Press Releases
October 21, 2016
HANNIBAL, Mo.—Today Michael Bean, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks for the U.S. Department of the Interior, and City of Hannibal Mayor James Hark joined other federal, state and local officials, residents and private partners to celebrate the completion of an extraordinary effort to conserve and create a nationally important Indiana bat habitat area and community park in the historic hometown of Mark Twain.
September 30, 2016
PORT ROYAL, Va.—The Conservation Fund and the Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF), together with the Gouldman family of Port Royal, recently protected 395 acres adjacent to the Rappahannock River. While helping to enhance the health of the River, this conservation effort, made possible with funding from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) program, also furthers the goals of Fort A.P. Hill to preserve key buffer lands near the installation boundary.
September 29, 2016
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn.—Today the U.S. Forest Service, The Conservation Fund and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) announced the protection of 20 acres near Cherokee National Forest’s Shook Branch Swim Area at Watauga Lake. The acquisition, made possible with funding from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) will lay the groundwork for a proposed relocation of up to one mile of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (A.T.) within the National Forest.
September 26, 2016
DIXIE COUNTY, Florida—The Lyme Timber Company LP (Lyme) and The Conservation Fund announced today the protection of 8,138 acres of forestland under a conservation easement in the lower Suwannee River basin. This conservation success is the first phase of an ongoing effort with county, state, federal and private partners that intends to protect an expansive 46,500 acres for the benefit of wildlife, watersheds and local economies.
September 19, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va.—The Conservation Fund is celebrating a restoration legacy at Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Louisiana, a location where public and private partners have planted more than one million trees. The initiative is strengthened by the Fund’s recent announcement that its carbon and climate project at Upper Ouachita NWR was verified to the standards of the Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCB Standards) at the Gold Level. This is the Fund’s fifth gold level verification to the CCB Standards, more than any other group in the nation. Verification ensures that the projects are meeting the original project objectives, including trapping carbon, providing habitat for wildlife and creating positive benefits for nearby communities.
August 30, 2016
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.V. —The Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIF)—a green business lender and an affiliate of the national nonprofit Conservation Fund—and the Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Authority (Hatfield-McCoy) announced their partnership focused on creating jobs and improving quality of life in coal-impacted communities in southern West Virginia. Using a total of $2.6 million in grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) the two organizations will expand access to capital and business advisory services for tourism-related businesses and help diversify the region’s economy.
August 29, 2016
This release was distributed by the City of Ann Arbor and published here with permission. To learn more about The Conservation Fund’s partnership with the City of Ann Arbor’s Greenbelt Initiative, click here.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The City of Ann Arbor Open Space and Parkland Preservation Program, also known as the Greenbelt Program, is happy to announce it just closed on its 50th land protection project with Legacy Land Conservancy (LLC) and Washtenaw County. The collaborative project was the acquisition of an 81.83-acre tract in Webster Township that was owned by the Carol Landsberg Trust. The county now owns the property, and it will be open to the public. The LLC was the lead partner in the transaction and now owns a conservation easement on the tract. The Greenbelt Program contributed funding in the amount of $157,140.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The City of Ann Arbor Open Space and Parkland Preservation Program, also known as the Greenbelt Program, is happy to announce it just closed on its 50th land protection project with Legacy Land Conservancy (LLC) and Washtenaw County. The collaborative project was the acquisition of an 81.83-acre tract in Webster Township that was owned by the Carol Landsberg Trust. The county now owns the property, and it will be open to the public. The LLC was the lead partner in the transaction and now owns a conservation easement on the tract. The Greenbelt Program contributed funding in the amount of $157,140.
August 26, 2016
“One hundred years ago, Governor Locke Craig and others showed extraordinary vision in having North Carolina protect the high spruce and fir covered crest of the Black Mountains running south from Cattail Peak. Since the creation of Mount Mitchell State Park, the North Carolina State Parks system has grown to nearly a quarter-million acres conserved for wildlife, recreation and education.
