ARMN works with a range of organizations that are vital to helping us fulfill our mission of education, outreach, stewardship, and citizen science for the protection of natural resources. Our partners include:
- Arlington County Department of Parks and Recreation, which administers the invasive plant removal program and operates Long Branch and Gulf Branch Nature Centers,
- Arlington County Department of Environmental Services, responsible for streams, stormwater ruhttp://environment.arlingtonva.us/noff, trees and public landscapes.
- Arlington Housing Corporation
- Arlington Public Schools
- Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing
- Audubon Naturalist Society
- Audubon Society of Northern Virginia, a chapter of the National Audubon Society. ARMN supports ASNV’s Audubon at Home Wildlife Sanctuary Program.
- City of Alexandria Department of Recreation, Parks & Cultural Activities and its Jerome “Buddie” Ford Nature Center.
- Alexandria City Public Schools
- City of Falls Church Recreation and Parks Department
- City of Falls Church Public Schools
- Earth Sangha and its Wild Plant Nursery which collects seeds and grows local native plants used around the region.
- EcoAction Arlington
- Fairfax County Park Authority, which administers Huntley Meadows Park, Green Spring Gardens, and Marie Butler Leven Preserve
- Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation
- NASA and the Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Science Education
- National Park Service, with lands that include Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve, a freshwater tidal marsh in Fairfax County, and 4,500 acres of the Potomac Gorge ecosystem along the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
- NOVA Parks (formerly the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority), a system of over 10,000 acres of parkland that includes Potomac Overlook Regional Park and Upton Hill Regional Park
- Potomac Conservancy
- Plant NoVA Natives
- Monarch Sister School Program
- Friends of Dyke Marsh
- The Nature Conservancy (Fraser Preserve)
- The Raptor Conservancy
- Tree Stewards of Arlington and Alexandria
- Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
- Virginia Bluebird Society
- The Virginia Native Plant Society and its Potowmack Chapter, representing over 400 members in the counties of Arlington and Fairfax and cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church
The Virginia Master Naturalist Program is jointly sponsored by the following state agencies:
- The Virginia Cooperative Extension helps lead the engagement mission of Virginia Tech and Virginia State University. By building local relationships and collaborative partnerships, the Extension helps people put scientific knowledge to work through learning experiences that improve economic, environmental, and social well-being.
- The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation conserves, protects, enhances, and advocates wise use of the Commonwealth’s unique natural, historical, recreational, scenic, and cultural resources.
- The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality protects and enhances Virginia’s environment, and promotes the health and well-being of the citizens of the Commonwealth.
- The Virginia Department of Forestry protects, manages, and develops healthy, sustainable forest resources for Virginians.
- The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources has wide range of wildlife conservation responsibilities and opportunities from hunting and fishing, to wildlife watching, public lands, boating, and outdoor recreation.
- The Virginia Museum of Natural History interprets Virginia’s natural heritage within a global context in ways that are relevant to all citizens of the Commonwealth.
- The Center for Coastal Resources Management develops and supports integrated and adaptive management of coastal zone resources.