Kentucky | The Conservation Fund

By the Numbers:

43,097 acres of land and water saved

In excess of 1,000 acres have been protected in partnership with the United States Forest Service.
More than 35,000 acres have been preserved to benefit Wildlife.

Projects

Reviving a Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

Reviving a Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

Runoff of nutrients from farmland and other sources in the Mississippi River Watershed is contributing to a hypoxic zone,...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Kentucky

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Kentucky

The Fund was part of a partnership that worked to protect key lands at the center of the Perryville Battlefield...

Big Rivers Wildlife Management Area and State Forest

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...

State Leads

Ray Herndon
Vice President, Lower Mississippi and Gulf Coast Region, Conservation Acquisition

Programs