Local and Regional Environmental Advocacy Organizations in DEC Region 3
Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster & Westchester Counties, New York
Regional Organizations
The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks
Contact: David Gibson, Executive Director
897 St. Davids Lane
Niskayuna, NY 12309
Phone: 518-377-1452
FAX: 518-393-0526
Catskill Center for Conservation and Development
Contact: Tom Alworth, Executive Director
The Erpf House, Route 28
Arkville, NY 12406
Phone: 845-586-2611
FAX: 845-586-3044
E-mail: cccd@catskillcenter.org
Catskill-Delaware Natural Water Alliance, Inc.
P.O. Box 411
Boiceville, NY 12412
Phone: 845-657-6238
Catskill Forest Association
Contact: Richard D. Sloman
P.O. Box 336
Arkville, NY 12406
Phone: 914-586-3054
Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Lower Hudson Valley/Connecticut Chapter
19 Court Street, Lower Level
White Plains, NY 10601
Phone: 914-997-0946
FAX: 914-997-0983
E-mail: whiteplains@citizenscampaign.org
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
112 Little Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: 845-454-7673
E-mail: office@clearwater.org
Sustainable Hudson Valley
Contact: Melissa Everett , Executive Director
P.O. Box 4112
Kingston, NY 12401-4112
Phone: 845-331-2670
E-mail: info@sustainhv.org
New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH)
1 Atwell Road
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Phone: 800-343-7527
FAX: 607-547-6087
Scenic Hudson, Inc.
One Civic Center Plaza, Suite 200
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: 845-473-4440
FAX: 845-473-2648
E-mail: info@scenichudson.org
Organizations in Dutchess County
Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), Mid-Hudson Chapter
P.O. Box 3674
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Phone: 845-435-5072
Dutchess County Environmental Management Council
Contact: David Foord, Director
Route 44, Suite 2
P.O. Box 2715
Millbrook, NY 12545
Phone: 845-677-5253
FAX: 845-677-0708
E-mail: dfoord@dcemc.org
Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association, Inc.
51 South Center Street
P.O. Box 356
Millerton, NY 12546-0356
Phone: 518-789-9591
E-mail: hvrta@taconic.net
Housatonic Valley Association (Tenmile River Watershed)
P.O. Box 28
150 Kent Road
Cornwall Bridge, CT 06754
Phone: 860-672-6678
Toll free: 1-800-832-6482
FAX: 860-672-0162
E-mail: ct@hvatoday.org
League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region
Contact: Chris Henning, President
P.O. Box 3564
Kingston, NY 12402
Phone: 845-340-2003
E-mail: info@midhudson.ny.lwvnet.org
Sierra Club Mid-Hudson Valley Group
Contact: Bibi Sandstrom, Group Chair
P.O. Box 1012
Poughkeepsie, NY 12602
Phone: 914-255-5528
E-mail: midhudsierra@yahoo.com
Organizations in Orange County
Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), Ramapo Chapter
Email: adkramapo@optonline.net
Coalition of Health Professionals Against Pollution
19 Overhill Road
Middletown, NY 10940
Phone: 845-344-1527
Independent Farmworkers Center
P.O. Box 78
32 N. Main Street
Florida, NY 10921-0078
Phone: 845-651-5570
FAX: 914-651-5572
E-mail: cita@warwick.net
Monroe Conservation Commission
11 Stage Road
Monroe, NY 10950
Phone: 845-783-1900 x221
FAX: 845-782-5597
E-mail: Conserv@monroeny.org
Monroe-Woodbury R.E.A.C.H. (Residents for Environmental Awareness and Childrens' Health)
Contact: Kecia Healy, President
39 Amy Todt Drive
Monroe, NY 10950
Phone: 845-782-6152
Orange County Citizens Foundation
P.O. Box 525
Sugar Loaf, NY 10981-0525
Phone: 845-469-9459
FAX: 845-469-3145
E-mail: info@occf-ny.org
Sierra Club Ramapo Catskill Group
E-mail: botshon@warwick.net
Organizations in Putnam County
The NYSDEC Office of Environmental Justice does not have any contact information for organizations related to environmental justice in Putnam County at this time.
Please contact one of the regional organizations listed above.
To add contact information for an organization to this database, please e-mail the Office of Environmental Justice at ej@gw.dec.state.ny.us.
