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Conservation is more than saving places and species.

Today’s conservationist is protecting the environment at a whole new level – from preserving specific places of biologic diversity to influencing government action to determining where to make financial investments that provide lasting results for a sustainable planet.

Learn through our Q&As how Conservancy staff approach their work, and explore Faces of Conservation to see how our conservationists are making a difference in Massachusetts and around the globe.

New staff features are added to this page on a monthly basis, so please come back to learn more about who we are and what we do!

RGGI Explained

Sarah Murdock
"Not only does RGGI provide a framework for reducing greenhouse gases, the revenues generated by the auctions will support other climate related initiatives."

Climate Change: Getting Ready. Not Giving In

Mark Anderson
"We’re trying to facilitate change so that if species must move because they aren’t adapted to a certain temperature range, we’ll have reserves in those areas when they show up."

Taking Conservation To The Sea

Kate Killerlain Morrison
"Our maritime traditions allow us to work with a community that has strong ties to the ocean, creating a window for dialogue."

Protecting Fresh Water in Massachusetts

Alison Bowden
"If we work together towards specific, shared goals, individual freshwater projects can add up to something bigger."

Seeing a Future for Our Forests

Andy Finton
"We’re not trying to freeze forests in time, but to keep them diverse and functioning properly."

Thoughts from the MA Chapter's Board Chairman

Jeff Porter
"The Nature Conservancy's science-based approach to conservation is the conservation movement's "gold standard."

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Cheryl Rose (Volunteers survey fauna in the Turner's Falls canal); Photo © Jerry and Marcy Monkman; (High contrast portrait of a frog against black background); Photo © TNC (Sarah Murdock); Photo © Venessa Salvucci/TNC (Alison Bowden); Photo © Jerry & Marcy Monkman (Autumn view of dense forest in J.A. Skinner State Park, South Hadley); Photo © TNC (Andy Finton); Photo © Ray Konisky/TNC (Kate Killerlain Morrison); Photo © Courtesy of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo (Jeff Porter)