Tennessee’s gateway to the Southern Appalachian Mountains – a 9,624-acre property known as Rocky Fork –has been a privately-owned favorite destination to hike, hunt and fish for decades. Together with the U.S. Forest Service, we acquired this high-priority landscape in 2008 and are now raising money to transfer the entire property to the Forest Service and state of Tennessee for permanent ownership and management. Browse our photo gallery and learn more about this one-of-a-kind landscape.
Read more>Chugach State Park, located at the edge of Anchorage, has been impacted by the city’s rapid expansion. Along the western boundary of the park and immediately adjacent to suburban Anchorage lies the 149-acre Near Point property, an access point for the park. First slated as an antenna farm and then for residential development, we worked with the community to acquire the property and are trying to raise funds to transfer it to the park.
Read more>The Fund has worked to conserve land in several states in order to protect public access to the Appalachian Trail and to ensure that future generations will be able to experience the trail as we do today.
Read more>The Greater Prairie-Chicken was once found in abundance across much of the American grasslands. Now, the population is less than 500,000 and is losing ground— literally. Our recent work in Wisconsin has helped conserve several tracts of land where the Greater Prairie-Chicken can continue its famous dance
Read more>Renowned as the "biological crossroads of North America," the Big Thicket is a remarkable mix of southeastern swamps, eastern deciduous forest, central plains, pine savannas and dry sandhills. It is home to a variety of animals including the bald eagle, peregrine falcon, swallow-tailed kite and Louisiana pine snake. We have completed numerous projects that have preserved nearly 33,000 acres at Big Thicket National Preserve.
Read more>Blackwater NWR is often referred to as the "Everglades of the North. We've worked for more than a decade to help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) acquire lands for Blackwater. But conservation here is about more than just protecting land. With more than 300 acres of marsh land lost to sea level rise each year and salt water intrusion destroying large tracts of vegetation, we're also helping restore the land to its native, natural state.
Read more>Outdoor enthusiasts—not to mention elk, bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, and other wildlife—have new room to roam in Montana’s Elkhorn mountains after The Conservation Fund and its partners successfully closed a five-year effort to conserve Iron Mask.
Read more>The final piece in the 20,000-acre, 28-parcel Green Mountain Corridor was secured in 2006, completing a 12-year initiative led by the Fund and its partners.
Read more>One of the largest mammals in North America, approximately 50,000 grizzlies lived in the continental United States until the 1800s but by 1975 that number fell to less than 1,000. The Rocky Mountain Front in Montana is home to one of the last healthy grizzly populations in the lower 48 states and the last plains grizzlies in the world.
Read more>Over the past 18 years we have worked to conserve lands along the Upper Snake River and the canyon stretch of the South Fork Snake River, preserving wildlife habitat, the local economy, and ensuring recreational opportunities, such as fishing and boating, for residents and visitors.
Read more>We protected approximately one mile of shoreline at Mispillion Harbor - an area that is critical to the imperiled red knot bird species.
Read more>Our work to save favorite places often benefits wildlife. In Florida, where panthers are the state animal—and endangered—we saved land that expands key habitat for this elusive creature. Get information, images and video.
Read more>Out West, few animals are as famous as the pronghorn antelope. The Fund is working with ranchers in Wyoming to protect their land along the “Path of the Pronghorn”: a 150-mile migration route along from the area around Grand Teton National Park to their winter haven in the Upper Green River Valley.
Read more>In its first year, the Rocky Mountain Front Initiative has moved forward with four projects, protecting 21,274 acres of critical migratory corridors for grizzly bears and a wide variety of other species that depend on the Front’s rich ecosystem.
Read more>The Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Initiative is the Fund's largest project in Alaska and the largest land protection project of its kind. Salmon are the foundation of the region's ecology, economy and culture. The initiative offers an exciting opportunity to help conserve one of the greatest natural landscapes in North America.
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