The Conservation Fund
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Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Georgia
Rocky Face Ridge is the site of the start of the Union Army’s Atlanta Campaign. U.S. Major General Sherman,...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Kentucky
The Fund was part of a partnership that worked to protect key lands at the center of the Perryville Battlefield...

Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Maryland
At the Fund, we believe America’s history is found in our landscapes. By conserving significant landscapes, we can ensure our nation’s...

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

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

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

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 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...

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 Beaches to Longleaf Pines in Pensacola, FL
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...

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 for Culture: Alaska’s Glacier Bay Preserves More than a Park
Through a unique partnership, sacred Alaskan cultural land is being protected for traditional uses as part of the national...

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 to...

Conservation Tools Help Montana Ranchers Realize a Dream
Working ranches play a huge role in the environmental health of Montana, especially along the wildlife-rich Rocky Mountain Front....

Conserving the Loxa-Lucie Headwaters—a Mosaic of Florida’s Critical Wetlands
For decades, the State of Florida and its residents in northern Palm Beach County and southern Martin County have...

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...