Private Conservation Acquisition

The Milwaukee River—a major tributary to Lake Michigan—provides clean drinking water for more than one million people. But excessive...

Alaska’s Wood-Tikchik State Park is known for its expansive, undeveloped wilderness and abundant wildlife. As a major spawning area...

For three decades, Dallen and Karen Spendlove and their four children have been excellent stewards for their 2,400-acre ranch...

Beginning in the mountains of Yellowstone National Park, the mighty Snake River begins its journey as two smaller rivers,...

Each spring and fall, hundreds of pronghorn antelope migrate between their summer habitat in Grand Teton National Park to...

Ranching is a way of life for many families in Colorado. For the May family, their 16,000-acre ranch near...

Where Montana’s dramatic peaks give way to the Northern Great Plains, the Rocky Mountain Front forms a landscape unlike...

In north Florida and across much of the southeast, vast working forests are being cleared and converted to more...

The Stacy family traces its Ohio agricultural roots back to 1899, when Albert and Lina Frost Stacy purchased 24...

Often referred to as Texas’ last “wild” river, the Neches flows more than 415 miles through east Texas, primarily through the...

Colorado boasts a strong legacy of family ranching, still evident today along the Colorado River corridor, from Granby to...

Minnesota’s outdoor legacy is renowned. But across much of northern Minnesota, large swaths of industrial forestland—or those lands owned...

Kanapaha Prairie, near Gainesville in Alachua County, is part of north-central Florida’s vast system of wet prairies. As a...

For more than a century, the YMCA of Duluth has offered summer resident camps and outdoor, environmental education opportunities...

Drive along Interstate 25 from Denver to Colorado Springs, and you’ll see some of the West’s most colorful scenery...

More than 1.5 million people live and work in the Milwaukee metro area. As the region grows, with more...

The Gooseberry Creek Conservation Project is among the first large-scale, watershed-based voluntary conservation initiatives in Wyoming and the Greater...

The Fund and the Foothills Land Conservancy now hold one of the largest conservation easements ever donated by private...

Located deep in the Rio Grande Valley at the southeastern tip of Texas along the Rio Grande River and...

At more than 279,000 acres, Fort Stewart is the largest Army installation east of the Mississippi River. The Army Compatible Use...

For the past 300 years, seven generations of the Pratt family have lived at Camden Farm on the banks...

For nearly a century, East Texas has drawn upon its natural resources, particularly its magnificent forests, as a source...

Working forests define the northern Wisconsin landscape, providing timber for the state’s mills, jobs for local residents, tax revenues...

Located in the fastest growing county in South Carolina, the Ashley River historic district is considered one of the...

The Conservation Fund is committed to working with ranching families to protect the rugged expanses that support rural economies,...

The Fund has been working for nearly a decade in the Androscoggin Valley, conserving river frontage, wildlife corridors and historic lands. Our...