Conservation AcquisitionOur Projects
Petrified Forest National Park
Arizona’s Petrified Forest is famous for its expansive vistas—stark moon-like landscapes and the colorful eroding badlands of the Painted...
Powderhorn Ranch
Approximately 94% of land in Texas is privately owned. With the state’s population continuing to grow, there’s a critical...
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Established in 1996, the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is the newest of four refuges that make...
Protecting the Poppies of Walker Canyon, Lake Elsinore, California
In the spring, a large, relatively unknown poppy field shocked Southern California with a one-of-a-kind super bloom. Covering hillsides...
Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative
As the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina continues to grow, development threatens to cover valuable land in the Upper...
New River Initiative
The New River connects communities in 21 rural counties across three states (North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia) in southern...
North Platte River
As part of an effort to provide additional recreational access along the North Platte River in southeastern Wyoming, The...
Oconee National Forest
Did you know that forestry is the largest manufacturing sector in Georgia? Forests are a critical part of the state’s...
North Rim of the Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is one of America’s favorite destinations—more than five million people visit each year to take in...
Northern Forestlands
Did you know that more than half of the forestland in the United States is privately owned and therefore...
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
In the southeastern corner of Georgia, along the Florida border, lies one of the largest and most primitive swamps...
Green Infrastructure Plan for Nashville
Located in Davidson County, Tennessee, Nashville is a uniquely beautiful place, defined by the wide and winding Cumberland River...
Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve
In 1947, the University of Kansas established the KU Field Station, a biological research station just north of Lawrence....
Missouri River Restoration
Stretching more than 2,300 miles from Three Forks, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri, where it joins the Mississippi River,...
MJ Ranch
The Conservation Fund led the effort, in collaboration with several public and private partners, to complete conservation easements in...
Monmouth Battlefield State Park
On June 28, 1778, General George Washington’s Continental Army attacked the British just outside Monmouth Court House in New...
Nemadji River And Douglas County Forest
Back in 2010, the Fund worked with Douglas County to protect nearly 4,000 acres along the Nemadji River, safeguarding...
Namekagon Barrens
The Namekagon Barrens in northwest Wisconsin are actually anything but barren. The mix of brush, prairie and forest provide...
Neches River
Often referred to as Texas’ last “wild” river, the Neches flows more than 415 miles through east Texas, primarily through the...
Neu's Point and Och's Point State Wildlife Management Areas
Between 1804 and 1806, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark opened the American West on their historic quest to...
Lackawanna Highlands
The Lackawanna Highlands project in northeastern Pennsylvania follows a trend across the country of vast privately-owned working forests in...
Mt. Baldy, Los Angeles
If you’re in the Los Angeles area, look north to the San Gabriel Mountains and you’ll see Mt. Baldy,...
Cherokee National Forest and the Trail of Tears
Hundreds of years before Europeans came to America, the Cherokee people inhabited the southeastern United States in parts of...
Sherwood Forest in Tennessee
Located in Southeast Tennessee, an hour west of Chattanooga, the Sherwood Forest stretches across more than 4,000 acres of...
Meeteetse Spires in the Beartooth Mountains
In early 2010 we completed the second and final phase of a land conservation project that adds 560 acres...
Atlanta Green Space Assessment
In 2005, the City of Atlanta was losing 500 acres of open space each week to development. Historically, the...
Middle Neches Forestland
In one of the largest, most complex forestland projects in Texas history, The Conservation Fund and Renewable Resources, LLC,...
Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Louisiana’s coastal wetlands are an amazing resource. They provide a buffer from devastating coastal storms, absorbing heavy rains that...
Mispillion Harbor
Does saving one mile make a difference? At Mispillion Harbor it does. Mispillion is a critical stopover for the...
Michaux State Forest
Pennsylvania’s Michaux State Forest covers more than 85,000 acres and is referred to as the state’s ”cradle of forestry.” We helped expand Michaux...
