Fire and Conservation: Where We Work

Maintaining Fire's Natural Role for People and Nature

The Nature Conservancy is tackling the threats that altered fire regimes pose to people and nature.

The Nature Conservancy is working to tackle the threat that altered fire regimes pose to both people and nature. Although we've worked in Latin America and Asia in the recent past, all of our current projects are in the United States. A few examples of Conservancy projects include:

Prescribed Fire
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