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Indigenous Tribes Restore Prescribed Burns in California

After decades of fire suppression, Indigenous tribes are rekindling the ancient practice of controlled burns, restoring forests and cultural traditions.

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Speak Up For Nature: Your Guide to Environmental Issues in 2020

You have a voice, which means you have a choice. Speak up as if your future depended on it.

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A World Where People and Nature Thrive

We work to meet this ambitious goal by focusing on these key areas of conservation.

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Recognizing Nature’s Potential

Nov 16, 2020

Tongass Rainforest in Emerald Edge The Conservancy’s Emerald Edge program seeks to protect a vast swath of the coastal-rainforest system from northern Washington to the Tongass, which includes most of Southeast Alaska. © Chris Crisman
The Yellowstone River at sunset.

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Seven States, $2.2 Billion for Conservation

Nov 03, 2020

Sunrise on the Yellowstone River This stretch of the Yellowstone River will be free to flood and meander © Ocean Media Institute
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Magazine Feature

Secret Garden

by Jenny Rogers  |  Nov 09, 2020

Secret Garden Orchids Orchid Illustration from Winter 2020 magazine article © Nirupa Rao
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The Global Food System is Ripe for Change

by Jennifer Morris  |  Oct 28, 2020

Collection of Tropical Fruit The vast scale of our food system means it can be one of the greatest levers for positive change to the planet. © Luke Michael
Man throwing an oyster into the water from a boat.

Partnerships

SOAR: Supporting Oyster Aquaculture

Brian Gennaco of Virgin Oyster Company showing the camera an oyster as he readies his harvest to be added to a reef in Great Bay as part of The Nature Conservancy's Supporting Oyster Aquaculture and Restoration (SOAR) program in Durham, New Hampshire. © ©2020 Jerry and Marcy Monkman/EcoPhotography
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Blackburnian Warbler This small North American warbler flies between North and South America twice a year. © Ray Hennessy

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Tennessee Warbler The population of this small bird goes up and down depending upon availability of its favorite snack--the budworm. © TNC

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Fishermen from Pate Island in Lamu County.