The Nature Conservancy. Protecting nature. Preserving life.™

About Us

Working across the entire state, The Nature Conservancy has protected more than 280,000 acres of crucial habitats for people and nature.

Along the way, the Conservancy has helped create or significantly expand 29 State Natural Areas, 10 State Wildlife Management Areas and 2 National Wildlife Refuges. Learn more about Places We Protect in Tennessee.

►The Nature Conservancy has built the world's first hibernation cave for bats. It's in Tennessee. See a slide show of the artificial bat cave's construction, or view a video on why we built it.

►See inside the artificial bat cave in this NewsChannel5 segment! Learn more in the NPR story on the artificial bat cave and the New York Times story.

►CBS Evening News goes inside the artificial cave.

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►The Nature Conservancy has launched a Corporate Council for the Environment in Tennessee.

►The Nature Conservancy and the EPA have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding on conservation to protect freshwater in places across the country. The Tennessee Chapter has been working since 2011 on a similar freshwater project in areas across the state with the Tennessee Department of Conservation, Tennessee Valley Authority and West TN River Basin Authority.