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Show your support for the green team!

Team Nature in DC, Maryland and Virginia is helping to make a meaningful difference for our planet, one step at a time.  Become a part of the green team!

Your efforts will help protect even more lands and waters for the benefit of people and nature. Here’s what a donation to Team Nature and The Nature Conservancy may help us accomplish:

• Restore more baby oysters to reefs in the Chesapeake Bay, providing habitat for rockfish and crabs.
• Buy longleaf pine seedlings to plant, helping restore one of America’s most diverse and endangered forest systems.
• Conduct a prescribed burn at Warm Springs Mountain Preserve to help restore pine-oak forests.

Team Nature Benefits and Green Tips

• Run in the great outdoors and get close to nature!
• Reduce your carbon footprint: Start your run from home or work vs. driving.
• Take public transportation or carpool to races.
• Avoid excess paper and plastic: Sign up for races online and look for virtual goodie bags.
• Use water belts or reusable water bottles.
• Buy powdered sports drinks and mix your own — avoid waste from single-use bottles and save money!
• Recycle your running shoes and gear.
• Become a Facebook fan of the Conservancy in D.C., Maryland and Virginia and share your green tips today!

Learn more about previous Team Nature events and achievements

October 28, 2012, Team Nature covered 26.2 miles in support of The Nature Conservancy in the Marine Corps Marathon.  The MCM race course passes by some of our most treasured national monuments and is within easy driving distance of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Coast Reserve and Central Appalachians -- all important natural habitats the Conservancy has helped to protect.  Thanks to you, over $10,000 was raised to support our work in these critical areas ... fantastic!

Meet five military service members who honor their nation and nature, proving that the military and nature can - and do - intersect.  Read their stories.

Earth Day 2012, over fifty runners ran ten miles for nature at Pacers’ George Washington Parkway Classic. Together, you raised over $7,500 in support of our mission…impressive!

Meet our #1 Team Nature fundraiser in DC on Earth Day, Dave Cahill and watch our Team Nature video here.

Dave raised over $3,000 in support of a healthier planet – and as our #1 Team Nature fundraiser, he enjoyed an exclusive two nights’ stay at our beautiful Brownsville Preserve on the Eastern Shore. Congratulations, Dave!

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