Organizations

This page features profiles of organizations that are participating in the Green Infrastructure Community of Practice (GI CoP) and are interested in exchanging information with others. Search by name of organization below, or use the drop down menus at the right to browse by region, focus, service, sector, or by keyword search.

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EDAW / AECOM

EDAW / AECOM is an international, multi-disciplinary land-based planning and design firm with specialty expertise in: GIS, geospational analysis, and decision-support systems; natural resource-based planning, management plans and permitting; community planning; parks, trails, open space, and cultural facilities planning and design.   Read more>

Federal Highways Administration (U.S. Department of Transportation)

The current transportation bill, SAFETEA-LU, provides a mandate to consider a green infrastructure type approachs in the transportation planning process.   Read more>

Headwaters Forest Landcare Partnership

The Headwaters Forest Landcare Partnership (HFLP) is a network of public and private partners in the Headwaters region of Virginia and neighboring states who are working together to improve green infrastructure forests in the Blue Ridge region.   Read more>

Healing Harvest Forest Foundation

A 501c3 non-profit public charity that promotes "restorative forestry" through the practice of "worst first" single tree selection and the ultimate low impact extraction technique or modern animal powered skidding.   Read more>

Landcare Center

The Landcare Center is a partnership of organizations working to build the capacity of the landcare movement and industry. Landcare is sustainable land management (including agriculture, forestry, landscaping, and related practices) that seeks to improve the quality of our green infrastructure.   Read more>

National Association of Conservation Districts

The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) is the nonprofit organization that represents America’s 3,000 conservation districts and the elected officials who serve on their governing boards.   Read more>

National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)

NARC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization, which advocates for building regional communities through the representation of multi-purpose, multi-jurisdictional regional councils (RCs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs).   Read more>

NatureServe

NatureServe provides non-profit, non-advocacy services related to biodiversity, green infrastructure, and integrated planning.   Read more>

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

The mission of NYS DEC is, "To conserve, improve and protect New York's natural resources and environment and to prevent, abate and control water, land and air pollution, in order to enhance the health, safety and welfare of the people of the state and their overall economic and social well-being."   Read more>

Online Land Planning

Online Land Planning specializes in integrated strategies for property owners interested in locating and developing land based on a sustainable design approach.   Read more>
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Green Infrastructure book cover
Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities by Mark A. Benedict and Edward T. McMahon is an illustrative review of advances in smart land conservation and large scale thinking that provides a green solution to many of the problems associated with sprawling development.