Stewardship communities

National climbing conservation nonprofit.

National

Statewide group building the Pinhoti and other Alabama trails with work days and hikes.

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham-based statewide network protecting Alabama's rivers, with river events and advocacy.

Birmingham, AL

Nonprofit that looks after the Appalachian Trail with volunteer maintaining clubs and trail crews; has a regional office in Asheville.

Asheville

Volunteer association that builds and maintains the Benton MacKaye Trail in Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina, with monthly maintenance trips.

Blue Ridge GA

Birmingham-based river protection group for the Black Warrior watershed, with clean-ups and paddle outings.

Birmingham, AL

Cahaba River group protecting the river near Birmingham, with river events.

Birmingham, AL

River conservation group running Third Saturday paddles and Second Saturday cleanups on the Cape Fear River.

Wilmington, NC

Nonprofit climbing advocacy group for North and South Carolina since 1995: access, crag stewardship days and gatherings.

North and South Carolina

Advocacy group for the Chattahoochee River that organizes volunteer river clean-ups, including the yearly Sweep the Hooch around Atlanta.

Atlanta GA

Volunteer trail group building and maintaining multi-use trails in Oak Ridge, mainly at Haw Ridge Park, with Thursday evening group rides in season and trail work days.

Oak Ridge

Land trust working across Western North Carolina, with volunteer trail and stewardship days.

Hendersonville

Nashville water nonprofit with tree plantings, clean-ups and paddle events in the Cumberland basin.

Nashville, TN

Nonprofit building the Cumberland Trail across the Cumberland Plateau since 1997, with professional and volunteer trail crews.

Chattanooga

Nonprofit trail association in Elkin, in the foothills.

Elkin

Durham nonprofit protecting land along the Eno River, with volunteer stewardship workdays, guided hikes, education programs and the Festival for the Eno.

Durham

Gainesville-headquartered steward of the Florida National Scenic Trail; chapters statewide lead hikes and trail work.

Gainesville, FL

Maryville land trust protecting land in Blount County and partnering on new public parks and trails.

Maryville, TN

Central Alabama land trust building the Red Rock Trail System with volunteer and outdoor events.

Birmingham, AL

Volunteer nonprofit supporting Crowders Mountain State Park with trail work and park events.

Gastonia, NC

Nonprofit friends group supporting DuPont State Recreational Forest.

DuPont State Forest

Statewide friends group with local chapters supporting Georgia state parks through volunteer work and events.

Atlanta, GA

Nonprofit friends group for Gorges State Park: park programs, volunteers and an annual festival.

Sapphire

Friends group for the Greene Tract forest in Carrboro.

Carrboro

Volunteer friends group supporting Lake James State Park near Morganton with volunteer work and nature notes.

Morganton, NC

Volunteer friends group caring for the trails of Panthertown Valley, working with the Forest Service.

Panthertown Valley

Friends group supporting Paris Mountain State Park near Travelers Rest with volunteer work.

Travelers Rest, SC

Friends group supporting Radnor Lake State Natural Area, its trails and nature programs.

Nashville, TN

Friends group for Shelby Park and Shelby Bottoms in East Nashville, with volunteer and nature events.

Nashville, TN

Everglades conservation nonprofit founded by Marjory Stoneman Douglas, with advocacy and outreach events.

Miami, FL

Volunteer group that builds, maintains and promotes the Mountains-to-Sea Trail across North Carolina, with trail crews in many counties.

Raleigh

Nonprofit caring for Percy and Edwin Warner Parks with volunteer trail and invasive removal days.

Nashville, TN

Old Fort trail-building nonprofit that runs volunteer trail work days and weekends on the Grandfather District trails.

Old Fort, NC

Local NC Wildlife Federation chapter doing wildlife habitat conservation projects in Gaston County.

Gastonia, NC

Volunteer club that maintains the Appalachian Trail in Georgia. Runs regular work trips open to beginners and a trail skills workshop at Vogel State Park.

North Georgia (Dahlonega)

Statewide conservation nonprofit that runs outings, service projects and hikes on Georgia lands.

Atlanta, GA

Harpeth River conservation group with river clean-ups, paddles and volunteer events around Franklin and Nashville.

Franklin, TN

Volunteer club maintaining trails at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.

Marietta, GA

Lake Lanier nonprofit running shore sweeps, water monitoring and lake events.

Gainesville, GA

Nashville-based land trust protecting Tennessee open space, including Glen Leven Farm, with public events.

Nashville, TN

Knoxville land trust adding parkland, greenways, river access and trails across Knox County, including the Urban Wilderness and new adaptive kayak launches.

Knoxville

Blount County group running river clean-ups like the Little River Round-up and community river days.

Maryville, TN

Franklin land trust holding public events, volunteer days and outdoor programs in the upper Little Tennessee valley.

Franklin, NC

McDowell County trail group that runs guided hikes, volunteer workdays and family trail events around Old Fort.

Old Fort, NC

Environmental nonprofit for Western North Carolina, home of the French Broad Riverkeeper.

Western North Carolina

Athens land trust hosting bird walks, hikes and volunteer days on protected land.

Athens, GA

Columbia-based organization behind South Carolina's cross-state trail, with volunteer trail days and hikes.

Columbia, SC

Friends group for the parks of Person County.

Roxboro

Climbing access nonprofit for the Red River Gorge in Kentucky.

Red River Gorge, Kentucky

Nonprofit trail group building and caring for trails in Rutherford County.

Rutherford County