The Conservation Fund

Rocky Face Ridge is the site of the start of the Union Army’s Atlanta Campaign. U.S. Major General Sherman,...

The Fund was part of a partnership that worked to protect key lands at the center of the Perryville Battlefield...

At the Fund, we believe America’s history is found in our landscapes.  By conserving significant landscapes, we can ensure our nation’s...

The Conservation Fund’s work to protect Civil War battlefield sites in Mississippi highlights its dedication to preserving the state’s...

Pilot Knob Missouri’s vital role in the Civil War peaked in the late summer of 1864. Each side needed decisive...

Glorieta Pass  In March 1862, while Confederates from Texas battled a combined force of U. S. Regulars and volunteers from...

Averasboro We were able to help protect more than 80 acres of what was the Confederate line at the Battle of Averasboro,...

Franklin In partnership with the Franklin and Williamson County Heritage Foundation, the Fund protected nearly 60 acres on Roper’s Knob,...

The Conservation Fund has helped protect a dozen Civil War battlefields across the state of Virginia. Beaver Dam Creek We protected 236 acres...

Northwestern Pennsylvania’s forests are essential to the region’s character and economy. These forests serve as a destination for tourists,...

The Fund has undertaken several different conservation projects with the Bureau of Land Management in Clark County. Clark County Grazing...

These days, when we talk about rural America, we hear a lot about the scarcity of opportunities and optimism....

The Chesapeake Bay region is one of the most vulnerable areas in the nation to sea level rise induced...

The Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition supports the vision of expanding a connected and protected green infrastructure network in populous central...

Conservation of our land and water resources is inextricably tied to food production and the health of people. If...

A community forest offers the local community value and benefits from the land, access and rights to the forest...

Their mission has always been to protect and defend, but now five military installations are watching over something new:...

With some of the best farmland anywhere and historic properties throughout the region, the Connecticut River Valley is a...

In 2013, The Conservation Fund’s Conservation Leadership Network (CLN) was working with four counties in Alabama and Florida on restoration efforts of longleaf pine...

When the Appalachian Trail was mapped in the 1920s, the plan set out by Benton Mackaye called for a...

Conservation banking is experiencing unprecedented interest and demand across the country. A mitigation technique first popularized in California and...

With a generation of young adults leaving in droves to find work, population decline is a serious issue with...

Through a unique partnership, sacred Alaskan cultural land is being protected for traditional uses as part of the national...

West Virginia Conservation Action Plan The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) developed the WVCAP as a framework to...

Working ranches play a huge role in the environmental health of Montana, especially along the wildlife-rich Rocky Mountain Front....

For decades, the State of Florida and its residents in northern Palm Beach County and southern Martin County have...

Forests have defined a way of life in the northern New England states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine...

Shannon Brines began operating Brines Farm in 2004. Located in Dexter, Michigan (roughly 10 miles northwest of Ann Arbor),...

Warblers, wood thrushes and whip-poor-wills migrating through Illinois gained more room to stretch their wings, thanks to the efforts...

In west central Wyoming, the 75,000-acre Cottonwood Ranches owned by cattle rancher Freddie Botur have sustained his family’s way...