Our Projects

Fish Creek Flying W Ranches
The Fund worked with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department on a land conservation agreement that secures key wildlife...

Fiery Gizzard Trail
Fiery Gizzard is a place many Tennesseans hold dear. It is the heart of the South Cumberland Plateau and...

First State National Historical Park
Delaware’s Brandywine Valley represents the very start of America—a place where General Washington fought for independence, Benjamin Franklin printed...

Protecting a Key Piece of Kachemak Bay State Park
Alaska's first state park contains roughly 400,000 acres of pristine mountains, glaciers, forests and coastline. However, nestled in Halibut...

Downeast And Eastern Maine
Eastern Maine and its famed coastal area known as Downeast Maine has a one-of-a-kind beauty, with pristine forests, clean...

Connecticut River Valley
With some of the best farmland anywhere and historic properties throughout the region, the Connecticut River Valley is a...

Conserving the Northern Forest
Forests have defined a way of life in the northern New England states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine...

Connecting Pinhoti And Appalachian Trails
When the Appalachian Trail was mapped in the 1920s, the plan set out by Benton Mackaye called for a...

Chesapeake Bay: Integrated Conservation Solutions
From New York to Virginia, more than 40 major rivers link land and people to the Chesapeake Bay. How...

DuPont State Recreational Forest
Nestled between the cities of Hendersonville and Brevard, the horseshoe-shaped DuPont State Forest covers 10,400 acres within the Blue Ridge Mountains....

A Comeback for the South's Longleaf Pine in Alabama and Florida
Longleaf pine forests once covered as much as 90 million acres from Virginia to Texas. Today, this habitat has...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Missouri
Pilot Knob
Missouri’s vital role in the Civil War peaked in the late summer of 1864. Each side needed decisive...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: New Mexico
Glorieta Pass
In March 1862, while Confederates from Texas battled a combined force of U. S. Regulars and volunteers from...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: North Carolina
Averasboro
We were able to help protect more than 80 acres of what was the Confederate line at the Battle of Averasboro,...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Tennessee
Franklin
In partnership with the Franklin and Williamson County Heritage Foundation, the Fund protected nearly 60 acres on Roper’s Knob,...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Virginia
The Conservation Fund has helped protect a dozen Civil War battlefields across the state of Virginia.
Beaver Dam Creek
We protected 236 acres...

Clark County
The Fund has undertaken several different conservation projects with the Bureau of Land Management in Clark County.
Clark County Grazing...

Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay region is one of the most vulnerable areas in the nation to sea level rise induced...

Congaree Forest
Their mission has always been to protect and defend, but now five military installations are watching over something new:...

City of Rocks National Reserve
Visitors to the City of Rocks National Reserve in south central Idaho will find a striking landscape with unparalleled opportunities for rock climbing,...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Alabama
Day’s Gap Battlefield, site of a critical Civil War battle in Morgan and Cullman counties, Alabama, remains much as...

City of Brentwood
Access to the outdoors is a health and quality of life issue for all Americans, but especially those living...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Arkansas
Recognized nationally as one of America's most intact Civil War battlefields, Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park conserves the site where...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Focus on Antietam
Known as the bloodiest single-day battle in the Civil War, the battle of Antietam took place on September 17,...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Georgia
Rocky Face Ridge is the site of the start of the Union Army’s Atlanta Campaign. U.S. Major General Sherman,...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Kentucky
The Fund was part of a partnership that worked to protect key lands at the center of the Perryville Battlefield...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Maryland
At the Fund, we believe America’s history is found in our landscapes. By conserving significant landscapes, we can ensure our nation’s...

Kansas City Municipal Farm
Home to a diverse array of habitat including wetlands, wooded areas and urban agriculture, the 441-acre Kansas City Municipal...

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
In 2012, we helped the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expand the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge by nearly 270...