Working with local partners, communities, and people like you,
The Nature Conservancy is helping to protect the last great places in Louisiana.

What's New

The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are planning the largest floodplain reconnection project in the United States. The project is expected to be delayed due to flooding at a wildlife refuge in Northeast Louisiana.

On April 9, 2009, The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana acquired 247 acres of pasture, bottomland hardwood forest, cypress swamp and aquatic habitat along Bayou Bartholomew in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. The DeBlieux tract is located adjacent to 503-acre Chemin-A-Haut State Park, which is owned and managed by the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism’s Office of State Parks. The Conservancy intends to transfer the property to the State of Louisiana within the next 12 months, which will increase the size of Chemin-A- Haut State Park by 49 percent. 

Visit a Louisiana Preserve

The boardwalk at the Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve crosses unusual savanna habitat that hosts carnivorous pitcher plants.

Have you seen all of the birds on this Abita Creek Bird Checklist?
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Places We Protect

From the northwest border to Grand Isle in the southeast, The Nature Conservancy has helped preserve more than 300,000 acres of critical habitat in Louisiana and currently manages over 20,000 acres of natural lands.

Adopt an Acre

Adopt or give an acre of land to help protect one of the world's most beautiful and diverse habitats in the Southern Forests.

Habitat Conservation

Conservation groups release a map to guide future conservation efforts in the Lake Pontchartrain Estuary Zone, entitled “Priority Conservation Areas of the Lake Pontchartrain Estuary Zone".

Images (top to bottom, left to right): © CC Lockwood, © Nancy Camel, © The Nature Conservancy