The Conservation Fund

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...

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...

Love is Love Cooperative Farm is a Certified Organic diverse vegetable, fruit, and flower partnership of five talented and...

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...

Advancing placemaking to enhance natural and cultural assets, recreation options, community health, and lasting economic opportunity. 

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

Energy providers are making major new investments in infrastructure to meet the growing American demand. The Rockies Express Pipeline...

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

Throughout the 20th century, discriminatory housing practices, school zoning, interstate development and redlining aggressively shaped the demographics and socioeconomics...

The 35,670-acre Marton Ranch encompasses vast wildlife habitat and a premier fly-fishing location within the North Platte region outside...

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

For many years, this community garden and gathering place was stewarded by dedicated neighbors and advocates to honor a...

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...

The 177-acre Crow Bottom property secures public recreation opportunities with 1.5 miles of river frontage along the beautiful Colorado...

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...

Protecting farmland from development has been a priority in Michigan for a long time—over 20 years. Roughly 63 properties...

In one of the largest, most complex forestland projects in Texas history, The Conservation Fund and Renewable Resources, LLC,...

The Challenge Once remote U.S. military installations are facing rapid development from surrounding communities that constrains training operations and threatens...