The Nature Conservancy in Arizona - Nature Matters: Campaign for a Sustainable Arizona

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Find out more about the places we protect in Arizona.

What's the Campaign for a Sustainable Planet?

Broadtail Hummingbird on Thistle
The Nature Conservancy has embarked on the most ambitious campaign in the history of conservation.

Abundant fresh water, clean air, wild spaces and plentiful wildlife: These are the things that matter for our future and that of our children. The Nature Conservancy and its supporters now have an opportunity to make a significant investment in this future, to protect and restore the natural systems upon which we all depend.

That’s why The Nature Conservancy is launching a bold plan for transforming conservation in Arizona called Nature Matters, Campaign for a Sustainable Arizona. This $32.5 million initiative, the largest ever for conservation in Arizona, will work to conserve millions of acres and create a strong model for economic and environmental stewardship. The plan includes four key strategies:

Growing by Design
Securing Water for our Future
Restoring the Health of Our Land
Transforming Conservation by Uniting Science & Policy

As the campaign unfolds, look back to this section for news and stories about the places, wildlife and people involved in this unprecedented endeavor.

Sustainable Arizona, Sustainable Planet

Conservation in Arizona supports the preservation of Earth as a whole. An investment in the Nature Matters campaign helps the Conservancy achieve its worldwide goal: to protect 10 percent of each of the Earth’s major habitat types by the year 2015. It’s all part of the Campaign for a Sustainable Planet.

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): San Rafael Valley © Mark Godfrey/TNC; Girl Hiking Photo © John Burcham/National Geographic/Getty Images; Broad-tail Hummingbird with Thistle © Larry Kimball