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MacKenzie Scott Pledges $25 Million to TNC

MacKenzie Scott announced a $25 million gift to The Nature Conservancy in support of the organization’s Blue Bonds for Conservation and U.S. Climate Action efforts.

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Ten Years of Progress in the Gulf of Mexico

Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, we have learned important lessons about how to increase the chances of success of large-scale restoration of the Gulf of Mexico and of other important ecosystems.

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A World Where People and Nature Thrive

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(ALL INTERNAL RIGHTS & LIMITED EXTERNAL RIGHTS) October 2015. Mills Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. The park service and vistor's celebrate 100 years of parks in August 2016. Photo credit: © Nick Hall

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Great American Outdoors Act

Jul 22, 2020

Rocky Mountain National Park (ALL INTERNAL RIGHTS & LIMITED EXTERNAL RIGHTS) October 2015. Mills Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. The park service and vistor's celebrate 100 years of parks in August 2016. Photo credit: © Nick Hall © Nick Hall
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A Conversation About Race and the Environmental Movement

by Michelle Carr  |  Jul 13, 2020

MRCC170315_D542 A pathway through a grassy area overlooking a body of water and the Chicago skyline at the Rainbow Beach Park Natural Area. © Emanuel Love
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Siting Wind Right for Wildlife

by Jon Schwedler  |  Jul 06, 2020

FLINT HILLS Grasslands of the Flint Hills in Kansas. © Jim Richardson
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Ten Years of Progress in the Gulf of Mexico

by Bob Bendick  |  Apr 12, 2020

Sea Oat Planting GulfCorps members working on a Gulf restoration project. © John Stanmeyer
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Sustaining Conservation in a Pandemic

by Matt Brown  |  Jun 14, 2020

Lush Grass Giraffes and zebras at Loisaba Conservancy, Kenya. © Roshni Lodhia
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Yellow Bird on a tree branch. © 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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