395 days ago From Market Watch   View Archived Article

WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY - SILVER SPRING, Md., April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Nature Conservancy and Discovery Education today launched Nature Works Everywhere, a partnership designed to help students learn the science behind how nature helps our everyday ...

400 days ago From Charleston Gazette   View Archived Article

CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA - By Rick Steelhammer Discussing the terrain encompassed by the Canaan Valley tract are, from left, Rodney Bartgis, state director of The Nature Conservancy, Canaan Valley Institute director Jennifer Newland and Steve Brown, fish and wildlife planner f ...

403 days ago From Cape Gazette   View Archived Article

LEWES, DELAWARE - The 908-acre Ponders Tract site was used by a lumber company for loblolly pine timber production until it was purchased by The Nature Conservancy in 2004; now it has nearly 10 miles of hiking trails and still has stands of relatively unspoiled hardwo ...

406 days ago From Charleston Gazette   View Archived Article

CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA - A 1.25-mile stretch of Gandy Creek and its headwater tributary streams in Randolph County will be protected through a $300000 Environmental Protection Agency grant to American Rivers for work on The Nature Conservancy's Gandy Ranch Project. ...

406 days ago From Greene County Record   View Archived Article

GREENE COUNTY, VIRGINIA - The Nature Conservancy joined The American Chestnut Foundation in this endeavor approximately three years ago. The American Chestnut Foundation and The Nature Conservancy have planted four different species and genetic variants. ...

409 days ago From The Nature Conservancy   View Archived Article

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts welcomes today's announcement of new landscape designations for 311000 acres of public land owned and managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. =93At The Nature Conservancy, we think these n ...

412 days ago From Sacramento Bee   View Archived Article

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - The Nature Conservancy, Natural Resources Defense Council, California Trout, American Rivers, Trout Unlimited, Environmental Defense Fund, Tuolumne River Trust, National Wildlife Federation, and River Partners jointly issue the following statements . ...

413 days ago From Patch.com   View Archived Article

READING, MASSACHUSETTS - Scott, a North Reading resident, is running the Boston Marathon and raising funds for The Nature Conservancy. By Ashley Troutman Resident Liz Scott is running in the Boston Marathon on April 16 to raise funds for The Nature Conservancy, ...

415 days ago From Hawaii Business Magazine   View Archived Article

HONOLULU, HAWAII - Donations also help pay for the permanent forests and HLH hopes carbon credits will help in the future. =93It's been fun. The for-profit side was just a way to help with permanent reforestation,=94 says Dunster, experienced in finance and mergers ...

416 days ago From Patch.com   View Archived Article

MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS - A new conservation acquisition marks the first step in connecting state forest land with conservation lands on the south shore of Martha's Vineyard, the Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts announced. Late last week, The Nature Conservancy finaliz ...

418 days ago From kjrh.com   View Archived Article

TULSA, OKLAHOMA - The Nature Conservancy celebrated its newest preserve on Oklahoma's Blue River today with a public dedication ceremony and unveiling of the official name. =93It was tough to keep the secret, but well worth the wait," State Director Mike Fuhr ...

434 days ago From Evansville Courier & Press   View Archived Article

EVANSVILLE, INDIANA - Shelly Morris, a project director for the Kentucky Chapter of Nature Conservancy, told The Paducah Sun (http://bit.ly/yPhuUo) that funding is being offered to landowners in Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, Ballard and Graves counties. ...

436 days ago From Times Daily   View Archived Article

TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA - According to the Nature Conservancy, the state has 18 river systems and more species of freshwater fish, mussels, turtles, snails and crayfish than any other state. But environmentalists are worried that Alabama's new emphasis on developing major ...

437 days ago From Enterprise-Record   View Archived Article

CHICO, CALIFORNIA - RED BLUFF -- The Nature Conservancy will host a series of free public hikes on the Dye Creek Preserve near Los Molinos and Vina Plains Preserve 12 miles north of Chico. Because the preserves are working cattle ranches, the conservancy's semi-annu ...

442 days ago From San Francisco Chronicle   View Archived Article

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - =93Successful conservation depends on collaboration,=94 Chris Wood, president and CEO of Trout Unlimited, said. =93In the West, many of our conservation projects wouldn't happen without two things: agricultural producer partners and farm bill sup ...

443 days ago From The Adirondack Daily Enterprise   View Archived Article

SARANAC LAKE, NEW YORK - LONG LAKE - The town of Long Lake bought a 46-acre tract of land from the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy last week. The transaction, which was completed March 1, completes commitment initiated by both parties several years ago. ...

450 days ago From Huffington Post   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AP RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI ARANSAS PASS, Texas (AP) =97 An eroding Texas island where more than 20000 birds nest in scraggly trees and on a narrow patch of sand will be built back up thanks to a partnership between the Nature Conservancy of Texas and . ...

453 days ago From Bay Area Indymedia   View Archived Article

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - Unfortunately, most of the groups mentioned, including Conservation International, Environmental Defense Fund, the Nature Conservancy and Oceana, are notorious for their top-down, "collaborative" approach to "solving" ocean proble ...

455 days ago From William and Mary News   View Archived Article

WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA - by David Malmquist, VIMS | February 23, 2012 The reintroduction of eelgrass into Virginia's coastal bays -- a collaborative effort among the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, the University of Virginia, and The Nature Conservancy -- is one of ...

455 days ago From National Geographic   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - As part of a decade-long partnership called the Sustainable Rivers Project, the Corps and The Nature Conservancy are collaborating in eight river basins across the US to modify dam operations for the benefit of downstream river and estuary health. ...