STANDfor Public Landsby More Than Just Parks
Virginia
Stand · Find your defenders

Who’s defending Virginia?

2 public places under threat in Virginia

17 groups have them in their care

Likely to care

Groups likely to care about Virginia

These 8 groups are a guess from each group's stated mission and where it works, not a record of work on this fight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.

9 more work on Virginia

On the ground in Virginia

Appalachian Trail ConservancyOn the ground in VirginiaAdvocacy

The national muscle

Center for Biological Diversity14 live federal cases across all their workLegalEarthjustice5 live federal cases across all their workLegalSierra Club4 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyNatural Resources Defense Council3 live federal cases across all their workLegalThe Wilderness Society3 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyDefenders of Wildlife3 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyFriends of the Earth2 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyNational Wildlife Refuge Association2 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacy

The places

Under threat in Virginia

Each has its own page with the groups on the record for it. The most urgent first.

  1. On watchPrince William Forest ParkData center land swap proposed on park boundary
  2. On watchShenandoah National ParkAll park operations handed to a single private concessioner

Your move

How to stand for Virginia

GiveGive to Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway

Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.

Their donation page ↗SpeakComment and call

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Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the map

Every threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.

Threatened Lands Map

Virginia has defenders. It needs more.

8 more likely to care, Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway with 3 staff + 833 volunteers. Find your way in.

Give to them ↗Every place, state and species
Sources and methodGroup crews and program ratios: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, latest filed year, EINs on each group’s profile. Which groups are on the record for Virginia: MTJP editors tie a group to a fight only with a source link they have read, one link at a time. A group without one is shown as likely to care, a guess from the federal court record and the group’s own mission and footprint. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-23. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.