The Big River and Salmon Creek Forests conservation project is a model for large-scale forestland conservation in California and across the northwest.
Read more>Nearly 250,000 acres of critical habitat for bighorn sheep and desert tortoise are now protected within the East Mojave National Scenic Area thanks to The Conservation Fund and its partners.
Read more>The 23,780-acre Garcia River Forest is in the heart of the Redwood region of California’s North Coast, just 100 miles from San Francisco in Mendocino County. In February 2008, the forest became one of the first forests – and the largest – to receive certification of its carbon offsets by the California Climate Action Registry
Read more>In 2004, the 23,780-acre Garcia River Forest became California’s first large nonprofit-owned working forest, and in February 2008 became one of the first forests – and the largest – to receive verification of its carbon offsets by the California Climate Action Registry.
Read more>In March 2000, The Conservation Fund assisted the Herbert family and Four Creeks Land Trust in protecting the 725-acre ranch.
Read more>In partnership with the Napa County Land Trust, the Fund helped the California Department of Fish and Game acquire the 8,000-acre Knoxville Ranch, preserving habitat for bear, deer and ringtail cat at the heart of the 300,000-acre Blue Ridge Berryessa Natural Conservation Area.
Read more>The Fund, with support from the California Coastal Conservancy, purchased 225 acres known as Lost Coast Ranch and conveyed the property to the Bureau of Land Management.
Read more>Through a partnership with the USDA Forest Service and state of California, the Fund protected nearly 23,000 acres along the eastern spur of the Coastal Mountain Range as an addition to Mendocino National Forest.
Read more>As part of Riverside County's Blueprint for Tomorrow land-use plan, the Fund, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Riverside County, the state and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service joined together to set aside more than 9,000 acres of critical wildlife habitat in Potrero Canyon.
Read more>Backed by the California Wildlife Conservation Board, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Packard Foundation, the Fund purchased a 722-acre easement for the Sierra Los Tulares Land Trust to conserve the Tule River riparian corridor and watershed.
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