LEAF

Media Center

Download photos, browse press releases and explore the latest LEAF news coverage.

Welcome to our online media center, a resource for journalists to find out more about LEAF — a comprehensive environmental leadership program for teenagers and educators at environmental high schools. LEAF combines enriched environmental curriculum in high school classrooms with paid residential summer jobs for students on Conservancy preserves from the rocky coasts of Maine to the longleaf pine forests of Georgia.

Images are available to publish in conjunction with articles on the LEAF program. Browse under the Photos tab below, and click "View larger" to download full-size files. All photos must be credited as © TNC.

In the News
LEAF intern, Amerline Burgos, Cape May, NJ 215x143LEAF intern Amerlin Burgos at Cape May, New Jersey. Amerlin is a rising senior at the High School for Environmental Studies in New York City. © Erika Nortemann/TNC
NBC Nightly News

See how LEAF is Making a Difference for interns like Amerlin. Watch now

2011 LEAF interns on Mashomack 215x143LEAF interns at the Mashomack Preserve on Long Island, New York. TNC
CBS Early Show

Explore LEAF with interns at the Mashomack Preserve. Go now

Josh Carerra Jumping 215x143Josh Carerra jumps for joy. © TNC
Nature Magazine

Read how a summer with LEAF changed Josh's Life. Go now

Brigitte GriswoldBrigitte Griswold © Erica Sebring
Fox Live

See program director Brigitte Griswold talk about LEAF. Watch

Victor Medina 215x143Victor Medina, 17, from Washington Heights, readies his net during an inventory of dragonfly and damselfly populations at the Willow Grove Lake Preserve in New Jersey Photographed on assignment for the Spring 2009, Nature Conserancy magazine story about a program to involved urban youth in nature studies on Conservancy preserves. © Amy Deputy
New York Daily News

Read about Victor Medina's journey to the top. Go now

Chanel Ramirez 215LEAF intern Chanel Ramirez in a kayak. © The Nature Conservancy
Latina Magazine

Meet Chanel Ramirez, one of 15 emerging Latina leaders! Download

Magazine ArticleMagazine article. © Amy Deputy
Nature Magazine

Read how LEAF builds self-confidence, work skills and a love of nature. Download

LEAF Program BrochureLEAF Program Brochure Amy Deputy
LEAF Program Brochure

See a brochure about LEAF's recent expansion. Download

Press Releases
The Nature Conservancy Receives $100K Grant from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund for The Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future (LEAF) Program

April 13, 2012

$3.1 Million Grant Renewal From the Toyota USA Foundation

April 4, 2011

The Nature Conservancy's LEAF Student Awards Ceremony

December 15, 2010

The Nature Conservancy's LEAF Program Nominated for Disney's Friends for Change: Project Green

September 16, 2010

The Nature Conservancy’s LEAF Creates Education Network

September 13, 2010

Summer Stewardship Begins for Urban Youth

July 8, 2010

The Nature Conservancy Expands LEAF Program

June 23, 2010

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Top Stories: San Pedro de Valdes Reserve, Argentina 78x52San Pedro de Valdés Reserve, Argentina. © Bridget Besaw

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