GET INVOLVED

You can make a difference and help promote the cause of conservation in Virginia by getting active with VALCV-EF. Here are some ways you can get involved. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact us at 804-225-1902 or jpainter@valcv.org.

1) Join a Legislative Contact Team
Let your elected officials know that conservation matters to the voters by becoming the voice of conservation in your community. Get more information or sign up to join your team.

2) Become a Conservation eActivist!
The Conservation eAction Virginia (CAV!) network lets you be a two-minute activist from the comfort of your own home. Receive alerts on the most pressing conservation issues and send messages to your representatives that pack a punch. Get more information or Sign up here!

3) Join us on Facebook!
Join our online group to get the latest information and network with other’s committed to working for clean air, water and land.

4) Visit ArticleXI.com!
Article XI of Virginia’s Constitution declared that one of our founding principles as a Commonwealth was to protect our natural resources, land, water and air from pollution and degradation. ArtilceXI.com is a new conservation community blog where organizations and individuals can read or post environmental news from around the state. Are we living up to the promise of our Constitution?

5) Contact the Media
One way of effectively engaging your elected officials is by raising the profile of conservation in the press.  Letters-to-the-Editor and op-eds in your local paper can be very effective at getting the attention of elected officials and the public at large.  To contact your local newspaper, tv or radio station, visit our Conservation eAction Virginia site.