The Conservation Fund
Our Projects
A 30-Year Effort to Protect the Navajo River Watershed in Colorado Now Complete
The Conservation Fund has helped protect 65,000 acres of critical wildlife habitat in the Navajo River watershed. Made up...
A Bright Future for the Desert Tortoise
The demand for solar power in the U.S. is higher than ever. To meet growing demand, BrightSource Energy aimed...
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...
A Future for Good Hope Farm in Cary, North Carolina
Good Hope Farm is a historic farmstead situated within a half mile of 3,500 residents of Cary, North Carolina....
A Legacy of Ranching in California
For many years, cattle have roamed the foothills of the 1,715-acre Santa Rita Ranch in the heart of California’s...
A Piece of the Underground Railroad’s Story Forever Told
The Mifflin House has kept watch over the winding Susquehanna River in Southeastern Pennsylvania for almost 300 years. This...
A Unique Solution for Pipeline Impacts to Bats and Migratory Birds
Enbridge Pipelines LLC (Enbridge) constructed the 593-mile Flanagan South Pipeline from Illinois to Oklahoma. To reduce environmental impacts, the...
Adapting to Climate Change at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Scientists predict that, if no action is taken, virtually all of today’s tidal wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay will...
Adirondack Park
Encompassing one-third of the total land area of New York State, Adirondack Park is a unique collection of public...
Admiralty Island National Monument
Located in Tongass National Forest, Admiralty Island National Monument encompasses the majestic landscapes emblematic of Alaska. Here, the remote,...
Alaska's Cold, Wild Kenai River
Alaska’s wild salmon are a natural and economic wonder. One of the areas where their amazing journey from spawning...
An Appalachian Gateway: Revitalizing Tracy City, TN
Tucked in the South Cumberland Plateau of the Southern Appalachian Mountains in Tennessee sits Tracy City. Originally settled as...
An Emerald Necklace for Los Angeles
As one of the nation's largest metropolitan areas, the Los Angeles region should be a recognized leader in park...
Anacostia River Water Trail Guide
America’s earliest history meets the modern-day challenges of river restoration and watershed conservation along the Anacostia River, which flows...
Androscoggin Valley Conservation Initiative
The Fund has been working for nearly a decade in the Androscoggin Valley, conserving river frontage, wildlife corridors and historic lands. Our...
Antioch Park, Nashville
Since October 2014, we have been working with the Joe C. Davis Foundation on our latest open space protection...
Appalachian Gateway Communities Initiative
Since 2007, The Conservation Fund’s Conservation Leadership Network, with generous support from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and National Endowment for the...
Appalachian Trail, Vermont
The Fund helped the National Park Service acquire more than 1,200 acres near the Killington Section of the Appalachian...
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area
Located in DeKalb, Henry and Rockdale Counties, just 20 minutes from downtown Atlanta, Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area is widely...
Ashley River Historic District / Middleton Place Woodlands
Located in the fastest growing county in South Carolina, the Ashley River historic district is considered one of the...
Atlanta BeltLine
It’s the most comprehensive development effort ever undertaken in the City of Atlanta – transforming 22 miles of an...
Atlanta Green Space Assessment
In 2005, the City of Atlanta was losing 500 acres of open space each week to development. Historically, the...
Atlanta Harvest
Atlanta Harvest started 11 years ago in Dublin, Georgia with a conscious commitment to develop a food production system...
Atlanta’s Former Chattahoochee Brick Company Site
The historic Chattahoochee Brick site was designated one of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s Top 10 ‘Places in...
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
The Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge covers roughly 9,000 acres of barrier island beaches and dunes, shrub-scrub, woodlands, farmlands...
Bair Ranch
The Conservation Fund is committed to working with ranching families to protect the rugged expanses that support rural economies,...
Balancing Nature and Commerce in the New River Gorge Region
In October 2010, the Fund’s Conservation Leadership Network brought together local business leaders, elected officials and public land managers...
Balancing Nature and Commerce in the Pennsylvania Wilds
The Pennsylvania Wilds (PA Wilds) has a lot to offer. With more than two million acres of public land—as...
Balancing Nature And Commerce In Unicoi County
Known as “The Valley Beautiful,” this rural Appalachian community is prime for development, but it is also home to...
Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve
In 1947, the University of Kansas established the KU Field Station, a biological research station just north of Lawrence....
