The Conservation Fund
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Little River Canyon
Clean and wild, the Little River in northeast Alabama is America’s longest mountaintop river, cutting through the deepest canyon...
Live Oak Farm
Rice is a staple of any Cajun kitchen, and it’s just as important to Louisiana’s economy as well. As...
Luke Lynch Wildlife Habitat Management Area
Imagine 4,000 – 5,000 mule deer traversing the same 150 mile corridor twice each year during their spring and...
Machias Lakes
We partnered with the Maine Department of Conservation on the acquisition of nearly 8,000 acres surrounding the Machias Lakes of eastern...
Managing Mitigation Funds to Conserve Bird Habitat
As America’s demand for energy grows, providers are making major new investments in infrastructure. The emerging Rockies Express Pipeline...
Mapping the Future of Longleaf Pine
Two hundred years ago, the “piney woods” of folk songs were a vast forest sweeping across 90 million acres...
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge Program
Supported by donations from the Fund’s voluntary carbon and climate programs, we have restored more than 775 acres of...
Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri
Located in southern and central Missouri, the sizable Mark Twain National Forest stretches across 29 counties and encompasses 1.5...
Marlborough: Nature + Play
In the 1930s, the Marlborough community in south-central Kansas City, Missouri, was booming. New housing developments, schools and a...
Matsuda Farm on Vashon Island, Washington
The Matsuda property was the last remaining farm on Vashon Island owned by a Japanese-American family. The farm grew...
Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Louisiana’s coastal wetlands are an amazing resource. They provide a buffer from devastating coastal storms, absorbing heavy rains that...
May Ranch
Ranching is a way of life for many families in Colorado. For the May family, their 16,000-acre ranch near...
McElroy Ranch
Colorado boasts a strong legacy of family ranching, still evident today along the Colorado River corridor, from Granby to...
McIntosh SEED Community Forest
In the coastal flatwoods of Georgia, a project that demonstrates our focus on community and the environment is unfolding....
Meeteetse Spires in the Beartooth Mountains
In early 2010 we completed the second and final phase of a land conservation project that adds 560 acres...
Mesa Verde National Park
President Theodore Roosevelt established Mesa Verde National Park more than 100 years ago, protecting historic cliff dwellings and other...
Michaux State Forest
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...
Middle Neches Forestland
In one of the largest, most complex forestland projects in Texas history, The Conservation Fund and Renewable Resources, LLC,...
Milwaukee River Watershed Conservation Partnership
The Milwaukee River—a major tributary to Lake Michigan—provides clean drinking water for more than one million people. However, the...
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge
When settlers first came to Missouri’s Bootheel region, lush bottomland hardwood forests, including giant cypress and tupelo trees, blanketed...
Minidoka National Historic Site
At the start of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forced relocation...
Minnesota Northwoods
Minnesota’s outdoor legacy is renowned. But across much of northern Minnesota, large swaths of industrial forestland—or those lands owned...
Mispillion Harbor
Does saving one mile make a difference? At Mispillion Harbor it does. Mispillion is a critical stopover for the...
Missouri River Restoration
Stretching more than 2,300 miles from Three Forks, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri, where it joins the Mississippi River,...
Misty Mountain Threadworks
Misty Mountain Threadworks was founded on the belief that it could make the finest climbing harnesses in the world, and...
MJ Ranch
The Conservation Fund led the effort, in collaboration with several public and private partners, to complete conservation easements in...
Monitoring Water Quality in the Great Valley Region
In 1986, the Freshwater Institute began monitoring nine natural springs—with an eye toward water quality and environmental health—spanning across...
Monmouth Battlefield State Park
On June 28, 1778, General George Washington’s Continental Army attacked the British just outside Monmouth Court House in New...
Montana Homegrown Wood
Artisan craftsmanship is evident in every product Sustainable Lumber Company (SLC) produces. By combining local timber, skilled workmanship, and...
Mother Earth Produce
Despite being surrounded by agriculture, Andrea and Graham Duvall realized that many people in Western North Carolina did not...
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