Children & Nature Related Projects

At the Fund, we believe one of the best reasons to conserve land is to give people have access to the outdoors.  In the case of children, we know that getting them “unplugged” isn’t the only challenge: they also need to learn outdoor… Read More

Each year, the YMCA of the Rockies’ spectacular Snow Mountain Ranch reconnects thousands of kids with nature through environmental education programs and other outdoor activities. With the Colorado State Forest Service, the U.S. Forest Service and Great Outdoors Colorado, we… Read More

For more than a century, the YMCA of Duluth has offered summer resident camps and outdoor, environmental education opportunities for more than 2,000 youth at Camp Miller. In 2011, we helped the Y permanently protect nearly 300 acres at Camp Miller,… Read More

The Fund helped protect more than 440 acres of private forests, ridgeline and vista near the village of Plymouth, an exceptional tract of verdant working forest and critical wildlife habitat near Woodward Reservoir. This land is now permanently saved for… Read More

In October 2010, the Fund’s Conservation Leadership Network brought together local business leaders, elected officials and public land managers for a three-day workshop to discuss changes that are coming to West Virginia’s New River Gorge region.  As the new host… Read More

At the Fund, we believe kids have the right to a healthy childhood and that a healthy childhood includes being outdoors. But many kids don’t feel comfortable in the “great outdoors” and need skills and knowledge in order to enjoy… Read More

We know that for conservation solutions to truly last they need to benefit the surrounding communities. After a two-year effort, we helped create the Belfast Wildlife Management Area in South Carolina. This new wildlife management area not only protects wildlife habitat, it also… Read More

Freshwater Institute staff assisted with the “Watershed Education Initiative,” an environmental education program offered by the Potomac Valley Audubon Society (PVAS) to four elementary schools in Jefferson and Berkeley counties, West Virginia.  The lessons included classroom and hand-on training about… Read More