What Our Borrowers Say

We help land trusts succeed by providing flexible financing and capacity to get conservation done swiftly and strategically. Here’s what our borrowers say about working with our Land Trust Loan Program team:

• Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (NC)

  

  The Appalachian Mountains unfold between Tennessee and North Carolina in rugged land that beckons with bird calls, breathtaking views and hearty climbs. The Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy aims to keep it that way.And so do we. “I can’t speak highly… Read More

• Franklin Land Trust (MA)

  

  Rich Hubbard’s phone rings often. As director of the Franklin Land Trust in western Massachusetts, Hubbard fields multiple calls a week from landowners asking for help. “Currently, we have 60 active projects and a total of over 100 in the… Read More

• Brandywine Conservancy (PA)

  

  David Shields of the Brandywine Conservancy often thinks about the fateful day in September 1777 when General George Washington’s troops defended against British forces along the banks of the Brandywine River near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. That bloody day witnessed the… Read More

• Norwalk Land Trust (CT)

  

  Sometimes, big conservation can be accomplished by small organizations—particularly with some help from The Conservation Fund. Take, for example, the Norwalk Land Trust in Connecticut. An all-volunteer group with an annual budget of less than $10,000, the Trust just purchased… Read More

• Natural Heritage Land Trust (WI)

  

  Giant teardrops. Whale profiles. Sculpted mounds. People get creative when describing drumlins: steep, narrow hills that clump in large fields, like massive memories of longgone glaciers. One fine example is in Dane County, in south-central Wisconsin, where parallel drumlins interrupt… Read More

• Leelanau Conservancy (MI)

  

  If you envision Michigan as the palm of your hand, some of the state’s most important conservation lands can be found in Leelanau County, near the tip of your pinkie finger. There, for instance, you can find the Crystal River:… Read More

• Westcave Preserve (TX)

  

  Austin may be the Lone Star State’s most forward-thinking city, but just outside town—in the hill country—Westcave Preserve takes you way back in time. Climbing through this 75-acre surprise of limestone caves, cypress trees and waterfalls, you know you’re in… Read More

• Land Conservancy Of West Michigan

  

  Securing the latest addition to the Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area along Lake Michigan was a saga worthy of the big screen. It took five decades. It cost $19 million. The cast of characters included an Oklahoma landowner, a regional land… Read More

• Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation (MN)

  

  Just a few hours north of the Twin Cities, the pristine forests and clean waters that empty into Minnesota’s Leech Lake are not only beautiful, but also economically beneficial, attracting many of the tourists who contribute millions to the area’s… Read More