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Conservation Financing

The Conservation Fund's work to balance economic and environmental objectives requires financing to bring it to life. Whether through bridge loans to land trusts for conservation acquisitions or through small business financing to launch natural resource-based businesses, the Fund engages directly in promoting the sustainable use of financial and natural resources.

The Revolving Fund: Providing Bridge Financing for Conservation

The Conservation Fund’s Revolving Fund provides ready capital to purchase top priority lands for conservation across the country, from coastal landscapes in the Great Lakes to wildlife habitat in the Rocky Mountains, from forestlands in Appalachia to river corridors in the Chesapeake Bay.   Read more>

Great Lakes Revolving Loan Fund

A generous lead grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has enabled the Fund and its partners to protect nearly 20,000 acres, valued at nearly $56 million, within the Great Lakes Basin, the nation's most significant freshwater ecosystem.  Read more>

Land Trust Loan Program

The Conservation Fund's Land Trust Loan Fund provides critical financing to qualified nonprofits.  Read more>

Mississippi River Revolving Fund

Since 1994, the Fund and its partners have protected more than 14,400 acres of important wildlife habitat and recreation lands along the great river valued at over $19.6 million.  Read more>
Spotlight - Our Services

Bull River, Montana

Avista Corp. turned to The Conservation Fund to help protect more than 1,800 acres of wildlife habitat along Montana's Bull River.
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How the Fund Can Help You

From government agencies to corporations, from private landowners to land trusts and local communities, the Fund's partners seek our expertise to:

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