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We support conservation through our work and through our ties with conservation organizations around the world. Please join us in supporting them.
World Wildlife Fund
The largest privately supported international conservation organization in the world, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is dedicated to protecting the world's wildlife and wildlands. WWF directs its conservation efforts toward three global goals: protecting endangered species, saving endangered species, and addressing global threats. WWF's efforts include working to save the giant panda, tiger, rhino, and helping to establish and manage parks and reserves.
WWF USA: www.worldwildlife.org
WWF International: www.wwf.org
Conservation International
Conservation International (CI) focuses on preserving and promoting awareness about the world's most endangered biodiversity hotspots through scientific programs, local awareness campaigns, and economic initiatives. CI's mission is to conserve the Earth's living natural heritage, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature.
www.conservation.org
Wildlife Conservation Society
Headquartered at New York City's Bronx Zoo, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) works to save wildlife and wild lands throughout the world. For more than a century, WCS has inspired care for nature, pioneered environmental education programs, and helped sustain biological diversity. Throughout its rich history, the Society has been a leader in teaching biology and science in both the US and worldwide.
www.wcs.org
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society is the largest nonprofit scientific and educational institution in the world. It's mission is the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge.
www.nationalgeographic.com
NGS Contributing Photographers-in-Residence Program
The National Geographic Society established the Contributing Photographers-in-Residence Program to showcase and support the work of some of the world's preeminent photojournalists.
www.nationalgeographic.com/council/cpir/
Save Our Shores
Save Our Shores is a non-profit marine conservation organization with a home base in Santa Cruz, California. Their mission is to protect and conserve the marine ecosystems of California's central coast for all generations.
www.saveourshores.org
Earth Island Institute
Earth Island Institute, Founded in 1982 by veteran environmentalist David Brower, fosters the efforts of creative individuals by providing organizational support in developing projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the global environment. EII provides activists the freedom to develop program ideas, supported by services to help them pursue those ideas, with a minimum of bureaucracy.
www.earthisland.org
Friends of the North Coast
The North Coast of Santa Cruz, which extends from the city of Santa Cruz north to Año Nuevo and beyond, is a magnificent stretch of undeveloped coast. Linked with San Mateo County's coastside, it forms part of an unparalleled open space, wildlife habitat and recreational resource stretching from Santa Cruz to Half Moon Bay. It is especially remarkable for its close proximity to the heavily urbanized San Francisco Bay Area.
Friends of the North Coast has been dedicated to honoring and preserving the natural and cultural legacy of Santa Cruz County's North Coast since 1991.
Friends of the North Coast
P.O. Box 604
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation
Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation (MBSF) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the understanding and protection of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
www.mbnmsf.org
Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History
The Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History exists to foster relationships between people and nature and inspire stewardship of the natural world.
www.santacruzmuseums.org
Seymour Marine Discovery Center
The Seymour Marine Discovery Center is part of the Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory, a research and education facility of the University of California, Santa Cruz. The lab serves as a base for field research in Monterey Bay and the ocean beyond. Institute of Marine Sciences faculty and researchers conduct marine field studies throughout the world.
www2.ucsc.edu/seymourcenter/
UCSC Arboretum
Located on an ancient marine terrace overlooking the Monterey Bay, the Arboretum is dedicated to conserving the world's botanical diversity. A walk through their gardens is a unique opportunity to see, touch and smell the flora of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and our own Native California.
www2.ucsc.edu/arboretum/
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