Press Releases
The Conservation Fund announced its purchase of 15,408 acres from Chadbourne Tree Farms, LLC in western Maine. The Fund’s acquisition is intended to protect this iconic and historic working forest landscape from fragmentation and development
Volkswagen of America and The Conservation Fund announced the winners of the Volkswagen Community Grant Program
“The Conservation Fund applauds today’s progress towards enacting historic conservation legislation, as the Senate voted overwhelmingly (80-17) to begin floor debate of permanent and full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). The legislation, called the Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422), would also provide five years of funding to reduce the maintenance backlog on our federal public lands.”
A message from our President and CEO, Larry Selzer
The protection of roughly 400 acres of working agricultural land near Camp Williams outside Salt Lake City supports military training mission, prohibits future incompatible development, and preserves a migration corridor and habitat for mule deer and other wildlife.
Just two days before Earth Day, Atlanta approved the acquisition of a 216-acre forest known as the Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve, which encompasses one of the largest old growth forests in the city.
“The Conservation Fund commends the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for its innovative approach to conservation via the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). We are honored to be the lead organization on two Fiscal Year 2019 RCPP awards that will advance longstanding conservation goals in Illinois and Alaska while achieving economic benefits for the regions."
