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Protecting Basin, Range & Rimrock

The Nature of Utah Campaign:
Our Land.
Our Water.
Our Future.

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Latest News & Features

Volunteers worked to restore the Moab Rim from February 6th - 11th, 2006. © Bruce Hucko

Volunteers Conduct Critical Bird Survey

Conservancy birders gain media attention for their work in response to a proposed new highway.
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State Director in Salt Lake Tribune

A Tribune feature on the amazing work Dave Livermore has done during his many years at the Conservancy.
A wall-sized thank you card from a 4th grade class after taking a Wings & Water field trip. © The Nature Conservancy

Wings & Water

Learn how this award-winning program helps Utah students experience the magic of the Great Salt Lake.

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Latest Photos

Smiley Northern Leopard Frog at the Calgary Zoo © Calgary Reviews/Creative Commons

Slideshow: Hopping Back

See who's enjoying a resurgence at Matheson Preserve.
The Conservancy's Heidi Nedreberg (second from right)explores with students at The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve during a Wings & Water field trip. © Stuart Ruckman

Slideshow: A Kid's-Eye View

We think Wings & Water is pretty cool - but don't take our word for it!

Latest Videos

The Conservancy's Heidi Nedreberg (second from right)explores with students at The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve during a Wings & Water field trip. © Stuart Ruckman

Partnering for Education

Expanding the Wings & Water Wetlands Education Program.
Rancher Heidi Redd, photographed at the Dugout Ranch in Utah's rugged red rock canyonlands for the winter 2010 issue of Nature Conservancy Magazine. © Ted Wood

The Canyonlands Research Center

A new direction for Dugout Ranch.
The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve. © Ian Shive

Volunteering with Wings & Water

See why one volunteer is working to get kids outside.

Recent Press

Venerable Utah Reporter Honored for Environmental Legacy

December 04, 2012
US, Mexico, and Conservation Organizations Join Forces to Restore Flows to the Colorado

November 20, 2012

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Lion in Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. © Kenneth K. Coe

Close Encounters with Nature

Whether scary or exciting, nature has a way of sneaking up on you. See stories

Arden O’Connor. © Lajla LeBlanc

Nature Matters

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Tundra swans migrating through Utah. © USFWS Mountain Prairie/Creative Commons

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