MASSACHUSETTS
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| Billington Sea/Town Brook Association | The Billington Sea Association is dedicated to working to restore Billington Sea to the natural beauty it once was prior to the 1970s. |
| Blackstone River Watershed Association | The Billington Sea Association is dedicated to working to restore Billington Sea to the natural beauty it once was prior to the 1970's. |
| Boston Harbor Association | Boston Harbor Association is a nonprofit organization working to promote a clean, alive, and accessible Boston Harbor. |
| Canoe River Aquifer Advisory Committee | The Canoe River Aquifer Advisory Committee is a fifteen member regional committee which advises and educates the towns within the acquifer on development impacts, conservation practices, water quality and protective issues. |
| Charles River Conservancy | The Charles River Conservancy is a nonprofit advocacy group dedicated to the renovation, maintenance, and enrichment of the parklands of the Charles River Basin, including parkways, bridges, and pedestrian access walkways from the Science Museum to the Watertown dam. |
| Charles River Cutler Park to Commonwealth Avenue Protection Group | The Charles River Cutler Park to Commonwealth Avenue Protection Group, also known as a "Stream Team", is a group comprised of local citizens who are working to protect and enable public access to the natural beauty, ecological diversity and biological health of the segment of the Charles River between Cutler Park in Dedham and Commonwealth Avenue in Newton. |
| Charles River Watershed Association | The Charles River Watershed Association is a nonprofit organization seeking to protect and enhance the health, beauty and enjoyment of the Charles River and its tributaries. |
| Chicopee River Watershed Council | The Chicopee River Watershed Council is a community based citizens advocacy organization working for a better river environment. |
| Citizens Restoring Congamond | "Citizens Restoring Congamond is a citizen based, volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the betterment of the Congamond Lakes.CRC is involved, not only with the environmental well-being of the lakes, but with the Westfield River Watershed of which we are part."
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| Clean Charles Coalition | The Clean Charles Coalition is a voluntary association of industries, academic and research institutions, public interest groups and other entities that have joined in support of a fishable and swimmable Charles River by 2005. |
| Coalition for Buzzards Bay | The Coalition for Buzzards Bay is a membership-supported non profit organization dedicated to the restoration, protection and sustainable use and enjoyment of our irreplaceable Bay and its watershed. |
| Connecticut River Watershed Council | The Connecticut River Watershed Council is a citizen advocacy group working to promote improvement of water quality and the restoration, conservation, wise development and use of the natural resources of the Connecticut River Watershed. |
| Deerfield River Watershed Association | The Deerfield River Watershed Association is an organization working to promote the best uses of the Deerfield River through educational activities and outreach and maintaining a water quality monitoring program. |
| Eel River Watershed Association | Our Eel River Watershed Association is dedicated to the preservation of the Eel River Watershed, its pure water resources and abundant wildlife. |
Friends of Alewife Reservation
| Friends of Alewife Reservation (FAR) offers this vision for uses in the Reservation which balance respect for wildlife habitat with access for all to ecologically focused recreation, support for educational purposes, reduction in vandalism and waste, as well as watershed protection. |
| Friends of Lake Quannapowitt | The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt was formed "to promote public awareness and provide long-term protection and enhancement of Lake Quannapowitt and its surrounding public lands." |
| Friends of Runnins River | The Friends of Runnins River wants to protect Runnins River and the open space that surronds it. They want to keep the forests clean and open for future generations. |
| Hoosic River Watershed Association | The Hoosic River Watershed Association is dedicated to the restoration, conservation, and enjoyment of the Hoosic River and its watershed, through education, research, and advocacy. |
| Housatonic River Initiative | The Housatonic River Initiative, a non-profit coalition of Berkshire County residents, was formed in 1992 to work to reclaim the Housatonic River system from years of neglect and decades of toxic PCB contamination. |
| Housatonic River Restoration | Housatonic River Restoration is dedicated to the restoration and maintenance of the Housatonic and its tributaries. |
| Housatonic Valley Association | The Housatonic Valley Association works to conserve the natural character and environmental health of our communities in the Housatonic River watershed by restoring and protecting our lands and waters for this and future generations. |
| Ipswich River Watershed Association | The Ipswich River Watershed Association is an organization dedicated to protecting water quality, fish and wildlife Habitat, recreational opportunities and scenic values of the Ipswich River basin. |
