Tennessee

Appalachian Trail Corridor, TN

The Fund, in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service, the State of Tennessee, and community leaders, acquired the Gulf Tract—6,800 spectacular acres at the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains and adjacent to the Cherokee and Pisgah national forests.   Read more>

Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial Wilderness, TN

Thanks to Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., the state now owns 10,000 acres of unspoiled wilderness along the Caney Fork River at Scott’s Gulf.   Read more>

Civil War Battlefield Conservation, TN

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>

Cumberland Trail State Park, TN

In partnership with the State of Tennessee and the Cumberland Trail Conference, the Fund purchased 5,000 acres from Bowater as an addition to Cumberland Trail State Park.  Read more>

Duck River Restoration, TN

With lead support from the Tennessee Environmental Endowment, Power Bar, REI, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Fund worked with Maury County landowners to restore 100 acres of land and two miles of the riverbank, preventing more than 10,000 tons of soil from entering the Duck River and its tributaries.  Read more>

Great Smoky Mountains, TN

The Conservation Fund and the Foothills Land Conservancy hold a conservation easement that provides a permanent buffer for the Great Smoky Mountains.   Read more>

Mississippi River Revolving Fund

Thanks to a lead grant from the McKnight Foundation, the $2.9 million Mississippi River Revolving Fund was established in 1994 to aid in the protection of wetlands, wildlife habitat, working landscapes, greenways and other natural areas in the ten states of the Mississippi River Corridor - from Minnesota to Louisiana.   Read more>