmental integrity of human and natural communities through education, administrative actions, community capacity building, and litigation. WildLaw endorses the “Citizens' Vision: Our Land, Our Water, Our Home: Ensuring a Healthy Future For Our George Washington National Forest”.

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