PROJECTS
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
We built relationships with willing landowners to purchase land within the site boundary and transfe...
The Historic Fones Cliffs on the Rappahannock River
Threatened by development for decades, this “crown jewel” of Virginia has immense significance, not ...
The Last Urban Farm in Boulder Remains
After over a decade of work with The Conservation Fund and the City of Boulder, the Long family reac...
Protecting the “View That Named Richmond” along a Historic Virginia Riverfront
Protecting the Dock Street property will ensure this historic viewshed remains unobstructed for futu...
Rocky Mountain Front
To date, the Rocky Mountain Front Initiative has protected over 220,000 acres of critical migratory ...
Sax-Zim Bog
The mix of spongy peat land and spruce forest that make up the Sax-Zim Bog in northern Minnesota att...
South Boulder Creek
A top priority for federal, state and local agencies, the Toll property protects drinking water supp...
Blending History and Recreation at Rim Rock
We worked closely with the landowners of the property to protect the battlefield and in doing so ide...
Fremont Lake
The Red Desert to Hoback Mule Deer Migration is the longest ungulate migration ever recorded in the ...
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge
The Refuge was created to ensure the protection of the federally threatened bog turtle and secure cr...
Demolishing a Deadbeat Dam in Alaska
We worked with our partners to remove an abandoned dam along the Lower Eklutna River near Anchorage ...
Creamer’s Field: How an Alaskan Dairy Farm Became a Wildlife Sanctuary
This state refuge provides wetland habitat for thousands of migratory birds and other wildlife, and ...
Protecting Some of the Rarest Species in Texas at Holly Beach
An ecologically important southern Texas landscape was slated to become a golf course before we step...
The “Path Of The Pronghorn” In Wyoming
Working with a dedicated group of partners, we helped the Carney family establish a conservation eas...
Protecting a Key Piece of Kachemak Bay State Park
We were able to step in and purchase the property in January of 2022 and are actively raising funds ...
Haleakala National Park
The Campbell ranch was the largest undeveloped, privately-owned parcel within Haleakala. Acquiring i...
Liberty Hill
When Liberty Hill became available, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources turned to us ...
Little River Canyon
Clean and wild, the Little River in northeast Alabama is America’s longest mountaintop river. We’re ...
Protecting the Poppies of Walker Canyon, Lake Elsinore, California
The Conservation Fund is helping permanently protect these poppy fields so they can be enjoyed by to...
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge
The easements protect this area’s natural and archaeological resources, while forming a buffer zone ...
Powderhorn Ranch
In an era of rapidly rising land prices and diminishing government resources, this project exemplifi...
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
A rugged landscape that attracts hikers and campers who like a challenge, Black Canyon of the Gunnis...
Minnesota’s Martin County Conservation Partnership
These grassy ecosystems are ideal for wildlife grazing and recreational activities like hunting and ...
Saving Colorado’s Sweetwater Lake
Protecting the historic and beautiful Sweetwater Lake, and roughly 488 acres of land around it, has ...
Preserving Minnesota’s Treasured Boundary Waters
Spanning more than 1.1 million acres in northeastern Minnesota, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilde...
First State National Historical Park
The Park includes three historic areas that tell the story of Delaware’s early settlement and its im...
Harriet Tubman’s Legacy Grows On Maryland’s Eastern Shore
More than 100 years after her death, a new chapter of Harriet Tubman’s legacy is unfolding on Maryla...
Minidoka National Historic Site
In 2001, the Minidoka Internment National Monument was established on 73 acres of the original camp ...
Belfast Wildlife Management Area
The successful creation of the Belfast WMA was the result of a group of organizations working togeth...
Cherokee National Forest and the Trail of Tears
Hundreds of years before Europeans came to America, the Cherokee people inhabited the southeastern U...
Gulf Coast Oil Spill Restoration Funding Supports Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
Preserving and restoring the Gulf Coast’s vulnerable ecosystem has been a top priority for us in Ala...
Petrified Forest National Park
Arizona’s Petrified Forest is famous for its expansive vistas — stark moon-like landscapes and the c...
State Game Lands 93
To date, we’ve helped protect over 600 acres within the Flight 93 Memorial boundary and State Game L...
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Located in the Chesapeake Bay region, on Maryland’s scenic Eastern Shore, the 27,000-acre wildlife r...
Freedom Riders National Monument
To honor the courageous efforts of the Freedom Riders and their important place in history, The Cons...
Werowocomoco
Werowocomoco was the headquarters of the powerful Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas’ father, who ruled over...
