Environmental Justice and Advocacy 🌿

At Grassroots Westmoreland, we believe that caring for the land is a shared responsibility rooted in love for our communities. This page gathers the environmental efforts led by neighbors and local groups to nurture, protect, and restore our shared ecosystems.

These organizations are committed to environmental justice, conservation, education, and stewardship.
  • 🌿 Looking for ways to help? Explore local and national resources below.
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📍 Westmoreland County
📁 Climate and Conservation Organizations
  • Loyalhanna Watershed Association
    Home | 724-238-7560
  • Jacob’s Creek Watershed Association
    Jacobs Creek Watershed Conservation and Community Engagement | 724-613-2592
  • Protect PT
    Protect PT | 724-392-7023
  • Westmoreland Land Trust
    Westmoreland Land Trust | 724-325-4026
  • Westmoreland Clean Ways
    Westmoreland Cleanways | 724-879-4020
  • Westmoreland County Stormwater Association
    IWRP-Chapter-5 Issues and Challenges
  • Sewickley Creek Watershed Association
    Local watershed protection efforts
  • Southwestern PA Environmental Justice Areas
    Environmental monitoring and outreach
📁 Government and Extension Services
  • Lead Abatement Office of Westmoreland County
    Lead Safe and Healthy Homes Program | 724-830-3600
  • Penn State Extension Office
    Westmoreland County | 724-837-1402
  • USDA Offices
    Farm Services Agency | 724-853-5555
    Natural Resources Conservation | 724-261-3902
    Rural Development | 724-261-3903
  • Westmoreland Conservation District
    Homepage | 724-837-5271
  • 4-H and Future Farmers of America
    Offered through Penn State Extension
  • Westmoreland County Parks and Recreation
    Parks & Trails | 724-830-3950
📍 Regional & Statewide
📁 Environmental Advocacy and Conservation
  • Penn Environment
    Home | 215-732-5897 or 1-800-401-6511
  • Penn Future
    PennFuture | 717-214-7920
  • LAMPa
    Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in PA | 773-380-1700
  • PA Conservancy
    https://waterlandlife.org | 412-288-2777 or 1-866-564-6972
  • Creation Care Task Force
    SWPA Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 412-367-8222
  • PA State Fish and Game Commission
    1-833-742-9453
  • PA IPL
    Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light | 814-208-8465
  • S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie
    Save Our Native Species Inc | 814-453-2270
  • PA State Parks
    Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
📍 National
📁 Faith-Based and Environmental Networks
  • Interfaith Power and Light
    https://interfaithpowerandlight.org | 510-444-4891
  • Lutherans Restoring Creation
    https://lutheransrestoringcreation.org | 617-599-2722
  • As You Sow
    https://www.asyousow.org | El Cerrito, CA | 11461 San Pablo Ave, Suite 400
  • Corporate Knights
    https://www.corporateknights.com | +1-416-203-4674
  • MNIPL
    Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light | 651-301-8195
  • IPL Network of Houston
    Texas Interfaith Power and Light | 512-472-3903
  • Lisa Brenskelle
    Environmental advocate and organizer in Houston