The Conservation Fund

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...

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...

Conetoe, a small town of just 287 people, is located in rural northeastern North Carolina, in a county that...

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...

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...

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

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....

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...

Cowee Forest consists of several parcels of former privately-owned forestland scattered along the borders where New York, Vermont and...

Every year thousands of anglers cast a line into Maryland’s waters in hope of catching a variety of sport...

Healthy Food Distribution Initiative In West Virginia, one in five children has limited or no access to fresh fruits, vegetables,...

The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute, a recognized expert in the technology and design of aquaculture systems, is participating in...

The Dena’ina people of Eklutna have given much to the growth of Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska. Most of Anchorage...

Successful conservation often takes a village, literally. In the small village of Mystic, Connecticut, Maggie Jones and her staff...