Type of Place
Historic Lands
America’s story begins outdoors. Our lands and waters are the backdrop for our most poignant national memories: homesteads, explorations, war, escape, adventure and more. From day one at The Conservation Fund, we’ve worked to protect the places where history was made.
Projects
Great Smoky Mountains
The Fund and the Foothills Land Conservancy now hold one of the largest conservation easements ever donated by private...
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument
Harriet Tubman was a true American hero. Born on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Tubman spent nearly 30 years of her...
Harriet Tubman’s Legacy Grows On Maryland’s Eastern Shore
More than 100 years after her death, a new chapter of Harriet Tubman’s legacy is unfolding on Maryland’s Eastern...
Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge
In 1902, legendary African-American guide Holt Collier led President Theodore Roosevelt and his entourage through the canebrakes and virgin...
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...
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Long fascinated by what lay west of the Mississippi River, President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 commissioned Captain Meriwether Lewis...
Mesa Verde National Park
President Theodore Roosevelt established Mesa Verde National Park more than 100 years ago, protecting historic cliff dwellings and other...
Minidoka National Historic Site
In February 1942, two months after the United States formally entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed...
Missouri River Restoration
Stretching more than 2,300 miles from Three Forks, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri, where it joins the Mississippi River,...
Monmouth Battlefield State Park
On June 28, 1778, General George Washington’s Continental Army attacked the British just outside Monmouth Court House in New...
Optimizing Farmland Protection in Baltimore County
With one of the nation’s most established farmland preservation efforts, Baltimore County in 2006 reached a major milestone: preserving...
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...
San Juan Island National Historical Park
Located in the waters between Vancouver Island to the west and Washington State to the east – and just a short...
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
The Sand Creek Massacre is one of the most tragic events in America’s history and marked a major turning...
Saving A 300-Year-Old Colonial Settlement Site In Connecticut
The town of Groton, Connecticut, has a long history dating to before its incorporation in 1705, and the 63-acre...
State Game Lands 93
September 11, 2001 is one of the most tragic days in our nation’s history. Nearly 3,000 people died as...
Texas Pineywoods Experience
The Conservation Fund has deep roots in east Texas, where we’ve worked to protect roughly 33,000 acres of Big Thicket...
Tonto National Forest
Cave Creek, only 25 miles north of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, is one of the few perennial streams...
Topaz Relocation Center
As part of the Japanese American Internment Camp Preservation Initiative, we protected 13 acres at the Topaz Relocation Center for the...
Travelers' Rest
As a legacy to the nation and in honor of the extraordinary journey of Lewis and Clark, The Conservation...
Wind Cave National Park
Considered a sacred place by the Lakota, Wind Cave is one of the longest and most complex caves in...
