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Massachusetts
Working to Protect the Bay State
Together, we’re protecting nature across Massachusetts and around the world! As we celebrate 50 years of safeguarding the lands and waters of the Commonwealth for nature and people, we need your involvement more than ever.
To get to know The Nature Conservancy better, find out what we do right here in Massachusetts. And to make a difference yourself, explore our list of things that you can do to help create a more sustainable world.
An Q&A with Mass. Forester John Scanlon. Responsible forestry can help keep our woods healthy.
Martha's Vineyard Habitat Network
Working with Vineyard landowners, we're reconnecting the island's native habitats one tract at a time.
Macy's and the Amazon in Brazil
Find out how Macy’s is helping us raise critical funds for our work in the Amazon Rainforest.
With your help, here's how we use policy, science and stewardship to conserve the lands, fresh waters and marine environments in Massachusetts.
Explore the places throughout the Commonwealth that you have helped us protect.
You can help the Conservancy's work to protect and restore nature across Massachusetts.
With your support, we can conserve the lands and waters of Massachusetts and beyond.
Come help the environment and work with others who share your interest by volunteering!
Join us on a field trip or event and help us conserve the Bay State.
Multimedia
See a slide show of Team Nature Boston and Team Penobscot!
Massachusetts LEAF Interns Slideshow
See what they did this summer in the Berkshires and on Martha's Vineyard.
Explore the quilt or create your own fund in support of women and water.
An Intern Studies Floodplain Forests
Jacinta Edebeli hopes to bring her experience on the Connecticut River to the mangrove forests of Nigeria.
Connecticut River Program Director Kim Lutz explains the challenges of reconnecting one of North America’s most dammed rivers.
Roads & Wildlife: Creating Critical Linkages in Massachusetts
The Conservancy and University of Massachusetts have a new way to pinpoint the most important connection points across Massachusetts.
Stay up to date with the conservation work you make possible.
Get to know the people here to help you protect life in Massachusetts and beyond.
Learn how our conservation community is achieving results in Massachusetts and around the globe.
Massachusetts News
Nature Conservancy’s John Torgan Honored by EPA
April 25, 2012
Hear about Climate Change from The Nature Conservancy’s Climate Change Adaptation Leader on Earth Day in Williamstown
April 16, 2012
Picnic for the Planet - Boston
Be part of the world's largest — and most delicious — Earth Day celebration
April 10, 2012
New Framework for 311,000 Acres of State Lands Helps Secure Massachusetts Forests for the Future
April 9, 2012
Massachusetts Volunteering
Work alongside Nature Conservancy staff to accomplish key outdoor, outreach and office work. Become a volunteer
Contact Us
Get in touch with the Massachusetts chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Contact us
How Can You Help
Help the Conservancy's work to preserve natural communities all over Massachusetts. Support the Conservancy today
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We need to act now, before it's too late. Watch the Video, Take Action
We're addressing Latin America's most pressing conservation issues. Read the Story
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