Photo: Gorman Horan

We Protect Your Favorite Places

We work hard to save your favorite places before they become just a memory. From the park down the street, through forests and fields, and even past the water's edge, the American landscape connects us all. What happens 50 miles—or 500 miles—away impacts the quality of your air and water, the food you buy, the history or adventures you can experience and more. That's why conservation matters.

Here are some of the places we work to protect:

 

   
Baby grizzly bears on its back near its mother

Wild Havens

Animals depend on wild havens for home, food and safe migration. We also rely on wild places for environmental benefits like clean water—and for the sheer joy of exploring our great outdoors.

 

 

  

Civil War reenactors shooting guns

Historic Places

American history begins outdoors, with the shores that greeted settlers, fields that witnessed battle and many places between—both famous and simply favorite—that mark our culture and community moments.

  

 

  

Atlanta, Georgia

Vibrant Communities

A vibrant community has a healthy environment and a healthy economy. That's why we work toward both goals, by helping communities strategically plan development, train leaders in conservation and sustainably use natural resources.

 

 

  

Cottonwood Ranch in Wyoming

Working Lands: Forests, Farms & Ranches

America's forests,farms and ranches define our horizon and our history. Coast to coast, generations have looked to these lands for food, jobs, family traditions and more. Today, we help keep "working" lands operating sustainably.
   

 

Single Frog.

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Protecting Our National Parks


Haleakala National Park
Click here to learn about the lands, trails and historic sites we've helped protect through our partnership with the National Park Service.

Help Us Restore Forestland

Louisiana black bear cubDonate now to help us restore 2,600 acres of forestland in the Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge. As the the trees grow, they’ll help improve water quality, provide much needed habitat and decrease floods in communities downstream. Learn more.