The Conservation Fund in the News

Cole Waterman, MLive – More than 100 baby sturgeon are now swimming in mid-Michigan’s Tittabawassee River, part of an effort to revitalize the ancient fish species’ presence in the Great Lakes. The endeavor resulted from a collaborative effort between local, state, and federal partners.

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Staff Reporter, The Washington Post – The Conservation Fund of Arlington appointed Eric Kostagen executive vice president for investment and growth.

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Ellen Kanzinger, Blue Ridge Outdoors – How does a state park come to be? Blue Ridge Outdoors explored some of the region’s newest state parks, including Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park in Tenessee, which was one of the first conservation acquisition projects Ralph Knoll worked on when he started with The Conservation Fund in 2006.

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Derek Danneker, Williamsport Sun-Gazette –  Ricketts Glen State Park recently expanded its borders and protections to 143 acres of forestland. The inclusion provides more space for recreation and the unfettered wilderness’ migratory bird and native population.

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Justine Paradis, New Hampshire Public Radio – Is the North Country of New Hampshire ready, willing, and able to shift from a timber-based economy to a tourism-based economy? Depending on how you measure it, tourism is one of the top three industries in New Hampshire, along with manufacturing and tech and healthcare.

“We like to talk about how the outdoor recreation economy is a new wave for New Hampshire, but it’s really not,” said Sally Manikian, New Hampshire and Vermont representative of The Conservation Fund.

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Pamela D'Angelo, Virginia Public Radio – Environmentalists have been fighting for more than a decade to preserve Fones Cliffs -- a pristine, historic, miles-long section of orange-yellow bluffs towering nearly 100 feet over the Rappahannock River in the eastern part of Virginia. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Sevice's new ownership of a section of the cliffs will be part of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

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Rob Hedelt, Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star –  The riverfront parcel, known as Fones Cliffs, once slated to become 45 building lots will now be preserved in perpetuity as part of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

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Justin A. Levine, Adirondack Daily Enterprise – The Conservation Fund, which works to conserve working forests around the country, recently put more than 50,000 acres of Adirondack forests under protection so the land can continue to support local jobs and allow recreational access.

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