1785 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
202-588-6166
www.nationaltrust.org
THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
The nation’s largest nonprofit conservation advocacy and education group, the National Wildlife Federation unites people from all walks of life to protect nature, wildlife, and the world we share. The commonsense approach to environmental protection brings individuals, organizations, and governments together to ensure a brighter future for people and wildlife.
8925 Leesburg Pike
Vienna, Virginia 22184
703-790-4000
www.nwf.org
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
The Nature Conservancy is an international nonprofit conservation organization with a mission to preserve plants, animals, and natural communities representing the diversity of life on earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. It has protected more than 10 million acres in the United States and Canada and helped partner organizations protect millions more in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.
4245 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, Virginia 22203
800-628-6860
www.tnc.org
RAILS-TO-TRAILS CONSERVANCY
1100 17th Street NW, 10th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036
202-331-9696
www.railtrails.org
SCENIC AMERICA
Scenic America is the only organization solely dedicated to protecting the natural beauty and distinctive community character of America. The nonprofit group works in Washington, D.C., and through state affiliates and associated organizations to reduce billboard blight, preserve scenic roads and places, conserve and promote the planting of trees, and offer alternatives to sprawl development.
801 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20003
202-543-6200
www.scenic.org
About the Author
Under the name of WILLIAM LEAST HEAT-MOON, William Trogdon is the author of two best-selling classics, Blue Highways and Prairyerth. He lives in Columbia, Missouri.