National Parks

A rugged landscape that attracts hikers and campers who like a challenge, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park...

President Theodore Roosevelt established Mesa Verde National Park more than 100 years ago, protecting historic cliff dwellings and other...

What makes a community livable? Most agree it’s the quality of transportation options, range of affordable housing choices, potential...

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

Considered a sacred place by the Lakota, Wind Cave is one of the longest and most complex caves in...

The Heart of the Continent represents more than the geographical center of the North American continent. Made up of...

The Conservation Fund has deep roots in east Texas, where we’ve worked to protect roughly 33,000 acres of Big Thicket...

Of the many adventures in the New World documented by English explorer Captain John Smith, perhaps none is more...

September 11, 2001 is one of the most tragic days in our nation’s history. Nearly 3,000 people died as...

Stehekin is a small, remote settlement within the 62,000-acre Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.  Permanent residents number less than 100, but...

Located in the waters between Vancouver Island to the west and Washington State to the east – and  just a short...

The Sand Creek Massacre is one of the most tragic events in America’s history, and marked a major turning...

Arizona’s Petrified Forest is famous for its expansive vistas—stark moon-like landscapes and the colorful eroding badlands of the Painted...

At the start of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forced relocation...

Clean and wild, the Little River in northeast Alabama is America’s longest mountaintop river, cutting through the deepest canyon...

Every year, Alaska’s Western Arctic caribou herd migrates across a third of the state, including Kobuk Valley National Park. This remarkable herd,...

Long fascinated by what lay west of the Mississippi River, President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 commissioned Captain Meriwether Lewis...

Located on Maui and named for Haleakala (“house of the sun”), the island’s highest volcanic peak, Haleakala National Park...

Harriet Tubman was a true American hero. Born on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Tubman spent nearly 30 years of her...

More than 100 years after her death, a new chapter of Harriet Tubman’s legacy is unfolding on Maryland’s Eastern...

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

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

Larger than the state of West Virginia, the Greater Yellowstone Area stretches 18 million acres across Wyoming, Montana and...

The Fund protects the landscapes that define America’s history. That’s why we worked with a group of partners to...

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

Glorieta Pass  In March 1862, while Confederates from Texas battled a combined force of U. S. Regulars and volunteers from...

The Conservation Fund has helped protect a dozen Civil War battlefields across the state of Virginia. Beaver Dam Creek We protected 236 acres...

Visitors to the City of Rocks National Reserve in south central Idaho will find a striking landscape with unparalleled opportunities for rock climbing,...

Known as the bloodiest single-day battle in the Civil War, the battle of Antietam took place on September 17,...

The history of the United States hung in the balance on the first three days of July 1863, as...