The Fund assisted the Richard King Mellon Foundation in securing one of the largest unfragmented blocks of cypress/tupelo swamp in the United States. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will manage the 62,000-acre tract, now designated as the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area. This remarkable acquisition protects a primeval remnant of the rapidly vanishing lower Mississippi Delta ecosystem.
Resourceful Communities and Family Farms
In North Carolina, farm families such as Mary and Nelson James have joined with the Fund's Resourceful Communities Program to cherish traditions, save farmland and sustain their community for future generations.
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From government agencies to corporations, from private landowners to land trusts and local communities, the Fund's partners seek our expertise to:
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