(All area codes 509 unless otherwise noted)
Mining
     • Colville Indian Environmental Protection Alliance. Mailing: P.O. Box 142, Nespelem 99124. Opposes mining on Colville Indian Reservation. Information: Steve Iukes, vice president, 634-4108, or Jerry Gabriel, 633-3456.
     • Committee Monitoring Mined Minerals. Information: Michael "Buffalo" Mazzetti, 485-3912.
     • Okanogan Highlands Alliance. Dedicated to educating the public about the threat of chemical leach mining and milling to water, air, economy and natural ecosystems. Information: David Kliegman, executive director, 485-3361

Resources/environment
     • Coalition for Your Conconully Lakes Ecosystem. Informs others of activities that threaten plants, wildlife and people in the area. Directors: Bob Anthony, 826-6437; Dena Byl, 826-2287; Joe Berney.
     • Columbia River Bio-Regional Education Project. Publishes Columbiana magazine and Columbiana Magazine Online. Explores the culture and environment in the upper Columbia River bioregion. P.O. Box 792, Okanogan. Information: 422-1976. Web: www.columbiana.org.
     • Friends of the Loomis Forest. Information: David Kliegman, 485-3361.
     • Methow Valley Citizens Council. Purpose is preserving rural characteristics of the Methow Valley. Information: Vicki Welch, chairwoman, 997-2556.
     • Methow Conservancy. Board meets at 6 p.m. second Thursday of month, location varies in Winthrop. Mission is to inspire land protection through conservation easements, community-based education and special projects. Information: Jason Paulsen, director, 996-2870.
     • North Central Washington Resource Conservation and Development Council. Deals with regional natural resource and rural development issues. Information: 422-2750; mailing P.O. Box 666, Chelan 98816.
     • Okanogan County Citizens Coalition. Meetings as announced. Network of 20 grassroots organizations in Okanogan County. Members are interested in multiple use resource/land management and constitutional government. Information: Bonnie Lawrence, 826-3195.
     • Okanogan Resource Council. Provides public education on multiple use of public lands. Follows a variety of natural resource issues. Meets at 7 p.m. last Tuesday of month except December at Mount Olive Grange, Riverside. Information: Bonnie Lawrence, 826-3195.
     • Okanogan Valley Land Council. Enhancing wildlife, fish, agricultural and forestry values in the Okanogan Valley. Information: 486-2765 or 1 (877) 486-2765; mailing P.O. Box 293, Tonasket; e-mail info@ovlandcouncil.org; Web www.ovlandcouncil.org.
     • People for Alternatives, Conservation and Education (PACE). Seeks solutions to the power needs of the Methow Valley. Information: Maeyowa, 997-4142.
     • Upper Columbia Regional Fisheries Enhancement Group. Formed to undertake stream restoration projects, collect and analyze scientific data, and coordinate educational efforts related to salmon and other endangered or threatened species of fish. Membership open to anyone interested. Information: Daphne Cockle, 476-3444; mailing P.O. Box 932, Oroville 98844; Web http://ucrfeg.intranets.com/.
     • Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board. A standing committee of the North Central Washington Resource Conservation and Development Council. Recovery board is responsible, under the Governor's Salmon Recovery Office, for writing plans for recovery of endangered spring run Chinook, endangered steelhead and threatened bull trout listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. Information: Okanogan County water resources, 422-7160 or 422-7121, or www.okanogancounty.org/water.