Virginia’s Machicomoco State Park—A “Special Meeting Place”
Machicomoco State Park will offer visitor interpretation facilities, archeological investigation and...
Topaz Relocation Center
The preservation of this property, the largest unprotected piece of the former camp, will serve as a...
Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave was the nation’s eighth national park, established in 1903, and was the first cave to be d...
Preserving African American History at Fort Blakeley, Alabama
The Battle of Fort Blakeley—which many have called the “last stand of the Confederate States of Amer...
A Piece of the Underground Railroad’s Story Forever Told
This house and property hold an unparalleled opportunity to continue uplifting the story of the Unde...
Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay region is one of the most vulnerable areas in the nation to sea level rise induce...
Conservation Tools Help Montana Ranchers Realize a Dream
Large working ranches like the Crabbs’ provide critical fish and wildlife habitat in the Rocky Mount...
Zion National Park
For three decades, Dallen and Karen Spendlove and their four children have been excellent stewards f...
A Legacy of Ranching in California
Protecting a pristine property of this size is a rare and major win for conservation in California’s...
Boggy Slough
Located west of Lufkin, Boggy Slough contains some of the oldest and most ecologically significant h...
Big River And Salmon Creek Forests
We work with our partners to skillfully manage both forest growth and harvest to ensure that these f...
Brule-St. Croix Legacy Forest
Thanks to a broad group of public- and private-sector partners, one of northern Wisconsin’s endanger...
Bobcat Ridge
Our Working Forest Fund purchased a 7,000-acre property in eastern Texas known as Bobcat Ridge, whic...
Buckeye Forest
With our purchases of the Garcia River Forest in 2004 and the adjoining Gualala River Forest in 2011...
Downeast And Eastern Maine
Eastern Maine and its famed coastal area known as Downeast Maine has a one-of-a-kind beauty, with pr...
Gualala River Forest
Gualala River Forest provides important spawning habitat for coho salmon and steelhead trout.
Minnesota Northwoods
The Minnesota Northwoods conservation effort achieves important wildlife habitat protection by preve...
Michaux State Forest
Pennsylvania’s Michaux State Forest covers more than 85,000 acres and is referred to as the state’s ...
Middle Neches Forestland
In one of the largest, most complex forestland projects in Texas history, The Conservation Fund and ...
Meeteetse Spires in the Beartooth Mountains
The property sits about six miles south of Red Lodge in Carbon County and contains unique rock forma...
Lackawanna Highlands
With the help of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), the Penns...
Kendall Forest: Supporting Rural Economies and Traditions in New York’s Tug Hill Region
Protecting the abundant and often remote forests and waters of Central New York’s Tug Hill region is...
Garcia River Forest
Garcia River Forest traps more than 4M tons CO2 from the atmosphere — equivalent to removing 856,531...
I-25 Conservation Corridor Project
From rolling grasslands to dramatic mesas and Pikes Peak in the distance, travelers can still experi...
West Virginia Elk Habitat
Through this conservation effort, West Virginia joins a multi-state landscape level effort to restor...
A Comeback for the South’s Longleaf Pine in Alabama and Florida
Longleaf pine forests once covered as much as 90 million acres from Virginia to Texas. Today, this h...
Sabine Ranch, Texas
The successful conveyance of the entire Sabine Ranch to the USFWS will create a continuous Refuge of...
A 30-Year Effort to Protect the Navajo River Watershed in Colorado Now Complete
The Conservation Fund has helped protect 65,000 acres of critical wildlife habitat in the Navajo Riv...
Greater Yellowstone Area
Larger than the state of West Virginia, the Greater Yellowstone Area stretches 18 million acres acro...
One of New Hampshire’s Oldest Town Forests Remains at the Forefront of Innovative Conservation
Founded in 1936, Gorham Town Forest has been successfully managed as a working forest for decades, a...
Protecting One of Atlanta’s Largest Mature Forests
Atlanta’s newest city park will preserve the ecologically and culturally significant 216-acre oak-hi...
Conserving the Loxa-Lucie Headwaters—a Mosaic of Florida’s Critical Wetlands
For decades, the State of Florida and its residents in northern Palm Beach County and southern Marti...
Parks with Purpose in Raleigh
Through the Parks with Purpose program, the Fund is providing support and capacity building to local...
Lake Iliamna
Laka Iliamna is the heart of the Bristol Bay watershed, the largest — and most valuable — salmon fis...
Harbour-8 Park
Through The Conservation Fund’s Parks With Purpose program, we are helping Pogo Park create addition...
