Sturgeon River, Michigan/Photo: Jim Sorbie

Missouri

In Missouri the Fund has helped local nonprofits to protect more than 13,000 acres, including the historic Confluence Greenway, which extends from the Gateway Arch in St. Louis to the Mississippi River’s junction with the Missouri and Illinois rivers.

Civil War Battlefield Conservation, MO

The Conservation Fund's Civil War Battlefield Campaign works in partnerships to protect our nation's hallowed ground, to provide comprehensive information on the 384 principal Civil War battlefields, designated by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, and to honor those that fought and died in the war.   Read more>

Confluence Greenway, MO

The Fund is helping local nonprofits secure sites along the greenway, including the Chain of Rocks Bridge.   Read more>
Scorecard: Midwest
Acres Protected: 302,301
Fair Market Value: $397,950,582
Acquisition Cost: $211,793,015
Help Save Our Wild Havens

baby bear in Alaska

At the Fund we help save wild havens: large, natural spaces for wildlife to be exactly that—wild. Your gift ensures that wildlife, like this bear cub, has the habitat it needs to thrive.

 

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Staff Profile: Peg Kohring

Peg Kohring, Midwest Director

Peg Kohring, director of the Fund's work in the Midwest, is based in Michigan. She works with community leaders across the region. "We’re the tools in the hands of communities, helping to make conservation happen.”

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