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The Conservation Fund

The Conservation Fund forges partnerships to conserve America's legacy of land and water resources. Through land acquisition, community and economic development and training, the Fund and its partners demonstrate balanced conservation solutions that emphasize the integration of economic and environmental goals.


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Contact The Conservation Fund

Mark W. Elsbree
Northwest Director
Post Office Box 1524
Sun Valley, Idaho  83353
Phone: 208-726-4419
Fax: 208-726-4429


 

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Big Thicket National Preserve
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Bull River Partnership
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Callaway Conservation
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CF Industries National Watershed Award
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Confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers
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Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership
The Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership secured a 27,000-acre community forest and a 312,000-acre conservation easement to sustain a rural economy.

Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
The community of Coupeville, WA, and the National Park Service manage Ebey’s Landing for historic, agricultural, and open space conservation.

Landmark Grand Canyon Conservation Project
The Conservation Fund and Grand Canyon Trust are protecting nearly 900,000 acres stretching from the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

Managing Flooding in Metropolitan Milwaukee
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Montana Water Trust
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Nanticoke Watershed Initiative
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Phragmites Control on the Rappahannock River
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Pingree Forest Partnership
A landscape level conservation easement created to sustain working forests while protecting forest resources for wildlife, fisheries, migratory birds, and local economies.

Southern Appalachian Elk Restoration
Restoration of elk to its historic eastern range is underway in the southern Appalachians, with elk populations in Kentucky now exceeding 5,550.

Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Initiative
The Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Initiative is a cooperative conservation program to allow willing landowners to sell inholdings along salmon rivers for conservation and public access purposes.

Swan Valley
The Trust for Public Land is involved in a significant collaborative partnership to achieve landscape-scale conservation in the Swan River Valley of northwestern Montana.

Tapoco Hydroelectric Project
Historic legislation passed in October 2004 allowed relicensing of four Alcoa hydroelectric dams in Tennessee and North Carolina and advanced the protection of nearly 10,000 acres of wilderness lands.

Thompson - Fisher
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Upper Snake River Land Conservation Project
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Vienna Community Vision
The Conservation Fund engaged with the Town of Vienna to develop a Community Vision Plan in anticipation of the 5-year update of their Community Comprehensive Plan.

Washington's Crossing
Near the very banks where George Washington launched his nation-defining attack, an 80,000-square-foot shopping plaza was planned.

West Eugene Wetlands Partnership
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