Bushey and District Footpath Association
Path clearance activities arranged to suit skills and numbers. Arranges walks and talks, gate construction. Membership £4 a year. Chris Beney on 01923 211113

The Chiltern Society
Environmental society aiming to maintain the special qualities of the Chiltern Hills through practical conservation work: Christine Preston 01494 771250

Friends of Attenborough's Fields
Volunteers are invited to join the conservation working parties in the Attenborough Fields area. Meets on the first Sunday of every month. Membership is £2 a year, £3 per family. Ian Mackay 01923 234828
mackay1@supanet.com

Friends of Cassiobury Park
Events and working parties throughout the year, undertaking conservation work in Cassiobury Park. Membership is £2 a year, £1 for OAPs and juniors

Friends of Chorleywood Common
Regular talks, meetings held in Chorleywood Library, regular outings

Friends of the Earth, (Watford)
Tackles environmental issues in the Watford and Three Rivers area. Holds regular meetings to organise social events and campaigns. Membership is £6 a year or £10 per family: Rod Hewson,48 Glencoe Rd, Bushey WD23 3DS 0208 950 8818

Friends of Stockers Lake
A ims to preserve and develop Stockers Lake as a nature reserve. Activities include hedge planting and undergrowth clearance. Membership £3 a year Ian Watson 01923 283356

Hemel Hempstead Conservation Volunteers
Practical conservation in Hemel Hempstead. Meets every other Sunday at Dacorum College at 9.30am. Membership Adult £5 a year and family £8. Paul Moran 01442 246512

Hertfordshire Beekeepers Association
Arranges meetings to which anyone interested in bees is welcome. Runs the Herts County Honey Show in the autumn and participates in the Herts County Show. Regular meetings: Oonagh Gabriel 01992 626903
ogabriel2@hotmail.com

Hertfordshire Geological Society
For anyone interested in geology. Monthly talks on earth science topics and field trips. Meets at Verulamium Museum, St Michael's Street, St Albans. Small membership fee: Individual £11, Family £16 , OAP £9 Linda Hamling 01279 423815
http://www.hertsgeosoc.ology.org.uk

Herts & Middx Wildlife Trust
Grebe House, St Michael's Street, St Albans AL3 4SN 01727 858 901. Wounded animal emergencies 08705 555 999 (RSPCA) Archie Lang 01923 235856

National Council For Conservation of Plants and Gardens (Herts and Beds group)
The organisation for the national collections scheme of garden plants. Aims to save garden plants. Membership is £10 a year: Mary Nelder 01582 792907

National Trust association (St Albans branch)
M. Wilkins 01727 831 423

Watford and District National Trust Association
Monthly lecture meetings at St Michael's Parish Centre, Crown Rise, Garston as well as regular outings, occasional holidays and social events. Membership open to members of the National Trust. Membership secretary: Miss Rosemary Russell 01923 678901.

Oxhey Village Environment Group
Protects the environment of Oxhey Village and the surrounding area. Regular public meetings and social evenings at Bushey and Oxhey Methodist Church Hall, King Edward Road, Oxhey. Membership £1 a year: Joanna Mackintosh, 01923 219308

Radlett Society
A civic society protecting the interests of Radlett and defending the Green Belt within the parish of Aldenham. Membership is £1 a year: Bill Tilston-Jones 01923 854448

Rickmansworth Waterways Trust
Batchworth Loch, Canal Centre, 99 Church Street, Rickmansworth WD3 1JD Canal Preservation 01923 778382

RSPB (Chorleywood branch)
Fundraising and information on bird protection. Regular talks and meetings on the third Thursday of the month at 8pm at Russell School, Brushwood Drive, Chorleywood: Deidre Radclyffe 01494 726486

RSPB (Hemel Hempstead)
Monthly slide shows at Cavendish School, Warners End Road, Hemel Hempstead, on the first Monday of the month at 8pm.
http://www.hemelrspb.org.uk

RSPB (St Albans branch)
Local walks, coach trips and talks. Meets from September to May on the second Tuesday of the month at 8pm at St Saviours Church Hall, Sandpit Lane, St Albans John Maxfield 01727 832688

RSPB (Watford Members' Group)
Regular talks and visits, fundraising and information on bird protection. Meets at St Thomas Church Centre, Langley Road, Watford, on the second Wednesday of the month at 8pm: Pamela Tompkins 01923 224538

Sarratt Commons Volunteers
Meets every second Sunday of the month on Commonwood Green, Dawes Common and Penmans Common for general conservation work. Dawn Pitts 01923 267071

St Albans Civic Society
Encourages the enhancement of the environment and aims to maintain St Albans as a pleasant place to live and work. Membership is £12 a year John King 01727 866978

St Albans Community Forest Association
Works to protect and enhance St Albans countryside by opposing all inappropriate development to the Green Belt. Also tree planting and path clearing. Annual membership is £5 per household. Public meetings and conservation talks: Chris Pudsey 01727 864981

Watford Wildlife Group
Carries out practical work in the South Oxhey area, especially Pond Wood and Oxhey Wood: Phil Redshaw 0208-421 4932