Member Groups
'Being a member of SAFC is being apart of a community of the region's best activists.' - Brent Martin, The Wilderness Society
SAFC Member Groups
SAFC's Member Groups boast the best and brightest conservation leaders in our region, representing national, regional, and grassroots organizations spanning the six states of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
APPALACHIAN VOICES - Working to protect and restore Appalachian forest ecosystems and communities by affecting public policy in relation to clean air, coal mining, public lands, and private forestry.
CHEROKEE FOREST VOICES - The leading organization in East Tennessee to address issues related to the management of the Cherokee National Forest.
CLINCH COALITION - Changing the way the US Forest Service (USFS) manages the Jefferson National Forest in the High Knob area.
FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS - A partnership between Forest Service employees and concerned citizens working to safeguard our national forests for the public interest.
GEORGIA FOREST WATCH - Established to monitor the management and impacts to the Chattahoochee and Oconee National Forests and other publicly owned lands in north and central Georgia, and to add to these lands from willing sellers.
SIERRA CLUB - Work through its constituent chapters to celebrate, protect, and restore the biodiversity of the Southern Appalachian Highlands, and to educate the public about this valuable historic and natural resource.
SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST WATCH - Working for the protection and restoration of South Carolina's native forest communities.
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER - A multi-faceted organization that is leading several broad-based, regional conservation initiatives to strengthen environmental protection laws and policies throughout the South and beyond.
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY - Works to protect America's wilderness and to develop a nation-wide network of wild lands through public education, scientific analysis and advocacy.
VIRGINIA FOREST WATCH - A grass-roots based coalition of individuals and environmental groups working to maintain and restore the natural ecology and biodiversity of woodlands across Virginia through education and citizen participation.
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ALLIANCE - A grassroots organization addressing critical environmental issues facing our mountain communities - issues that have local, regional, state, and national impact.
WILDLAW - A non-profit environmental law firm. WildLaw represents more than 100 national, regional and local groups fighting to protect the environment of the East.
WILD SOUTH A non-profit grassroots organization whose mission is to inspire and empower people to protect and restore the native ecosystems of the Southeast.