Local Links

St. Louis region and Missouri environmental/conservation links.
Contact Mary Ballou to have your link added.

Bike Katy Trail
Katy trail resources.

Brightside St. Louis
A comprehensive not-for-profit cleaning and greening initiative, enriches and beautifies St. Louis by restoring the community landscape.

Butterfly House
See butterflies around you.

Center for Plant Conservation
Devoted to preventing the extinction of America's threatened flora

EarthWays Center
EarthWays Home showcase energy efficiency, recycled products, and waste reduction.

Seed St. Louis
Supports over 250 community gardens, school gardens, and urban orchards. Seed St. Louis' mission is to provide communities with the tools, education, and empowerment to grow their own food.

Great Rivers Environmental Law Center
Legal Services to protect the environment

Great Rivers Greenway
One of the largest park and recreation districts in the country.

Great Rivers Habitat Alliance
Dedicated to preserving the natural resources of the floodplain

The Green Center
26 acre Ruth Park Woods, 1/2 acre wetland, 1/2 acre prairie, gardens, arboretum.

Greenway Network
Encouraging sound use of natural resources and green space in St. Charles County

Whitney R. Harris World World Ecology Center
Promotes research and education in tropical biology

Missouri Botanical Garden
A center for botanical research and science education, as well as a 79-acre oasis of beautiful horticultural displays

Missouri Coalition for the Environment
Activism for the environment

Missouri Department of Conservation
Protects and manages fish, forest, and and wildlife resources of the state

Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Preserves, protects, and enhances Missouri's natural, cultural, and energy resources

Missouri Master Naturalist Program
Engages Missourians in the stewardship of our state's natural resources

Missouri Prairie Foundation
Works to protect and restore prairie and native grasslands communities

Missouri Mycological Society
Study and enjoyment of mushrooms with forays, meetings, and education focused on fungi

Missouri State Public Interest Research Group
Research and advocacy for environmental and other public interest issues

Piasa Palisades Group of Sierra Club
Meets in Alton

The Nature Conservancy - Missouri Chapter
Committed to the preservation of ecologically significant areas

The Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region
Land trusts, clean stream

The Ozark Trail Association
Develop, maintain, preserve, protect, promote the Ozark Trail

The River des Peres Watershed Coalition
Improve and protect the River des Peres watershed

St. Louis Audubon Society
Conserves and restores natural ecosystems, focusing on birds

St. Louis Soil and Water Conservation District of St. Louis County
Provides technical assistance for wise use of soil, water, and other natural resources

St. Louis Zoo
Conservation, exhibits

TrailNet
Dedicated to creating trails, encouraging bicycling, walking

Tyson Research Center
A 2,000-acre field station providing opportunities for environmental research, preservation, and education 

Endangered Wolf Center
Wolf sanctuary and research facility

Webster Groves Nature Study Society
Amateur naturalists interested in plants, insects, birds of St. Louis area

Wildlife Rescue Center
Wildlife medical care and rehabilitation

The World Bird Sanctuary
Preserving the future of the world's wild birds