Organizations in Rockland County
Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), Ramapo Chapter
Email: adkramapo@optonline.net
Rockland County Environmental Management Council
Contact: Mary Hegarty, Coordinator
Rockland County Division of Environmental Resources
50 Sanitariums Road, Bldg. P
Pomona, NY 10970
Phone: 845-364-2669
FAX: 845-364-2671
E-mail: hegartym@co.rockland.ny.us
Sierra Club Lower Hudson Group
Contact: George Klein, Group Chair
5 Algonquin Drive
Chappaqua, NY 10514
Phone: 914-238-8846
West Branch Conservation Association, Inc.
100 South Mountain Road
New City, NY 10956
Phone: 914-634-9700
E-mail: westbrnch@aol.com
Organizations in Sullivan County
Sierra Club Ramapo Catskill Group
E-mail: botshon@warwick.net
Organizations in Ulster County
Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), Mid-Hudson Chapter
P.O. Box 3674
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Phone: 845-435-5072
AFFIRM/SOC
P.O. Box 626
New Paltz, NY 12561
Phone: 845-255-8004
Anti-Mine Alliance
P.O. Box 772
Highland, NY 12528
Phone: 845-691-2366
Cancer Awareness Coalition
P.O. Box 533
New Paltz, NY 12561
Phone: 845-255-0836
Friends of SEQRA
P.O. Box 6063
Kingston, NY 12401-6063
Phone: 845-883-6347
Friends of the Shawangunks
P.O. Box 270
Accord, NY 12404
Phone: 845-687-4759
League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region
Contact: Chris Henning, President
P.O. Box 3564
Kingston, NY 12402
Phone: 845-340-2003
E-mail: info@midhudson.ny.lwvnet.org
Lower Esopus River Watch
Phone: 845-687-0267
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
New Paltz Chapter
Contact: Jackie Hayes, Project Coordinator
State University College
Student Union Building, Room 322
New Paltz, NY 12561
Phone: 845-257-3085 or 845-257-3086
E-Mail: newpaltz@nypirg.org
Sierra Club Mid-Hudson Valley Group
Contact: Bibi Sandstrom, Group Chair
P.O. Box 1012
Poughkeepsie, NY 12602
Phone: 914-255-5528
E-mail: midhudsierra@yahoo.com
Ulster County Environmental Management Council
Contact: Rick Fritschler, Chairman/Director
c/o Ulster County Community College
P.O. Box 557
Stone Ridge, NY 12484-0557
Phone: 845-687-0267
FAX: 845-687-0520
Organizations in Westchester County
Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), Mohican Chapter
Email: info@adkmohican.org
Beczak Environmental Education Center
35 Alexander Street
Yonkers, NY 10701
Phone: 914-377-1900
FAX: 914-377-1173
E-mail: BWalters@beczak.org
Citizens Action Network, Westchester County Chapter
2A Adrian Court
Cortland Manor, NY 10567
Phone: 914-739-6164
E-mail: eliewestcan@aol.com
Citizens for Byram Lake Reservoir
P.O. Box 846
Mount Kisco, NY 10549
Phone: 914-244-4459
E-mail: info@savebyramlake.org
Committee to Save the Gaisman Property
Contact: Richard Presser
67 Ridge Road
Hartsdale, NY 10530
Phone: 914-761-6270
FAX: 914-761-6270
Cortlandt WATCH
Contact: Shirley Lashingsky, Acting President
P.O. Box 271
Crompond, NY 10517
Phone: 914-739-0567
Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition, Inc.
Contact: Marian H. Rose, President
9 Old Corner Road
Bedford, NY 10506
Phone: 914-234-3179
FAX: 914-234-6139
Federated Conservationists of Westchester County, Inc.
E House, Pace University School of Law
78 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
Phone: 914-289-0537
FAX: 914-289-0539
E-mail: fcwc@law.pace.edu
Friends of Cranberry Lake, Inc.
Contact: Patricia Barry, President
1609 Old Orchard Street
North White Plains, NY 10604
Phone: 914-428-1005
Friends of Lasdon Park & Arboretum, Inc.
Contact: Ms. Mori Zeltner, President
Route 35
Katonah, NY 10536
Phone: 914-666-4007
Friends of Marshlands, Inc.
