The Voice for the Island

The Vineyard Conservation Society is the Island’s most respected voice for environmental advocacy, speaking for the flora and fauna of the Vineyard and the ecosystems they inhabit. A local non-profit membership organization, our mission entails promoting awareness about a wide range of environmental issues, building support for workable solutions, and, when necessary, fighting to defend the Island’s resources against exploitation and degradation.

Our broad concept of environmental stewardship encompasses a variety of issues including clean air and drinking water, climate change, health of coastal estuaries, biodiversity and habitat fragmentation, waste disposal and composting, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, land use planning and regulation, and much more. Through public testimony, community organizing, local political action, and legal advocacy, VCS has established a long track record of “punching above its weight” in defense of our Island environment.

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VCS work has left many footprints! (click here for high res version)