Neighborhood
Ecological Stewardship Training
(NEST)

Program Partners

The NEST program, designed and implemented by Joanna Cornell as the basis for her dissertation research, is an unfunded program. Joanna's time is partly funded by the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District (NVSWCD).

NEST is coordinated by the NVSWCD. NEST highlights the strong network of organizations and agencies in Northern Virginia. You can think of NEST as a popular restaurant and our partners make up the dessert selections. The more partners, the more dessert.

Partners enhance the NEST program by providing additional program options, providing staff time, funding printing, donationing their resources for special programs and tokens of appreciation for NEST participants. All partners play a different role in NEST.

Program partners include:

• Adventure Links
• Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
• Arlington County
• Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment (ACE)
• Audubon at Home in Northern Virginia, sponsored by The Audubon Society of Northern Virginia
• Audubon Naturalist Society
• Bat World NOVA
• Centreville Dogs
• Chesapeake Club
• City of Alexandria
• City of Fairfax
• Clean Fairfax Council
• Earth Sangha
• Eco-Stewards Alliance
• Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services
• Fairfax County Park Authority
• Fairfax Master Gardeners Program
• For the Love of Children Outdoor Education Center
• Friends of Little Rocky Run
• George Mason University's Hemlock Overlook Center for Outdoor Education
• Greensprings Master Gardeners Program
• Institute for Nature and Leadership
• Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
• Lands and Waters
• National Wildlife Federation
• Northern Virginia Conservation Trust
• Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
• Patagonia
• Potomac Conservancy
• Potomac Paddlesports
• REI
• Reston Association
• Virginia Cooperative Extension
• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Virginia Department of Forestry
• Virginia Native Plants Society, Potowmack Chapter
• Virginia Save Our Streams
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
• Wazo LLC : Mission Driven Technology

Additional activity options provided by:

• National Park Service

Partners providing training materials or participant incentives include:

• The Nature Conservancy
• Environmental Protection Agency
  

Survey and Technological Assistance:

Special thanks to Dave Huffman for donating his time and the technological services of Wazollc to help with the NEST survey and provide additional technological support. Wazollc is providing NEST with free hosting and technical support for the NEST program and survey as a part of their mission driven technology partnership.

Food Donations for kick-off:

• Whole Foods Market: $200.
• Trader Joes: products valued at $40.
• Wegmans: $50
  

A special partner is Eva who volunteers her time as our Webmaster.

Thanks to Kathy, Allie, and Katie for volunteering to help with NEST preparations.

Thanks to Jim and Eric Hickey for their assitance with taping the NEST kick-off, editing the tapes, and providing them in digital format.

Special thanks to Charlotte Seid for designing our NEST logo.