The Sierra Club is a national organization, with members in every state. We are organized into Chapters, which are regional subsections, and Groups, which are more local. As a Suwannee St. Johns Group Sierra Club member, you belong to the National Sierra Club and the Florida Chapter of Sierra.

Here are some additional links you might find useful:

• Energy Equity Project 

• Energy Justice Scorecard: IEJUSA.org/Scorecard

• Energy Democracy Scorecard: SC.org/Scorecard

• Sierra Club Shared Accountability Framework and Guide 

• A Transformative Climate Action Framework: Putting People at the Center of Our Nation’s Clean Energy Transition report: UCSUSA.org/Resources/Clean-Energy-Transformation The Justice40 initiative 

Prominent environmental and conservation organizations at the state level include:

1. Conservation Trust of Florida 
2. Florida Conservation Coalition (FCC)
3. Florida’s Land and Water Legacy
4. 1000 Friends of Florida
5. Florida Native Plant Society
6. Florida Wildlife Federation
7. United Waterfowlers of Florida

1. H. T. Odum Florida Springs Institute
2. Silver Springs Alliance
3. Springs Eternal
4. St Johns Riverkeeper
5. Florida’s Nature Coast Conservancy
6. Chassahowitzka River Restoration Committee
7. Homosassa River Alliance
8. Withlacoochee area Residents, Inc.
9. Rainbow River Conservation, Inc.
10. Save Our Suwannee
11. Our Santa Fe River
12. 1000 Friends of Florida
13. Nature Coast Coalition
14. Putnam Conservation Trust
15. Florida Defenders of the Environment
16. MangroveRestoration.com
17. Seagrass Restoration Now
18. Coastal Resources Group
19. Mangrove Restoration

1. Alachua Conservation Trust (ACT)
2. Putnam County Environmental Council (PCEC)
3. Alachua Audubon
4. Santa Fe Audubon
5. Stand By Our Plan – Alachua County organization formed to oppose Plum Creek’s plan to build a city on wetlands.

1. Santa Fe College Saints for Sustainability
2. I.D.E.A.S. for UF
3. UF Water Institute

1. Gainesville Green Drinks
2. Cultural Arts Coalition

1. Southern Legal Counsel, INC. 
2. Florida Climate Institute
3. Community and Environmental Defense Services

An unusual organization which provides an air service to fly to photograph large properties that are threatened in some way is an organization called SouthWings.  This outfit is based in Asheville, North Carolina.

Government Organizations

1. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
2. Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
3. Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Alachua County EPD)
4. Environmental Protection Advisory Committee (EPAC)

The governmental organizations that directly impact the 15 counties of the Suwannee St Johns (SSJ) Group of the Sierra Club are the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the Alachua County of Environmental Protection.   The EPA is directly involved with the Cabot-Koppers-Beazer Superfund site in Alachua County.  The source of the pollution on this site dates back almost 100 years, when lumber (e.g. telephone poles) was treated with copper sulphate, arsenic, and other toxic compounds to keep wood boring insects from drilling into the wood.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection overseas and manages Florida’s state parks and trail systems.  Through the Florida Forever Program the FDEP acquires and preserves natural lands for hundreds of rare and endangered plants and animals, significant archaeological and historical sites, watersheds and water recharge areas, multiple recreational opportunities, and urban open space.  The Department’s regulatory priorities include administering Florida’s air pollution control programs to best prhotect human health; protecting and restoring water quality; managing hazardous waste and cleanups; overseeing beach restorations; and reviewing applications for power plants, transmission lines and natural gas pipelines.  The Everglades Restoration Project is one of their large conservation projects.  They are also involved with the monitoring of off shore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Unlike most counties, Alachua County has its own Environmental Protection Department (EPD).   The different responsibilities within EPD are Pollution Prevention, Natural Resources, Hazardous Waste, Water Resources, and Land Conservation.

Environmental Organizations

1. National Sierra Club
2. Florida Chapter of Sierra
3. H. T. Odum Florida Springs Institute
4. Silver Springs Alliance
5. Alachua Conservation Trust (ACT)
6. Conservation Trust of Florida 
7. Florida Conservation Coalition (FCC)
8. Putnam County Environmental Council (PCEC)
9. Southern Legal Counsel, INC. 
10. Alachua Audubon
11. Santa Fe Audubon
12. SouthWings
13. Florida’s Nature Coast Conservancy
14. Our Santa Fe River
15. Community and Environmental Defense Services
16. Chassahowitzka River Restoration Committee
17. Homosassa River Alliance
18. Withlacoochee area Residents, Inc.
19. Quiet lakes of Alachua County
20. Rainbow River Conservation, Inc.
21. Save Our Suwannee
22. Our Santa Fe River
23. Santa Fe College Saints for Sustainability
24. I.D.E.A.S. for UF
25. 1000 Friends of Florida
26. The Smart Growth Coalition of North Central Florida, Inc.
27. Nature Coast Coalition
28. Florida Native Plant Society
29. Putnam Conservation Trust
30. Blue Path
31. Florida’s Eden
32. Gainesville Green Drinks
33. Cultural Arts Coalition
34. Cinema Verde
35. St Johns Riverkeeper
36. Florida Defenders of the Environment
37. Florida Wildlife Federation
38. United Waterfowlers of Florida
39. Florida Climate Institute
40. Smart Legal Strategies
41. Florida’s Land and Water Legacy
42. Lewis Environmental Services, Inc.
43. MangroveRestoration.com
44. Roy R. Lewis, III
45. Seagrass Restoration Now
46. Coastal Resources Group
47. Fruit Farm Creek
48. Clean Nation
49. UF Water Institute
50. Mangrove Restoration

 Water Management Districts

1. Water Management Districts
2. St Johns River Water Management District
3. Suwannee River Water Management District
4. Southwest Water Management District