The Conservation Fund

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

In February 1942, two months after the United States formally entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed...

In 2020, we acquired an expansive forest landscape known as the Minnesota Heritage Forest. Nearly 40% of those lands...

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,...

PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (PPL) and Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) were the permit applicants constructing an...

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...

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,...

The Namekagon Barrens in northwest Wisconsin are actually anything but barren. The mix of brush, prairie and forest provide...

Giant teardrops. Whale profiles. Sculpted mounds. People get creative when describing drumlins: steep, narrow hills that clump in large...

When our colleague Tom Macy first visited the Navajo River Watershed in southwest Colorado 30 years ago, it was...

Often referred to as Texas’ last “wild” river, the Neches flows more than 415 miles through east Texas, primarily through the...

Back in 2010, the Fund worked with Douglas County to protect nearly 4,000 acres along the Nemadji River, safeguarding...

Between 1804 and 1806, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark opened the American West on their historic quest to...

In West Virginia, forests cover 78 percent of the state and account for $3 billion of its economy. Forests...

The New River connects communities in 21 rural counties across three states (North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia) in southern...

America’s favorite forests include the redwoods along California’s North Coast. The redwood region is known for its raw beauty...

As part of an effort to provide additional recreational access along the North Platte River in southeastern Wyoming, The...

The Grand Canyon is one of America’s favorite destinations—more than five million people visit each year to take in...

Did you know that more than half of the forestland in the United States is privately owned and therefore...

Did you know that forestry is the largest manufacturing sector in Georgia? Forests are a critical part of the state’s...

Illinois passed groundbreaking legislation called the Future Jobs and Energy Act setting ambitious goals for renewable energy as wind...