Protecting Recreation Areas

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...

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

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

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....

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

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,...

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

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...

Chimney Rock State Park
Deep in the heart of North Carolina, hikers disappear into another world—a world of waterfalls and rocky cliffs, sweeping...

Circle R Ranch
Scenic ranches along the West’s great rivers rarely come onto the market—and even more rarely become publicly owned. The...

Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Encompassing a diverse array of habitat types, from the high, dry deserts of the Great Basin to the wet,...

Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Situated at 3,200 feet above sea level, Canaan Valley is the highest valley of its size east of the...

Camp Security Revolutionary War POW Camp
Camp Security in southern Pennsylvania, is one of only a handful of Revolutionary War-era prisoner-of-war camps that have not...

Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
Every summer, millions of tourists descend upon southern New Jersey’s Cape May peninsula for a bit of rest and...

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
Over 400 years ago, Captain John Smith arrived in the New World—and changed it forever. In addition to helping...

Blair's Wharf
Completing The James River National Wildlife Refuge
For more than 25 years, the Fund has worked with partners to fulfill their conservation...

Blue Top Farms
We started 2010 by preserving two tracts of prime grassland habitat—totaling more than 880 acres— adjacent to the Buena...

Bridger-Teton National Forest
The Bridger-Teton National Forest, just southeast of Jackson, Wyoming, encompasses an astounding 3.4 million acres of land. The jagged...

Blue Ridge Parkway
As one of the most visited units of the National Park Service (NPS), the Blue Ridge Parkway welcomes more than...

Brule River State Forest
Anyone seeking to escape into the great outdoors can do so in Wisconsin’s Brule River State Forest. This forest...

Brule-St. Croix Legacy Forest
Working forests define the northern Wisconsin landscape, providing timber for the state’s mills, jobs for local residents, tax revenues...

Belfast Wildlife Management Area
We know that for conservation solutions to truly last they need to benefit the surrounding communities. After a two-year...

Big Rivers Wildlife Management Area and State Forest
At the confluence of the Ohio and Tradewater Rivers in Union County along Kentucky’s border with Illinois, is the...

Big Thicket National Preserve
Renowned as the “biological crossroads of North America,” Big Thicket in east Texas is a remarkable mix of southeastern...

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is often referred to as the “Everglades of the North.” Located in the Chesapeake Bay region,...

Strategic Conservation Plan: Blackwater 2100
The vast tidal marshes of the Chesapeake Bay region are an ecological treasure. Nowhere in the Bay are these...