Contact: Irene Saltzburg, President
P.O. Box 237
Rye, NY 10580
Phone: 914-835-3490
Friends of Muscoot Farm
Contact: Sue Moga, Farm Manager
Muscoot Farm
Route 100
Katonah, NY 10536
Phone: 914-864-7282
FAX: 914-864-7290
Friends of Read Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc.
Contact: Gigi Pugh Sundstrom, President
P.O. Box 548
Rye, NY 10580
Phone: 914-698-5920
Friends of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Inc.
630 Bedford Road
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
Phone: 914-333-0102
FAX: 914-941-3696
E-mail: friends@friendsrock.org
Friends of Rye Nature Center
Contact: Bob Clyatt, President
Box 274
Rye, NY 10580
Phone: 914-967-5150
Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct
Contact: Gwen Thomas and Mavis Cain, Co-Presidents
15 Walnut Street
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Phone: 914-693-4117
Friends of the Scarsdale Parks
Contact: Michelle Abelson, President
P.O. Box 53
Scarsdale, NY 10583
Phone: 914-472-7461
Friends of Wickers Creek Archaeological Site
Contact: Miriam Sivak, President
Box 178
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Phone: 914-693-0271
FAX: 845-727-1804
Greyston Foundation
21 Park Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10703
Phone: 914-376-3900
FAX: 914-376-1333
E-mail: info@greyston.org
Groundwork Yonkers
Contact: Rick Magder, Executive Director
6 Wells Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10701
Phone: 914-375-2151
FAX: 914-375-2153
E-mail: rick@groundworkyonkers.org
Historic Peekskill
Contact: Kathy Cerreta, Treasurer
P.O. Box 2196
Peekskill, NY 10566
Phone: 914-736-2089
FAX: 914-736-0138
League of Women Voters of Westchester
200 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains Mall
White Plains, NY 10601
Phone: 914-949-0507
E-Mail: lwvlwvw@aol.com
Ludlow Park Homeowners' Association
Contact: Nortrud Spero
63 Sunnyside Drive
Yonkers, NY 10705
Phone: 914-423-3811
FAX: 914-964-9548
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
Purchase Chapter
Contact: Amanda Sisenstein, Project Coordinator
Campus Center North, Room 0004
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400
Phone: 914-251-6986
E-Mail: purchase@nypirg.org
Ossining Waterfront Alliance
Contact: Don DeBar
87 Ferris Place
Ossining, NY 10562
Phone: 914-945-0815
Parent Teacher Association
Westchester District Office
Contact: Pam Perricone, District Director
29 Roundabend Road
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Phone: 914-631-5667
FAX: 914-631-5667
Regional Review League
Contact: Jane Pearl, President
Box 479
Bedford, NY 10506
Phone: 914-666-8623
FAX: 914-242-9814
Riverkeeper
828 South Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Phone: 800-21-RIVER (800-217-4837)
Email: info@riverkeeper.org
Sierra Club Lower Hudson Group
Contact: George Klein, Group Chair
5 Algonquin Drive
Chappaqua, NY 10514
Phone: 914-238-8846
Westchester County Environmental Management Council
Contact: Gina D'Agrosa
148 Martine Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
Phone: 914-285-4422
FAX: 914-285-3780
Westchester Environmental Coalition at WESPAC
Contact: Nada Khader, Director
255 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd., 2nd Floor
White Plains, NY 10601
Phone: 914-682-0488
FAX: 914-682-9499
E-mail: info@wespac.org
Westchester Trails Association
Contact: Stewart Manville, President
46 Ogden Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605-2323
Phone: 914-582-1237
White Plains Beautification Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Sally Coe, President
P.O. Box 1614
White Plains, NY 10602
Phone: 914-761-1857
FAX: 914-761-1857 (Press *51)
Yonkers Environmental Coalition
Contact: Nortrud Spero, Chair
63 Sunnyside Drive
Yonkers, NY 10705
Phone: 914-423-3811
FAX: 914-964-9548
NOTE: This database includes local organizations that advocate principles consistent with environmental justice, including pollution prevention, sustainability, resource conservation and environmental health. However, in some cases the listed organizations may not advocate on behalf of Potential Environmental Justice Areas, as defined by the DEC in NYSDEC Commissioner Policy 29, Environmental Justice and Permitting. Please contact the individual organizations for more information.
If you would like to have your organization added to or removed from this database, or you need to report any errors or omissions in contact information, please e-mail the Office of Environmental Justice at ej@gw.dec.state.ny.us
