Land Use, Conservation, & Natural Resources

• American Farmland Trust (AFT)
• American Rivers
• Brandywine Conservancy
• Citizens for Responsible Growth (no web site)
  CRG is composed of concerned citizens from throughout Lancaster County, who wish to unite in a positive way to ensure the protection and preservation of the quality of life, the cultural heritage, and the sacred resources of Lancaster County.
• The Conservation Fund
• Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
• Friends of the Earth
• Institute for Environmental Negotiation (IEN)
• The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County

A non-profit charitable organization based in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Their mission is the preservation, conservation and stewardship of natural resources, historic sites, and open spaces, including important agricultural lands and natural areas.

• Lancaster Conservancy
  The purpose of the Lancaster County Conservancy is to preserve and protect in perpetuity, natural lands and open space in Lancaster County.
• Lancaster Farmland Trust
• Land Trust Alliance
• Natural Lands Trust
• Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC)
• The Nature Conservancy
• North American Land Trust
• Pennsylvania Environmental Council
• Southeastern Pennsylvania Resource Conservation & Development
  SEPA RC&D’s mission is to create regional partnerships to deliver programs of land conservation, water management, community development and environmental enhancement in a predominantly mixed rural and urban land use area, stressed by a rapid rate of change. SEPA RC&D focuses on seven Pennsylvania counties including Chester.
• Sprawlwatch Clearinghouse
• Temple University Ambler Center of Sustainable Communities
  The Center is committed to promoting an effective, holistic approach to land use planning and management, sustainable development, ecological restoration, and community revitalization.
• 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania
• The Trust for Public Land (TPL)
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)