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Box Turtle A scientist holds a box turtle found on Grand Isle in Louisiana. © Dr. Tim Clay/Nicholls State University

Stand Up For Nature

Your support makes it possible to "protect the lands and waters on which all life depends" in our great state of Louisiana. Together we are making a difference for the future.

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Latest News and Successes

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Grateful for GulfCorps

Volunteers from TNC's GulfCorps Jobs Program recently improved walkways and painted the back porch at our Cypress Island Preserve.

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Cypress Island Preserve

This spring and summer, our Cypress Island Visitor's Center is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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Water Monitoring

The Nature Conservancy has set up monitoring stations to compare before-and-after floodplain habitat restoration.

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Our Work in Louisiana

Oyster reef construction in Calcasieu Lake

Oyster Reef Restoration in Louisiana

The Nature Conservancy has constructed six miles of oyster reef on the Louisiana coast.

The sun's rays stream from behind a cloud over a longleaf pine forest at Disney Wilderness Preserve.

Longleaf Pine Forests—A Tree for Our Time

Throughout nine states in the U.S. southeast, TNC is working together to restore and manage longleaf pine forest from Texas to Virginia.

Forest borders the flat, brown waters of the Atchafalaya River Basin.

The Atchafalaya River Basin

At almost a million acres, the Atchafalaya River Basin in Louisiana is North America's largest floodplain swamp.

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CC Road Preserve TNC is actively restoring longleaf pine habitat at its CC Road Preserve in Louisiana. © The Nature Conservancy/Will DeGravelles

Nature News

This quarterly insert, which arrives with Nature Conservancy magazine, reports on recent conservation wins in the Pelican State.

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Pitcher plants in bloom at Abita Creek Flatwoods.
Abita Creek Pitcher Plants Pitcher plants in bloom at the Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve. © Colin May/ The Nature Conservancy

See the Places We Protect in Louisiana

From the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, from the longleaf pine savannas to the Atchafalaya, we've been working to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.

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2023 Impact Report

Our Louisiana Impact Report features conservation wins achieved during 2023.

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