Environmental Organizations

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New England Wild Flower Society has been up and running for over a century and is recognized nationally as one of the nation's leading plant conservation organizations.

The Society has been preparing for plant conservation, habitat protection, and environmental leadership challenges of the 21st Century. They place special importance on protecting native plants in order to conserve the healthy beautiful ecosystems that exist in our world.

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Ecowaters Projects develops, promotes and demonstrates better wastewater management systems and practices, with an emphasis on source-separation and utilization approaches.

Ecowaters offers great books on cottage toilets to whole-house composters with micro-flush toilets and graywater gardens. A wonderful place to learn how to maintain the environment using what you already produce.

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a nonprofit organization working with communities to preserve unused rail corridors by transforming them into trails, enhancing the health of America's environment, economy, neighborhoods and people.

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The Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts is located in Concord, Massachusetts. The Umbrella is a non-profit cultural organization committed to nurturing and encouraging the arts throughout the community. They also sponsor the Musketaquid Earth Day Arts & Environment program every spring.

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The Natural Resources Commission is a five-member board appointed by the Town Manager, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, for three-year, staggered terms. The NRC is responsible for the overall stewardship of the natural resources of the Town, and the establishment of Town environmental policy in conjunction with the Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting. The Natural Resources Commission acts as Conservation Commission in all matters delegated by Massachusetts General Law or Town bylaw.

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The purpose of the Committee is to provide a forum for the discussion of interest and concern to farmers in Concord and to advise the Board of Selectmen concerning how the town can help to support farming in Concord.

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The Walden Woods Project preserves the land, literature and legacy of Henry David Thoreau to foster an ethic of environmental stewardship and social responsibility. The Project achieves this mission through the integration of conservation, education and research.

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Sudbury Valley Trustees is a regional land trust, founded in 1953 by a few foresighted individuals who recognized that change, planned or unplanned, has a significant impact on the environment, on the region, and on the quality of everyday life in our communities. Today, over 3,000 members support SVT’s work in 36 communities around the watershed of the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers

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The SuAsCo Watershed Community Council's mission is to build a community-based alliance that promotes the sustainable economic and environmental well-being of the Sudbury-Assabet-Concord River (SuAsCo) Watershed; in other words to promote blue waters and a green economy.