Conservation Easements

The Milwaukee River—a major tributary to Lake Michigan—provides clean drinking water for more than one million people. But excessive...

Alaska’s Wood-Tikchik State Park is known for its expansive, undeveloped wilderness and abundant wildlife. As a major spawning area...

For three decades, Dallen and Karen Spendlove and their four children have been excellent stewards for their 2,400-acre ranch...

Near the Lake Erie shore, the community of Eden boasts some of New York state’s most fertile soil. That’s...

Beginning in the mountains of Yellowstone National Park, the mighty Snake River begins its journey as two smaller rivers,...

The greater sage grouse requires wide open spaces for its survival. In recent years, the sage grouse’s habitat has...

Each spring and fall, hundreds of pronghorn antelope migrate between their summer habitat in Grand Teton National Park to...

Protecting valuable habitat that surrounds our military installations is vital to both our national security and the species that...

With hundreds of pristine rivers, lakes and streams, the Southwest Alaska region abounds with natural resources, diverse habitats, world-class...

Each year, the YMCA of the Rockies’ spectacular Snow Mountain Ranch reconnects thousands of kids with nature through environmental...

Where Montana’s dramatic peaks give way to the Northern Great Plains, the Rocky Mountain Front forms a landscape unlike...

In north Florida and across much of the southeast, vast working forests are being cleared and converted to more...

In the southeastern corner of Georgia, along the Florida border, lies one of the largest and most primitive swamps...

The Conservation Fund led the effort, in collaboration with several public and private partners, to complete conservation easements in...

The Stacy family traces its Ohio agricultural roots back to 1899, when Albert and Lina Frost Stacy purchased 24...

Often referred to as Texas’ last “wild” river, the Neches flows more than 415 miles through east Texas, primarily through the...

Colorado boasts a strong legacy of family ranching, still evident today along the Colorado River corridor, from Granby to...

Minnesota’s outdoor legacy is renowned. But across much of northern Minnesota, large swaths of industrial forestland—or those lands owned...

Nestled between the 14,000-acre James Peak Wilderness and sprawling rural subdivisions and urban areas in the South Boulder Creek...

In the northwestern-most corner of South Carolina, crystal-clear rivers and streams surge through the high Blue Ridge Escarpment and...

Located on the shores of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge was established...

Kanapaha Prairie, near Gainesville in Alachua County, is part of north-central Florida’s vast system of wet prairies. As a...

For more than a century, the YMCA of Duluth has offered summer resident camps and outdoor, environmental education opportunities...

Drive along Interstate 25 from Denver to Colorado Springs, and you’ll see some of the West’s most colorful scenery...

More than 1.5 million people live and work in the Milwaukee metro area. As the region grows, with more...

The Gooseberry Creek Conservation Project is among the first large-scale, watershed-based voluntary conservation initiatives in Wyoming and the Greater...

At more than 279,000 acres, Fort Stewart is the largest Army installation east of the Mississippi River. The Army Compatible Use...

The Northern Forest rises from the Tug Hill Plateau in central New York and stretches across Vermont, New Hampshire,...

Fiery Gizzard is a place many Tennesseans hold dear. It is the heart of the South Cumberland Plateau and...

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