The Conservation Fund

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

A community garden and neighborhood gathering place established to honor a matriarch of Atlanta’s English Avenue community.

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...

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,...

As a major tributary to Lake Michigan –  one of the main sources of drinking water in the Greater...

When settlers first came to Missouri’s Bootheel region, lush bottomland hardwood forests, including giant cypress and tupelo trees, blanketed...

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

Minnesota’s outdoor legacy is renowned. But across much of northern Minnesota, large swaths of industrial forestland—or those lands owned...

At the beginning of the 21st Century, PotlatchDeltic Corporation, a timberland real estate investment trust, was one of the...

Tallgrass prairies are uniquely Midwestern. These grassy ecosystems are ideal for wildlife grazing and recreational activities like hunting and...

Does saving one mile make a difference?  At Mispillion Harbor it does. Mispillion is a critical stopover for the...

Stretching more than 2,300 miles from Three Forks, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri, where it joins the Mississippi River,...

Misty Mountain Threadworks was founded on the belief that it could make the finest climbing harnesses in the world, and...

The Conservation Fund led the effort, in collaboration with several public and private partners, to complete conservation easements in...

In 1986, the Freshwater Institute began monitoring nine natural springs—with an eye toward water quality and environmental health—spanning across...

On June 28, 1778, General George Washington’s Continental Army attacked the British just outside Monmouth Court House in New...

Artisan craftsmanship is evident in every product Sustainable Lumber Company (SLC) produces. By combining local timber, skilled workmanship, and...

Despite being surrounded by agriculture, Andrea and Graham Duvall realized that many people in Western North Carolina did not...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the former mill town of Orange, Massachusetts is a “food desert”—a community...

Established by Project New Village, the Mount Hope Community Garden provides a Southeastern San Diego neighborhood a greenspace to...

Since first opening in 1991, The Custard Stand, owned by Dee and Angie Cowger, has opened locations across West...

If you’re in the Los Angeles area, look north to the San Gabriel Mountains and you’ll see Mt. Baldy,...