A growing number of Nature Conservancy programs and projects offer overnight accommodations or multi-day trips and tours. Enjoy the peace of mind that staying at a Conservancy preserve affords. It's our best way to educate members about our work and ensure their ongoing support. We hope you will use the listings on these pages as you plan family vacations in the years ahead.
NATURE LODGING IN ARIZONA
Hart Prairie Homestead
Hart Prairie Preserve
Hart Prairie Preserve’s cabins, nestled in the aspens near Flagstaff, provide a refreshing respite after a hike in Arizona’s highest mountains. The Homestead cabin, built in 1877, provides a private bathroom, kitchen and one bedroom.
Muleshoe Ranch
Muleshoe Ranch Cooperative Management Area is a peaceful and remote escape nestled in southeast Arizona’s Galiuro Mountains on 49,000 acres of rugged semi-desert grasslands and lush riparian canyons. This historic ranch has a history that reads like a Western novel and contains a treasure some consider more precious than gold: natural hot springs bubbling from a hill. The five charming housekeeping units are original, renovated buildings from the late 1800s.
NATURE LODGING IN COLORADO
Medano-Zapata Ranches
Come experience wetlands, sand dunes, and bison at the sprawling Medano-Zapata Ranches in south-central Colorado. Visitors may encounter a herd of bison, experience the migration of the sandhill cranes, admire majestic 14,000-foot peaks, and visit the Great Sand Dunes National Monument. Join us for a weekend Naturalist Workshop including accommodations, meals, and a scheduled program of activities. If a workshop does not suit your schedule, we also offer Ranch Tours. For a schedule of Naturalist Workshops, please call (303) 444-2985, ext. 1605 or e-mail cofieldtrips@tnc.org.
NATURE LODGING IN MONTANA
Pine Butte Guest Ranch
Hike mountain trails, ride horses, watch wildlife, visit dinosaur digs or just read a good book by our heated pool. Delicious home-cooked meals are served in our comfortable, rustic lodge at the foot of the Rockies. Enjoy quiet, restful evenings in your own cozy cabin. The cost for your weeklong visit includes airport shuttle, food, lodging and all activities. You might also enjoy one of our extended season Natural History Workshops. Call us at (406) 466-2158 or visit our website.
Natural History Excursions
For nearly two decades, The Nature Conservancy in Oregon has been creating unique nature-based vacations that allow you to reconnect with the natural world and re-ignite your love of nature. Each year we offer a handful of new trips, along with several of our most popular programs, including birding, rafting, cruises and trips outside the state. For more information about our 2008 field trip schedule, contact the field trip program manager at (503) 436-2022, e-mail excursions@tnc.org.
Llama trekking through
Oregon's Wallowa Mountains
NATURE LODGING IN WYOMING
Tensleep Preserve
Explore 8,500 acres of rugged sandstone canyons and pine-forested uplands in the Bighorn Mountain foothills during five-day programs. Join other Conservancy members in conservation work, or hike, fish and visit archaeological sites with preserve staff. Programs include Bird Inventory, Geology, Wildflowers and Edible Plants and others. Enjoy luxury camping in tent cabins with hearty meals served on the deck of our new log headquarters. Call (307) 366-2671, e-mail tncten@tctwest.net.
NATURE LODGING IN MONTANA
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