SCA Mid-Atlantic

SCA Mid-Atlantic

Delaware | District of Columbia | Georgia | Kentucky | Maryland | New Jersey | North Carolina | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | Tennessee | Virginia

Our national oﬃce in Arlington, VA also oversees SCA operations throughout the Mid-Atlantic, stretching from the historic battlefields of Gettysburg to the lush marshes of Cumberland Island National Seashore. Time and again, especially here, nature and history meet – and SCA members work every day to ensure the region’s remarkable heritage is preserved and celebrated well into the future.

Our headquarters near the nation’s capital enables SCA to partner directly with leading federal resource management agencies while many SCA members serve on the National Mall, at the Department of the Interior and even in the White House. More than 2,000 local youth have served in our Washington, DC community program in recent years, with many continuing into conservation careers.

Youth served:

855 (2013)

Key initiatives:

SCA’s NPS Academy workforce development program
Community Conservation programs
Other

Primary partners:

Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Capital Parks
Shenandoah National Park
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Daniel Boone National Forest
City of Pittsburgh

Leading supporters:

Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation – SCA DC community program
Scattergood Foundation – SCA Philadelphia community program
Campbell Soup Foundation – SCA Camden (and SCA Norwalk) community program
DC Recreational Trails Fund (DC programs)
Richard King Mellon Foundation – Pittsburgh programming

News, Stories & Projects

Annaleigh Baremore

“Urban parks and farms are some of the most beautiful natural lands to me, because they create hope in neighborhoods that are mostly concrete.”

Washington, D.C. Trail Project Commemorates SCA’s 55th Anniversary

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) June 26, 2012—With a focus on healthy kids and a healthy environment, the Student Conservation Association (SCA) today conducted a Let’s Move Outside! service project for more than 100 active youth at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Garden in Washington, D.C.

BALTIMORE (WJZ) - This is an Earth Day a Baltimore City teen will remember for the rest of his life.As Mike Schuh reports, the City College junior’s passion for the environment led him to a national stage.The president came to a tree planting—not because they need an extra worker, but because a president will focus attention on the work being done.