State and Local Conservation Programs

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

In Wyoming, Using Mitigation To Benefit Family Ranches
Across Wyoming’s Green River Basin, grazing pronghorn and vibrating drill rigs cast shadows on the horizon. These unlikely neighbors...

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

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

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

Greening the Crossroads: Central Indiana
Good green infrastructure planning can have a major impact on the quality of life for residents of a region. ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Demolishing a Deadbeat Dam in Alaska
The Dena’ina people of Eklutna have given much to the growth of Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska. Most of Anchorage...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Downeast And Eastern Maine
Eastern Maine and its famed coastal area known as Downeast Maine has a one-of-a-kind beauty, with pristine forests, clean...

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