Type of Place
Waterways and Watersheds
Healthy waterways and watersheds are critical to people and wildlife and we work hard to protect them. From creating pocket parks that help with stormwater drainage, to mapping out green infrastructure plans to preserve regional wetlands—each project we take on has unique and important benefits. Explore the variety of projects across the country we have protected.
Projects
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 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...
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...
Bair Ranch
The Conservation Fund is committed to working with ranching families to protect the rugged expanses that support rural economies,...
Blue Ridge Parkway
As one of the most visited units of the National Park Service (NPS), the Blue Ridge Parkway welcomes more than...
Boggy Slough
For nearly a century, East Texas has drawn upon its natural resources, particularly its magnificent forests, as a source...
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...
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...
Cheat Canyon
On a perfect September day, West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin stood high over Cheat Canyon and welcomed the...
Chesapeake Bay: Integrated Conservation Solutions
From New York to Virginia, more than 40 major rivers link land and people to the Chesapeake Bay. How...
Chicago Wilderness Vision
An ambitious agenda to create a vibrant green infrastructure of protected and restored lands and waters in the four-state...
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...
Coastal Resilience for Greater Baltimore
The Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition supports the vision of expanding a connected and protected green infrastructure network in populous central...
Congaree Forest
Their mission has always been to protect and defend, but now five military installations are watching over something new:...
Connecticut River Valley
With some of the best farmland anywhere and historic properties throughout the region, the Connecticut River Valley is a...
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...
Ecosystem Services for Houston-Galveston
Greater Houston is America’s sixth-largest metroplex—and growing. By 2040, the Houston-Galveston area is expected to gain 3.5 million people,...
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
The Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge protects more than 47,000 acres of southern New Jersey coastal salt-marsh and...
Farm Creek Preserve, Norwalk Land Trust
The mud flats and salt marshes of Long Island Sound’s tidal estuaries are havens for oysters, osprey, herons, egrets...
Florida Keys: Key Tree-Cactus Preserve
Manatee. Florida Panther. Two well-known endangered species. We’ve helped with conservation efforts to save habitat for both these animals;...
Franklin Land Trust, Massachusetts
Rich Hubbard’s phone rings often. As director of the Franklin Land Trust in western Massachusetts, Hubbard fields multiple calls...
Gooseberry Creek Conservation Project
The Gooseberry Creek Conservation Project is among the first large-scale, watershed-based voluntary conservation initiatives in Wyoming and the Greater...
Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole, WY
Land conservation successes near and within Grand Teton National Park are improving wildlife habitat and visitor experiences in Jackson...
Great Lakes Revolving Fund
The establishment of the Great Lakes Revolving Loan Fund addresses the critical need of land trusts and public agencies...
Green Infrastructure Plan for Cecil County, MD
Along Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Cecil County is primarily rural but also smack in the middle of a major metropolitan...
Green Infrastructure Plan for Central Indiana
Central Indiana is the crossroads of America. Good soils for farming, mature forests and clear running rivers and streams...
