Watershed Organizations
Click on a watershed above to find organizations working on water issues in your area. For organizations that work in multiple locations, click on "All Watersheds."
If you would like more information about an organization that is not listed or to add your organization to this list, please contact your Watershed Manager.
Partnerships with various federal and state agencies, local governments and community groups address nonpoint source concerns in the basins through watershed-based plan development and 319 nonpoint source project implementation.
Broad
- Spartanburg Area Conservancy (SPACE)
- Spartanburg Water
- The Tyger River Foundation
- Upstate Forever
- Friends of Lake Robinson
- Broad Scenic River Advisory Council
- The River Alliance
- SJWD Water District
Catawba
- Catawba-Wateree Water Management Group
- Catawba Scenic River Advisory Council
- Catawba Riverkeeper
- Lake Wateree Association (Kershaw County)
- Katawba Valley Land Trust
- Nation Ford Land Trust
Edisto
- Friends of the Edisto
- Edisto River Canoe and Kayak Trail Commission
- Edisto Island Preservation Alliance
- Coastal Expeditions/Carolina Heritage Outfitters
- ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve
- South Carolina Coastal Information Network
- South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
- NOAA Coastal Services Center
Pee Dee
- Pee Dee Land Trust
- Black Creek Land Trust
- Lynches Scenic River
- Black Scenic River
- Little Pee Dee - Dillon Scenic River
- Great Pee Dee Scenic River
- Murrells Inlet 2020
Salkehatchie
Saluda
- Upstate Forever
- Save Our Saluda
- Friends of the Reedy River
- Trout Unlimited: Saluda River Chapter
- The Conestee Nature Preserve
- Preserving Lake Greenwood
- Greenwood County Lake Management
- Lower Saluda Scenic River Advisory Council
- Lake Murray Association
- Lake Murray Watch
- Gills Creek Watershed Association
- Friends of Congaree Swamp
- Congaree Riverkeeper
- The River Alliance
Santee
- Michaux Conservancy
- Sustainability Institute
- Charleston WaterKeeper
- Ashley Scenic River
- Lowcountry Open Land Trust
- Santee National Wildlife Refuge
- SEWEE Association
- Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
- Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
- Santee Cooper
- Berkeley County's Blueways
Savannah
- Savannah Riverkeeper
- Friends of Lake Keowee Society
- Lake Hartwell Association
- Friends of Lake Secession
- Lowcountry Institute/Spring Island Trust
- Palmetto Bluff Conservancy
- Friends of Broadway Lake
- Hitchcock Woods
All Watersheds
- SC Adopt-a-Stream
- The Nature Conservancy
- Soil and Water Conservation Districts
- Council of Governments (COGs)
- USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service Field Offices (NRCS)
- South Carolina Rural Water Association (SCRWA)
- Clemson Extension County Offices
- American Whitewater
- River Network
- Beach Sweep / River Sweep (SCDNR)
- The Palmetto Trail
- Center for Watershed Protection
- North American Lake Management Society
- USDA Watershed Programs
- US Geological Survey (USGS) Water Data for South Carolina
- Southeast Regional Climate Center
- EPA Watershed Academy
- Southeast Watershed Forum
- Coastal Conservation League (CCL)
- Clemson University Center for Watershed Excellence
- Palmetto Pride - Keep S.C. Beautiful
- Sierra Club - S.C. Chapter
- Coastal Conservation Association of S.C.
- American Rivers
- Carolina Clear