Through its advocacy efforts, the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance (NVBA) supports green buildings, air quality, waste management, tree and habitat conservation, water quality and natural landscaping. NVBA also serves on local board committees and commissions to help protect our environment.
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Get Involved
Interested in working on conservation advocacy? Contact NVBA Advocacy Chair Tom Blackburn.
Monitor Your Representatives
Check with your legislators and find out when they are having town meetings. Most of them have at least one a year and it is a great opportunity to carry the conservation message to them and hold them accountable.
State Representatives
To find your state legislators, click here.
You can also find committee assignments of members of the Senate and House of Delegates here.
For bills, check here and here. You can also check the website of the Virginia Conservation Network.
Federal Elected Officials
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20500
Tel. 202 456-1111
Virginia’s U.S. Senators
Mark R. Warner, 703 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, tel. 202-224-2023; local office: 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 200, Vienna, VA 22182; tel. 703-442-0670
Tim Kaine, 231 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, tel. 202-224-4024; local office, 9408 Grant Avenue, Suite 202, Manassas, VA 20110, tel. 703-361-3192
Virginia’s Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
You can find your member of the U.S. House of Representatives here.
Robert Wittman (1st district), 2055 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, tel. 202-225-4261; local office, 508 Church Lane, Tappahannock, VA 22560, tel. 804-443-0668; and 95 Dunn Drive, Suite 201, Stafford, VA 22556, tel. 540-659-2734
Bob Good (5th district), 1213 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, tel. 202-225-4711; local office 20436 Lynchburg Hwy, Suite F, Lynchburg, VA 24502, tel. 434-791-2596
Abagail Spanberger (7th district), 1431 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, tel. 202-225-2815; local office, 4201 Dominion Blvd., Suite 110, Glen Allen, VA 23060, tel. 804-401-4110; and 9104 Courthouse Rd., Room 249, Spotsylvania, VA 22553, tel. 540-321-613
Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (8th district), 431 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D. C. 20515, tel. 202-225-4376; local office, 1901 N. Moore St., Suite 1108, Arlington, VA 22209, tel. 703-658-5403
Jennifer Wexton (10th district), 1217 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, tel. 202-225-5136; local office, 21351 Gentry Drive, Suite 140, Sterling, VA 20166, tel. 703-234-3800; and 100 North Loudoun St., Suite 120, Winchester, VA 22601, tel. 703-236-1300
Gerald E. Connolly (11th district), 2238 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515, tel. 202-225-1492; local office, 4115 Annandale Road, Annandale, VA 22003, tel. 703-256-3071; and 2241-D Tacketts Mill Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22192, tel. 571-408-4407
Use Your Refund To Help Nature
If you are getting a Virginia tax refund this year, you can donate all or part of it to the Virginia Non-game Wildlife Program by indicating a voluntary contribution on your state income tax form. This program supports research and management of Virginia’s native birds, fish, and other non-game animals. (Of course, you could also take your refund as usual and donate it to NVBA.)