State and Local Conservation Programs

Across Wyoming’s Green River Basin, grazing pronghorn and vibrating drill rigs cast shadows on the horizon. These unlikely neighbors...

For more than two decades, the Fund has been working to protect and restore Louisiana’s coastal wetland and associated upland habitats, like...

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

Hoke Community Forest, the first community forest in the Southeastern United States, serves as an innovative model for communities...

Glaciers may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Wisconsin, but consider this:...

Greater Houston is America’s sixth-largest metroplex—and growing. By 2040, the Houston-Galveston area is expected to gain 3.5 million people,...

Along Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Cecil County is primarily rural but also smack in the middle of a major metropolitan...

Jefferson County, West Virginia, confronts haphazard growth that disrupts normal ecosystem functions and community vitality. The continued protection of the...

Good green infrastructure planning can have a major impact on the quality of life for residents of a region. ...

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

The Florida panther is the only cougar species found east of the Mississippi River. Although you’ll see the Florida...

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

Located on the northern rim of the Grand Canyon, the Parashant National Monument is a marvelous testament to the...

The establishment of the Great Lakes Revolving Loan Fund addresses the critical need of land trusts and public agencies...

Central Indiana is the crossroads of America. Good soils for farming, mature forests and clear running rivers and streams...

Lufkin–Angelina County is part of the colorful east Texas Pineywoods. In 2008, we completed a green infrastructure plan to...

In Klamath County, Oregon, about 45 miles south of the town of Bend, a former timber company town and...

For centuries, the northwest corner of Iowa and the southeast corner of South Dakota have been a significant hub...

Keeping with the Fund’s goal to save favorite outdoor places, we helped the City of Maplewood acquire 70 acres...

The Northern Forest rises from the Tug Hill Plateau in central New York and stretches across Vermont, New Hampshire,...

Waterloo Recreation Area in Michigan is a little-known treasure. About a one-hour drive from Ann Arbor, this 20,000-acre park is...

Situated on the North and South Carolina border and connecting to more than more than 100,000 acres of existing...

The Dena’ina people of Eklutna have given much to the growth of Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska. Most of Anchorage...

The Fund helped protect more than 440 acres of private forests, ridgeline and vista near the village of Plymouth,...

Fiery Gizzard is a place many Tennesseans hold dear. It is the heart of the South Cumberland Plateau and...

Delaware’s Brandywine Valley represents the very start of America—a place where General Washington fought for independence, Benjamin Franklin printed...

The Fund worked with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department on a land conservation agreement that secures key wildlife...

When the North Carolina town of Apex reached out to The Conservation Fund for a loan to purchase land...

Conservation banking is experiencing unprecedented interest and demand across the country. A mitigation technique first popularized in California and...

With a generation of young adults leaving in droves to find work, population decline is a serious issue with...