The Conservation Fund in the News

Amanda Brandeis, ABC 10 San Diego – The future looks bright for a southeastern San Diego community garden. A signature initiative of Project New Village helps residents grow their own food and increases access to fresh, healthy produce. They reached out to The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit, for help.

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Dave Russell, The Sylva Herald and Ruralite – The expansion of Sylva's collective back yard – Pinnacle Park – sees one deal done, one to go. Safeguarding this ridgeline not only adds another almost 500 acres to the 1,100-acre Pinnacle Park, but it also saves from development the highest remaining privately owned property in the area.

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Kevin Lynch, SouthBaltimore.com – Improvements are continuing for Garrett Park in southern Baltimore thanks to $830,000 in grants from public and private sources.

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Sudhin Thanawala, New York Times (via Associated Press) – Conservation groups have purchased a swath of land in Georgia that they describe as one of the largest unprotected open space parcels along the southeast Atlantic coast. The Conservation Fund and Open Space Institute announced Friday that they had bought the 16,000-acre site along the Satilla River east of Woodbine.

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Margaret Austin, Wyoming Eagle Tribune – Adding to the 34,000 acres of conserved land in Laramie County, a ranch directly adjacent to Curt Gowdy State Park has entered into a conservation easement that protects wildlife habitats, water quality and 560 acres of agricultural land.

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Tom Pfister, Forbes – One automaker delivered the gift of green infrastructure this holiday season. To help protect forestlands, Volkswagen of America, through a sponsorship of The Conservation Fund, is donating $1.25 million towards increasing the footprint of the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee by nearly 1,500 acres, and supporting other woodlands efforts.

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Carlos E. Medina, The Gainesville Sun – The Alachua Conservation Trust bought the “Orange Lake Overlook” property for more than $1.3 million from the Huff family. The purchase was possible through a $1 million loan from The Conservation Fund and more than 450 individual donations.

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Carl Richter, Texarkana Gazette – Oklahoma's Little River National Wildlife Refuge added 160 acres of protected forest and wetlands, a move that will make a large area of the refuge usable by visitors for the first time. The Conservation Fund purchased the property in 2017 and has transferred it to the USFWS thanks to funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

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