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Civil War Battlefield Conservation: New Mexico
Glorieta Pass
In March 1862, while Confederates from Texas battled a combined force of U. S. Regulars and volunteers from...
Civil War Battlefield Conservation: North Carolina
Averasboro
We were able to help protect more than 80 acres of what was the Confederate line at the Battle of Averasboro,...
Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Tennessee
Franklin
In partnership with the Franklin and Williamson County Heritage Foundation, the Fund protected nearly 60 acres on Roper’s Knob,...
Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Virginia
The Conservation Fund has helped protect a dozen Civil War battlefields across the state of Virginia.
Beaver Dam Creek
We protected 236 acres...
Clarion Junction Forest
Northwestern Pennsylvania’s forests are essential to the region’s character and economy. These forests serve as a destination for tourists,...
Clark County
The Fund has undertaken several different conservation projects with the Bureau of Land Management in Clark County.
Clark County Grazing...
Clay County Community Revitalization Association
Nestled in the Nantahala National Forest and the Hiwasee River Valley, the town of Hayesville in Clay County, North...
Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay region is one of the most vulnerable areas in the nation to sea level rise induced...
Coastal Headwaters Forest - Longleaf Conservation and Restoration
Longleaf pine forests once covered 90 million acres from Virginia to Texas. Today, this habitat has been reduced to ±4.5...
Coastal Resilience for Greater Baltimore
The Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition supports the vision of expanding a connected and protected green infrastructure network in populous central...
Community Food Sovereignty
Conservation of our land and water resources is inextricably tied to food production and the health of people. If...
Community Forests
A community forest offers the local community value and benefits from the land, access and rights to the forest...
Conetoe Family Life Center
Conetoe, a small town of just 287 people, is located in rural northeastern North Carolina, in a county that...
Congaree Forest
Their mission has always been to protect and defend, but now five military installations are watching over something new:...
Connecticut River Valley
With some of the best farmland anywhere and historic properties throughout the region, the Connecticut River Valley is a...
Connecting Pinhoti And Appalachian Trails
When the Appalachian Trail was mapped in the 1920s, the plan set out by Benton Mackaye called for a...
Conservation Banking on the Rise in Texas
Conservation banking is experiencing unprecedented interest and demand across the country. A mitigation technique first popularized in California and...
Conservation Efforts in Detroit
With a generation of young adults leaving in droves to find work, population decline is a serious issue with...
Conservation Priority Mapping in West Virginia
West Virginia Conservation Action Plan
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) developed the WVCAP as a framework...
Conserving the Northern Forest
Forests have defined a way of life in the northern New England states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine...
Conserving Water Resources
Shannon Brines began operating Brines Farm in 2004. Located in Dexter, Michigan (roughly 10 miles northwest of Ann Arbor),...
Copperhead Hollow State Wildlife Area Project
Warblers, wood thrushes and whip-poor-wills migrating through Illinois gained more room to stretch their wings, thanks to the efforts...
Cottonwood Ranches
In west central Wyoming, the 75,000-acre Cottonwood Ranches owned by cattle rancher Freddie Botur have sustained his family’s way...
Cowee Forest
Cowee Forest consists of several parcels of former privately-owned forestland scattered along the borders where New York, Vermont and...
Creating a Catch for Maryland Anglers
Every year thousands of anglers cast a line into Maryland’s waters in hope of catching a variety of sport...
CSX: West Virginia
Healthy Food Distribution Initiative
In West Virginia, one in five children has limited or no access to fresh fruits, vegetables,...
CtrlAQUA Research Center and The Freshwater Institute
The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute, a recognized expert in the technology and design of aquaculture systems, is participating in...
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center
Successful conservation often takes a village, literally. In the small village of Mystic, Connecticut, Maggie Jones and her staff...
Denny Cove, Tennessee
Located just 30 minutes northwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Denny Cove is a recreational landmark that is part of the...
Development of Sustainable Land-Based Aquaculture Production Systems
A Cooperative Agreement funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
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