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This Summer, The Outdoors Is Yours.
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Your backyard is bigger than you think. From the park down the street, through distant forests and fields, and all the way past the water’s edge, America’s outdoors is yours.

 

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iPhorest
The iPhorest app for iPhone lets you grow your own virtual tree! For every virtual tree purchased, we plant a real one!
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Awards & Grants:

 

Applications are available for the following awards and grants:

 

Kodak American Greenways Award

 

Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative
Network Grants Program

 

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Blog:

Our field staffer, Jess Hrobar, keeps tabs on the Seminary Woods preservation in St. Francis, Wisconsin.
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Four Stars and an A +


The Conservation Fund earns four stars from Charity Navigator and an A+ from the American Institute of Philanthropy.

 

Charity Navigator 4-Star Charity

America's Best Conservation Investment

Forestry
Land TrustAmerica’s forests shelter wildlife, provide jobs, trap carbon, and more. But our privately-owned forests are for sale. We’re leading new efforts to save this treasured landscape.

 

Learn more about some of our initiatives:

 

Climate Change Projects

 

North Coast Forest
Conservation Initiative

 

In California, A Forest Canopy Of Carbon

How do forests on California's North Coast support wildlife, local jobs and our climate? NPR's Living on Earth program featured our California North Coast Initiative in their story, "Forest Salvation."

 

Garcia River Forest

 

Listen to the Living on Earth feature and learn more about our work saving California forests »

 

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The Fund in Action
Infrastructure & Environment Summit
We're hosting leaders who seek to move infrastructure forward while conserving natural resources.
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Growing His Farm With NCIF
NCIF helped Curtis Branch shift to more profitable and sustainable production methods.
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Land Trust Program Praised
The Franklin Land Trust praises our
work protecting farms and other valued land in Massachusetts.
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Tree of Promise: James Avery pendant benefits our work.

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FLTFA Reauthorization
Find out what FLTFA is and why it is important.
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Upcoming Courses and Events

July 6 - 10, 2009
Water Reuse for Intensive Fish Culture
Atlantic Oakes Resort & Conference Center in Bar Harbor, Maine

 

July 13-16, 2009
Looking Beyond the Transportation Footprint - New Partners / New Scales
National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, WV

 

September 14-18, 2009
Strategic Conservation Planning Using the Green Infrastructure Approach
National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV
Registration Deadline: August 14, 2009

 

October 27-30, 2009
GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning
National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, WV

 

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