Parks with Purpose in Durham
Enhancing the ecological health of Goose Creek stream while bringing triple bottom-line benefits to ...
Parks with Purpose in Baltimore
Garrett Park is a hidden gem of greenspace nestled in the heart of the South Baltimore neighborhood ...
Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park
Working with residents and grassroots organizations in some of the city’s most disadvantaged neighbo...
Lindsay Street Park
We’ve transformed six vacant and blighted lots into the first park for the English Avenue community,...
Atlanta Green Space Assessment
This green space will not only improve public health by providing open space for recreation, it has ...
Parks with Purpose in Atlanta
We are creating safe places to play, job training and easy access to greenspace in Atlanta’s histori...
Protecting the Gopher Tortoise along Georgia’s Coastline
One of the few tortoises native to North America, the gopher tortoise is facing serious pressures fr...
Forestland Around Fort Stewart in Georgia
To help the Army limit incompatible development in the vicinity of the Fort Stewart and preserve an ...
Preserving Habitat While Maintaining Military Readiness — Camp Williams, Utah
Protecting valuable habitat that surrounds our military installations is vital to both our national ...
Melrose Air Force Range
The flat, open expanse of grassland prairie in the plains region of eastern New Mexico makes an idea...
Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape, Minnesota
Rich with ecological and recreational benefits, this boundary — known as a Sentinel Landscape — has ...
Illinois Working Lands, Water, and Wildlife Conservation Partnership
The Illinois Working Lands, Water and Wildlife Partnership is a new alliance formed to accelerate th...
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
Due to widespread habitat loss, only about 50 ocelots exist in the entire country, and the Laguna At...
North Coast Forest Conservation Initiative
Since 2004, we have owned and managed more than 74,000 acres: Buckeye, Garcia River, Big River, Salm...
Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Initiative
This 40-million-acre region supports a wide variety of fish and wildlife, including rainbow trout, D...
Conservation for Culture: Alaska’s Glacier Bay Preserves More than a Park
Through a unique partnership, sacred Alaskan cultural land is being protected for traditional uses a...
Strategic Conservation Plan: Blackwater 2100
Worldwide sea levels have risen approximately six inches over the past century, and in the Chesapeak...
Adapting to Climate Change at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
If no action is taken, virtually all of today’s tidal wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay will erode to o...
Green Infrastructure Plan for Nashville
Located in Davidson County, Tennessee, Nashville is a uniquely beautiful place, defined by the wide ...
Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative
The Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative, a coalition of nonprofit conservation organizations, has hel...
Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network
The largest watershed in Michigan, Saginaw Bay includes more than 7,000 miles of rivers and streams,...
Greenseams® Milwaukee
The Conservation Fund and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District launched a pioneering flood m...
Preserving the Former Vistoso Golf Course in Oro Valley, Arizona
With the help of many dedicated residents, The Conservation Fund will acquire and preserve 202 acres...
Atlanta’s Former Chattahoochee Brick Company Site
The historic Chattahoochee Brick site is on a path towards becoming Atlanta’s newest riverfront park...
Marton Ranch, Wyoming
The 35,670-acre Marton Ranch encompasses vast wildlife habitat and a premier fly-fishing location wi...
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe – Bois Forte Band
By reuniting 28,000 acres with the Bois Forte Band and ensuring the long-term stewardship of these f...
Colorado’s Historic Splendid Valley
Preserving agricultural heritage and locally grown produce for future generations on Colorado’s rapi...
Pikes Peak Region – Colorado Springs
Long term vision and partnership protects significant open space at Colorado’s second fastest growin...
Preserving the Appalachian Trail Experience in Virginia and Vermont
In collaboration with partners, we will continue to protect public access, scenic views and wildlife...
Protecting Maryland’s Historic Black Beaches
We partnered with the City of Annapolis and the State of Maryland along with Chesapeake Conservancy ...
Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee
The Cherokee National Forest is an invaluable natural landscape full of recreation opportunities, bi...
Military Readiness Fund
The Military Readiness Fund supports the permanent conservation of high priority lands near military...
Connecting Pinhoti And Appalachian Trails
The Pinhoti Trail is now 339 miles long and connects with the Appalachian Trail, through the Benton ...
PROGRAM LEADS
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Mark Elsbree
Senior Vice President, Western Director, Conservation Acquisition -
Blaine Phillips
Senior Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, Conservation Acquisition -
Matt Sexton
Senior Vice President, Southeast Regional Director, Conservation Acquisition