| Lake Singletary Watershed Association | The Lake Singletary Watershed Association Board of Directors is an organized group of volunteers who dedicate their time and energy into the preservation of Lake Singletary. |
| Massachusetts Congress of Lake and Pond Associations, Inc. | The purpose of the Massachusetts Congress of Lake and Pond Associations, Inc. is to preserve, protect, maintain and enhance the environmental, aesthetic, recreational and economic values of lakes and ponds, and to promote watershed management, within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
| Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center | The Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center has three objectives: to develop new technology and more efficient methods for resolving local, state and national water resources problems; to train water scientists and engineers; to facilitate water research coordination and the application of research. |
| Massachusetts Water Watch Partnership | Massachusetts Water Watch Partnership, which operates out of the Water Resources Research Center of UMass, Amherst, provides training and other technical assistance to citizen organizations who conduct water quality monitoring programs on the lakes, rivers and estuaries of Massachusetts. |
| Massachusetts Watershed Coalition | The Massachusetts Watershed Coalition is a network of organizations committed to the protection, management and enhancement of Massachusetts' rivers and watershed ecosystems. |
| Merrimack River Watershed Council | The Merrimack River Watershed Council is a nonprofit citizen outreach group working to restore the Merrimack River and its watershed. |
| Mill River Watershed Project | The goals of the Mill River Watershed Project are to make science, research, and planning resources available to watershed officials and residents and to develop a coordinated, community-based approach to resource protection across town boundaries. |
| Mystic River Watershed Association | The Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) is a grass roots membership organization with a watershed-wide focus. We advocate for protection of the waters and related resources in the basin's 21 communities. |
| Nashua River Watershed Association | The Nashua River Watershed Association is a nonprofit organization seeking to protect and preserve the Nashua River and its tributaries. |
| Neponset River Watershed Association | The Neponset River Watershed Association works to protect and restore the natural resources of the Neponset River Watershed for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. |
| North and South Rivers Watershed Association | The North and South Rivers Watershed Association is a nonprofit organization working for the preservation, restoration, maintenance and conservation of the resources within the watershed of the North and South Rivers. |
| Organization for the Assabet River | The Organization for the Assabet River is a nonprofit group established to preserve and protect the Assabet River and its tributaries and to protect open space and environmental quality in the Assabet Watershed. |
| Parker River Clean Water Association | The Parker River Clean Water Association is a community nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the restoration and protection of the waters and environment of the Parker River and Plum Island Sound watersheds. |
| Salem Sound 2000 | Salem Sound 2000 is a coalition made up of the communities of Marblehead, Salem, Peabody, Danvers, Beverly, and Manchester-by-the-Sea, local businesses, educational institutions, government agencies, marine professionals and interested citizens concerned with protecting and enhancing the natural resources of Salem Sound. |
| Saugus River Watershed Council | The Saugus River Watershed Council is a nonprofit organization concerned with the health and beauty of the Saugus River and its watershed. |
| Save the Harbor, Save the Bay | Save the Harbor, Save the Bay is a grassroots environmental advocacy group working to restore, protect and promote Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay. |
| Shawsheen River Watershed Association | Shawsheen River Watershed Association is an organization working to foster cooperative and comprehensive management of the Shawsheen River Watershed. |
| Sudbury Valley Trustees | The Sudbury Valley Trustees is a voluntary association of individuals, families and businesses committed to protecting wildlife habitat and the ecological integrity of the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers for the benefit of present and future generations. |
| Taunton River Watershed Alliance | The Taunton River Watershed Alliance is a non-profit alliance of concerned individuals, business and organizations who are dedicated to protecting and restoring the Taunton River watershed, its tributaries, wetlands, floodplains, river corridors and wildlife. |
| Ten Mile River | Ten Mile River is a large and growing group of citizens who are dedicated to the health and well being of the Ten Mile River and its watershed. They educate the public on ways to keep the waters healthy and viable, while increasing recreational opportunities on the river and along its banks. |
| The Great Marsh | In Massachusetts, the North Shore's Great Marsh is the largest continuous stretch of Salt Marsh in New England, extending from Cape Ann to New Hampshire. |
