Protecting and Connecting your Favorite Wild Places

What We Do

  • Strengthen habitat connectivity through increased wildlife crossings and corridors
  • Protect water quality by preventing the release of forever chemicals, like PFAS
  • Limit the environmental harms of the Mountain Valley Pipeline
  • Train dedicated volunteers through our Clean Water Advocates Program
  • Provide educational opportunities to connect people to the wild places they love

How We Do It

  • Advocate to decision-makers for the connectivity and integrity of Virginia’s wild places
  • Empower diverse communities to participate in the regulatory process
  • Convene stakeholder groups to amplify impact
  • Connect people to a safer, more inclusive outdoors

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EVENTS
LATEST BLOG
June 9, 2026

A New Tool for Accessing DEQ Records

Wild Virginia has prompted a significant improvement in public access to records from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). On May 12th, Water Quality Program Director, David Sligh recommended that DEQ create a database containing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that have been made to the agency and to make available the documents… Read more