Places We Protect

Together with our members and conservation partners, The Nature Conservancy has protected nearly 40,000 acres of critical natural lands in Ohio. Using a strategic, science-based planning process, the Conservancy works to protect large landscapes made up of plants, animals, and natural communities that, if conserved, promise to ensure the diversity of life on Earth now and for future generations.

Click on the location names on the map or on the listings below to read more about what The Nature Conservancy is doing to save the last great places in Ohio, and beyond our borders. Preserves and projects are marked on the map with red dots; Priority Conservation Areas are listed in black text.

Go take a hike!  Visit one of the Conservancy's Open Preserves in Ohio.