Places We Work

The Nature Conservancy identified more than 500 places in Canada and the United States that are priority sites for the conservation of biodiversity in the Great Lakes. The sites profiled here represent a small sample of the places where The Nature Conservancy and its partners work.

 
  This map shows priority sites for the conservation of biodiversity in the Great Lakes.

Pigeon River Manitou Forest St. Louis River Chequamegon Bay Watershed Door Peninsula Chicago Wilderness Indian Boundary Prairies Northern Great Lakes Forest Project Manitoulin Island Rice Lake Plains Tug Hill Grand River Ives Road Fen Fish Creek

Canada

Ontario - Pigeon River
Ontario - Manitoulin Island
Ontario - Rice Lake Plains

United States

Minnesota - Manitou Forest
Minnesota - St. Louis River

Wisconsin - Chequamegon Bay
Wisconsin - Door Peninsula

Illinois - Chicago Wilderness
Illinois - Indian Boundary Prairies

Indiana - Fish Creek

Michigan - Northern Great Lakes Forest
Michigan - Ives Creek Fen

Ohio - Grand River / Morgan Swamp

New York - Tug Hill