| Vernal Pool Association | The Vernal Pool Association is an environmental project of Reading Memorial High School and works to encourage the appreciation, protection and interdisciplinary study of vernal pools, particularly by students. |
| Water Resources Research Center | The Water Resources Research Center (part of The Environmental Institute at UMass, Amherst) encourages and supports a diverse program of research, information transfer, and public service and training, accessing the talents of all academic institutions in the state to meet state, regional and federal water resources need. |
| Water Supply Citizens Advisory Committee | The Water Supply Citizens Advisory Committee advises the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and the Metropolitan District Commission on water conservation and watershed protection strategies. |
| Westfield River Watershed Association | The Westfield River Watershed Association is a nonprofit organization working to protect and improve the natural resources in the Westfield River Watershed. |
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NEW ENGLAND/NORTHEAST
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| New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission | The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission provides coordination, public education, training and leadership in the management and protection of water quality in the New England region |
| New England Regional Water Quality Program | The goal of the New England Regional Water Quality Program is to improve water quality management through educational knowledge and extension programming that emerges from a research base. |
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NATIONAL
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| American Rivers | American Rivers is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring America's rivers. |
| American Water Works Association | The American Water Works Association is an international nonprofit scientific and educational society dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality and supply. |
| Center for Watershed Protection | The Center for Watershed Protection is a non-profit corporation that provides local governments, activists, and watershed organizations around the country with the technical tools for protecting some of the nation's most precious natural resources: our streams, lakes and rivers. |
| Clean Water Network | The Clean Water Network is an alliance of over 1,100 organizations that endorse our platform paper, the National Agenda for Clean Water. The Agenda outlines the need for strong clean water safeguards in order to protect public health and the environment. |
| Ducks Unlimited | Ducks Unlimited is the world's largest nonprofit private sector waterfowl and wetlands conservation organization. |
| Freshwater Society | The Freshwater Society has been the nation's leading public nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving, restoring, and protecting freshwater resources and their surrounding watersheds. |
| Ground Water Protection Council | The Ground Water Protection Council is a nonprofit organization whose members consist of state and federal ground water agencies, industry representatives, environmentalists and concerned citizens, all of whom come together within the GWPC organization to mutually work toward the protection of the nation's ground water supplies. |
| National Conservation Buffer Council | The National Conservation Buffer Council is a nonprofit, private sector organization dedicated to the promotion of agricultural conservation practices, particularly buffers, that address water quality concerns. |
| National Ground Water Association | The National Ground Water Association is a not-for-profit organization founded to provide guidance to members, government representatives, and the public for sound scientific, economic, and beneficial development, protection, and management of the world's ground water resources.
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| North American Lake Management Society | The North American Lake Management Society's mission is to forge partnerships among citizens, scientists, and professionals to foster the management and protection of lakes and reservoirs for today and tomorrow. |
| River Network | River Network is a national organization that works to conserve rivers and watersheds at the local, state and regional levels. |
| River Watch Network | River Watch Network is an organization that works to protect the health of river ecosystems by providing citizens and groups with the tools they need to understand, restore and protect the river resources in their neighborhoods. |
| Soil and Water Conservation Society | The Soil and Water Conservation Society is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization working to foster the science and art of soil, water, and related natural resource management to achieve sustainability. |
| Water Education Foundation | The mission of the Water Education Foundation, an impartial non-profit organization, is to create a better understanding of water issues and help resolve water resource problems through educational programs. |
| Trout Unlimited | Trout Unlimited is a private nonprofit organization working to conserve, protect and restore North America's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. |