 Within this grouping, nine regional and national interest groups are active, including the Federation for Nature Conservation in Bavaria, the State Federation for the Protection of Birds in Bavaria and the WWF Germany (as of 13 Nov 2010).Since early October 2009, the group has run an information office in the market town of Ebrach

Shortly beforehand, opponents of the national park had founded Our Steigerwald ("Unser Steigerwald e.V.