Oklahoma

Places We Protect

Use this map or browse the list below to explore our preserves and places we protect in Oklahoma.

Protecting Oklahoma for Future Generations

The Nature Conservancy has worked to conserve Oklahoma’s magnificent landscapes and unique biodiversity since 1986. Using a strategic, science-based planning process, called Conservation by Design, we identify landscapes that, if conserved, promise to conserve biodiversity over the long term. The Oklahoma Chapter owns or protects 12 preserves totaling almost 77,000 acres (120 square miles).

Our work to preserve the state's diverse habitats has resulted in a number of awards. Learn more ►

Places We Protect

Black Mesa Preserve consists of about 1,600 acres of central shortgrass prairie.

The Boehler Seeps and Sandhills Preserve is a prime example of a gulf coastal plain sandhill ecosystem.

The limestone hills of the Ozarks contain numerous caves. Several of these are protected by the Oklahoma Chapter.

Cucumber Creek Preserve in the Ouachita Mountains was created in 1989 to benefit neotropical migrant birds.

Places We Protect

Four Canyon Preserve encompasses 4,000 acres of mixed-grass prairie.

J. T. Nickel Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve protects 17,000 acres of the Oklahoma Ozarks.

The Keystone Ancient Forest Preserve protects post oaks and redcedars that are hundreds of years old.

Pontotoc Ridge Preserve is the Oklahoma Chapter's premier crosstimbers property.

The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve is the largest protected remnant of tallgrass prairie left on earth.

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