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As the national voice for hikers, American Hiking Society helps preserve and protect the hiking trails and natural areas that hikers cherish and seek for exploration, exercise and education.

Our Mission is to protect bonobos (Pan paniscus), preserve their tropical rainforest habitat, and empower local communities in the Congo Basin. By working with local Congolese people through cooperative conservation and community development programs, and by shaping national and international policy, the Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI) is establishing new protected areas and leading efforts to safeguard bonobos wherever they are found. The Bonobo Peace Forest (BPF) is the guiding vision of BCI: a connected network of community-based reserves and conservation concessions, supported by sustainable development. The Peace Forest provides protection for bonobos and other species in the Congo rainforest, while at the same time ensuring a better life for the people who share this precious land.

Forest Trends' mission is to conserve forests and other ecosystems through the creation and wide adoption of a broad range of environmental finance, markets, and other payment and incentive mechanisms. Forest Trends does so by: 1) Providing transparent information on ecosystem values, finance, and markets through knowledge acquisition, analysis, and dissemination; 2) convening diverse coalitions, partners and communities of practice to promote environmental values and advance development of new markets and payment mechanisms; and 3) demonstrating successful tools, standards, and models of innovative finance for conservation.

A group of enthusiastic residents simply came together to discuss an idea that has become one of the most admired attractions in Hickory Nut Gorge – the Lake Lure Flowering Bridge.

To build strong community relationships and secure philanthropic funding to support the mission of Five Rivers MetroParks.

The Wilderness Society's mission is to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places.

New Earth creates new worlds for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth. We interrupt the patterns that lead them to becoming the next statistic. This is done through a series of innovative arts and educational-based mentorship and post-release programs that nurture self- expression, stimulate positive growth and promote systemic change. Our programs take our students from correction to introspection to new direction; helping release self-imposed and societal barriers to realize their full potential. New Earth is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization.

To Conserve and Enhance Pennsylvania's Elk Country for future generations through conservation education, habitat enhancement and permanent land protection. The Keystone Elk Country Alliance operates the Elk Country Visitor and Education Center in Benezette, PA, where visitors gain a better understanding of conservation, environmental sustainability and the delicate balance between man and nature.

Communities Working in Partnership to Conserve and Protect the Lower Appomattox River.

Our mission is to conserve the gifts of nature, to restore and preserve historic landscapes of the commonwealth, to cultivate the knowledge and love of gardening, and to lead future generations to build on this heritage.

Riverlife seeks to reclaim, restore and promote Pittsburgh's riverfronts as the environmental, recreational, cultural and economic hub of the region.

Multiplier accelerates impact for initiatives that protect and foster a healthy, sustainable, resilient and equitable world.