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Honoring Our Founders in Retirement: Pat Noonan’s Story
When I was a young boy growing up in the Washington, D.C., area, my father acquired a small farm...
Honoring Our Founders in Retirement: Rich Erdmann's Story
During my childhood in Cranford, New Jersey, the woodlands bordering our home were clear-cut to make way for a...
Hopewell Spruce Hill Earth Works
The most extraordinary achievements of the Hopewell people were the huge earthworks they built, including walls of stone and earth...
How can we ACT on the Great American Outdoors Act?
Here’s a hint: We need your help!
In August 2020, we celebrated a historic conservation win with the passage of...
How We Helped Build a Historic and Sustainable Tall Ship in California
The Conservation Fund supports efforts to protect places where children can get outdoors and learn about nature. Often those...
Hydropower Relicensing and Land Disposal
In 1955, Pennsylvania Power and Light (PPL) took over ownership the Holtwood hydropower facility and management of more than...
I-25 Conservation Corridor Project
Drive along Interstate 25 from Denver to Colorado Springs, and you’ll see some of the West’s most colorful scenery...
Ice Age National Scenic Trail
Glaciers may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Wisconsin, but consider this:...
Illinois Hill Prairie Habitat Restoration
Of the estimated 21 million acres of prairie that once existed in Illinois, less than 2,600 acres of high-quality...
Illinois Working Lands, Water, and Wildlife Conservation Partnership
The Illinois Working Lands, Water and Wildlife Partnership is a new alliance formed to accelerate the pace of working...
Implementing a Value Chain Approach to Boost New Hampshire’s Human Powered Recreation
There are many moving pieces when it comes to mapping out opportunities for economic development to enhance outdoor recreation...
Improving Feeds for Land-based Salmon Farming
Fueled by increased global demand for salmon and the opportunity to help salmon farmers accelerate development to meet this...
In Wyoming, Using Collaborative Mitigation to Benefit Family Ranches
Across Wyoming’s Green River Basin, grazing pronghorn and vibrating drill rigs cast shadows on the horizon. These unlikely neighbors...
Increased Research Capacity at New Aquaculture Research Laboratory
For 30 years, The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute has led the way in the development of land-based recirculating aquaculture...
Indian River Land Trust, Florida
Florida’s picturesque Indian River Lagoon attracts a third of Florida’s endangered manatees, 350 species of birds, thousands of animal and...
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
Internationally recognized for the importance of its wetlands, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, at the tip of the Alaskan peninsula,...
Jocassee Gorges
In the northwestern-most corner of South Carolina, crystal-clear rivers and streams surge through the high Blue Ridge Escarpment and...
John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge
Located on the shores of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge was established...
Joyce Wildlife Management Area
For more than two decades, the Fund has been working to protect and restore Louisiana’s coastal wetland and associated upland habitats, like...
Kanapaha Prairie
Kanapaha Prairie, near Gainesville in Alachua County, is part of north-central Florida’s vast system of wet prairies. As a...
Kansas City Municipal Farm
Home to a diverse array of habitat including wetlands, wooded areas and urban agriculture, the 441-acre Kansas City Municipal...
Kasilof River Wetlands – Alaska
A critical piece of wetland habitat for migratory birds, salmon, beluga whales and more.
The Kasilof River is one of...
Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park
Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park will be The Conservation Fund’s third Park With Purpose built in Atlanta in partnership with...
Kendall Forest: Supporting Rural Economies and Traditions in New York’s Tug Hill Region
Upstate New York’s Tug Hill region, also known as Tug Hill Plateau, is known for its timber industry, snowfall...
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Kern River, Utah
Desert tortoises were once one of the West’s most abundant reptiles, but their populations have declined 90 percent since...
Kesselring Farm And The Boy Scouts
At the Fund, we believe kids have the right to a healthy childhood and that a healthy childhood includes...
Kobuk Valley National Park
Every year, Alaska’s Western Arctic caribou herd migrates across a third of the state, including Kobuk Valley National Park. This remarkable herd,...
Lackawanna Highlands
The Lackawanna Highlands project in northeastern Pennsylvania follows a trend across the country of vast privately-owned working forests in...
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
The elusive and solitary ocelot, a small wild cat with markings similar to a leopard or jaguar, once roamed...
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
Located deep in the Rio Grande Valley at the southeastern tip of Texas along the Rio Grande River and...
