SELP Member Organizations
This website contains a listing of SELP member organizations with weblinks and contact information (snail-mail address, phone, fax, general e-mail account). Contact a member organization directly to find out what’s going on in your state.
National Environmental Organizations
For information about any of these organizations, please contact them directly via their websites.
American Oceans Campaign
American Rivers
Center for Marine Conservation
Defenders of Wildlife
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund
Environmental Defense
Environmental Justice Fund
Environmental Working Group
Friends of the Earth
Izaak Walton League
League of Conservation Voters
National Audubon Society
National Environmental Trust
National Parks and Conservation Association
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Wildlife Federation
Native American Rights Fund
Natural Resources Defense Council
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Population Action International
Rails to Trails Conservancy
Scenic America
Sierra Club
The Trust for Public Land
Union of Concerned Scientists
United States Public Interest Research Group
The Wilderness Society
World Resources Institute
World Wildlife Fund
Zero Population Growth
Other important national environmental organizations with whom SELP members often work include:
The Clean Water Network
Clean Air Task Force
Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues
Taxpayers for Common Sense
State Policy Resources
The Environmental Council of States (ECOS) is comprised of state environmental agency or commission heads from around the country. Formed relatively recently, ECOS takes policy positions as an organization that are then represented as the majority "state view" to agencies like EPA and to Congress. An example of the role that ECOS plays is found in the agreement signed between EPA and ECOS as to what both understand to be legally permissible "regulatory flexibility" programs under Federal law, so that states aren’t surprised and penalized if they chose to implement a regulatory flexibility program.The National Governors’ Association (NGA) is the membership organization of all of the country’s governors. NGA takes policy positions, and Governors learn from each other through committees and semi-annual meetings. Several regional governors’ associations also exist. Check their web page for policy initiatives and upcoming meetings.
The National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL) is an association of progressive, environmental state legislators who are leaders on environmental issues in their caucuses. NCEL provides some general information, but primarily provides assistance to state legislators through its private page. If you have a great state bill or initiative that should be posted on their site as an example to other state legislators, let NCEL know.
The National Council of State Legislators (NCSL) provides direct research assistance to state legislators and their committee and individual staffs. NCSL tends to track legislation from around the country for their constituency, so send a state legislator their way if he or she is facing a difficult issue and would like a neutral body to provide pros and cons of different approaches. The site contains a list of the state legislatures' websites, which often house search engines that can be used to find bills by topic.