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The Gilchrist State Forest, named for the timber family that owned the property for most of the 20th century, was dedicated in June 2010. The new state forest owes its creation to creative funding partnerships between the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), U.S. Forest Service-Forest Legacy Program, Oregon Lottery and The Conservation Fund.
In addition to being Mark Twain's hometown, the City of Hannibal is now also known for the recently dedicated Sodalis Nature Preserve—home to 168,000 federally endangered Indiana bats that spend the winter in the preserve's former limestone mine and cave network.
Learn about the Conservation Fund's Freshwater Institute and our recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), which make it possible to grow salmon on land.
Mark Twain put Hannibal, Missouri, on the map. The tranquil landscapes of his boyhood town on the Mississippi River served as inspiration for the backdrop of his classic American novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. But Hannibal now has another famous resident—the endangered Indiana Bat.
Through a community-driven process focused on the environment, the local economy, and most importantly, the people, this new Park With Purpose is providing numerous benefits.
America’s cities represent a unique opportunity for The Conservation Fund to provide our full suite of conservation services: land loans, real estate expertise, green infrastructure planning, community development, green business lending and job creation. It is this integration of services that makes The Conservation Fund an ideal partner for helping solve the complex problems facing urban landscapes.
The Working Forest Fund acquires and permanently protects working forests of high conservation value, through a dedicated source of bridge capital and expert management and restoration. By taking strategic ownership of finite resources, we will help ensure that our working forests remain economic engines that sustain jobs, grow communities and help support entire regions.
The Most Efficient Environmental Charity. The Conservation Fund has the lowest overhead and highest programmatic investment of any environmental charity in America. That means we put more of your money in the ground than anyone else. We've earned an A+ rating from Charity Watch are rated by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance and you can review our financial profile on GuideStar.
Ammie Jenkins honors her elders by sharing their stories and helping her community preserve land.
The Conservation Fund is the only conservation organization to design green infrastructure plans in four of the country's largest metro areas: Chicago, Nashville, Houston and Los Angeles. We also think big, working with whole regions and even completing the nation's largest green infrastructure plan, across 13 states.
At The Conservation Fund, we believe that well-managed forests can be both economically viable and ecologically sustainable, but like all other necessary parts of our national infrastructure, they need to be invested in and maintained. That's why, since 1985, we've protected over a million forest acres across America. Protecting and maintaining working forests, and the communities that depend on them, remains one of our top conservation priorities.
Achieving environmental and economic goals often requires solving complex problems. Our Strategic Conservation team thinks big and offers solutions that government leaders, conservationists, and others need to create systemic and lasting change—in major cities, watersheds, and even multi-state regions. Strategic conservation makes economic sense—establishing an environmental legacy for future generations in the most efficient and cost effective manner.
