The Conservation Fund

Lake Iliamna is Alaska’s largest lake. The depths of its crystal clear waters produce the largest returns of Sockeye...

The white-sand beaches and charming Lake Michigan communities in southwest Michigan known as Harbor Country are popular weekend getaway...

High above the Lake Ophelia and Grand Cote national wildlife refuges in central Louisiana, hundreds of thousands of birds...

In 2011 two conservation organizations came to the same understanding, an idea formed probably while fishing where the best...

Norma DeCamp Burns wants to keep her North Carolina family farm from disappearing. In the Tar Heel state, that’s...

Just a few hours north of the Twin Cities, the pristine forests and clean waters that empty into Minnesota’s...

If you envision Michigan as the palm of your hand, some of the state’s most important conservation lands can...

The lesser prairie-chicken is commonly recognized for its feathered feet, stout build and mating behavior. Males perform a sequence...

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

Thirty miles northeast of Columbia, SC, is Lake Wateree, a 13,000-acre lake created in 1920 with the construction of...

The English Avenue and Vine City neighborhoods lie in the shadow of downtown Atlanta, less than a mile from...

Nominated for a listing on the National Register of Historic Places, the city of Lithonia, just outside Atlanta, includes...

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

Rice is a staple of any Cajun kitchen, and it’s just as important to Louisiana’s economy as well. As...

Imagine 4,000 – 5,000 mule deer traversing the same 150 mile corridor twice each year during their spring and...

We partnered with the Maine Department of Conservation on the acquisition of nearly 8,000 acres surrounding the Machias Lakes of eastern...

The Pismo Preserve is a picturesque stretch of land that sits just above California’s Pismo Beach, a few short...

As America’s demand for energy grows, providers are making major new investments in infrastructure. The emerging Rockies Express Pipeline...

Two hundred years ago, the “piney woods” of folk songs were a vast forest sweeping across 90 million acres...

Located in southern and central Missouri, the sizable Mark Twain National Forest stretches across 29 counties and encompasses 1.5...

The Matsuda property was the last remaining farm on Vashon Island owned by a Japanese-American family. The farm grew...

Parks are important places. The story of Mattie Freeland Park is unique, inspiring, and all about community. Mattie Freeland...

Louisiana’s coastal wetlands are an amazing resource. They provide a buffer from devastating coastal storms, absorbing heavy rains that...

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

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

In the coastal flatwoods of Georgia, a project that demonstrates our focus on community and the environment is unfolding....

In early 2010 we completed the second and final phase of a land conservation project that adds 560 acres...

The flat, open expanse of grassland prairie in the plains region of eastern New Mexico makes an ideal location...

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

Pennsylvania’s Michaux State Forest covers more than 85,000 acres and is referred to as the state’s ”cradle of forestry.”  We helped expand Michaux...