581 days ago From Home Furnishings Business   View Archived Article

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - "Although our own forests in Vermont are among the best managed in the world, we are well aware that globally one of the most critical environmental problems facing us today is deforestation," said Vernon, Vt.-based Vermont Woods Studios Co ...

600 days ago From Mount Shasta Herald   View Archived Article

MOUNT SHASTA, CALIFORNIA - Somewhere between 350 and 400 people showed up at the Nature Conservancy's open house at the Shasta Big Springs Ranch on Saturday to see hundreds of salmon spawning in the river. By Skye Kinkade Away from the hum of Interstate 5, with Mt. Shasta ...

600 days ago From EurekAlert    View Archived Article

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The work, led by The Nature Conservancy's Kansas chapter, reports an analysis of wildlife sensitivities in Kansas, describing how wind development could proceed while still meeting conservation goals for no-net-loss of wildlife. ...

609 days ago From Lexington Herald Leader   View Archived Article

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY - By Herald-Leader Staff Report The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky sold Griffith Woods to Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources on Monday. Griffith Woods is located in Harrison County, five miles south of Cynthiana. ...

612 days ago From Tulsa World    View Archived Article

TULSA, OKLAHOMA - The preserve is huge, massing 39000 acres and is managed by the Nature Conservancy. It's easily driveable, on a scenic, twisting road that takes you 50 miles, if you're up for doing the whole thing. If you're bringing kids, carry along a ...

612 days ago From KWQC 6   View Archived Article

DAVENPORT, IOWA - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - The philanthropic arm of Peoria-based Caterpillar Inc. has pledged $5 million to Nature Conservancy's Great Rivers Partnership. The gift from the Caterpillar Foundation goes toward a program with the goal of sustaining the wor ...

613 days ago From Conway Daily Sun   View Archived Article

NORTH CONWAY, NEW HAMPSHIRE - CONWAY =97 The volcanic bedrock of Green Hills may be 200 million years old, but on Saturday, Oct. 15, The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the protection of this popular preserve. State director Daryl Burtne ...

613 days ago From Huffington Post   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Bell is an ambassador for Neutrogena Naturals, which has partnered with The Nature Conservancy on a campaign called "Style And Beauty For The Planet," an effort to educate Americans on the dire effects of wasting water. Bell told The Huffin ...

619 days ago From Garden News   View Archived Article

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - SEATTLE |The Navy and The Nature Conservancy have entered into a five-year agreement that benefits the environment and protects the Navy's underwater research range on Dabob Bay. The agreement provides $3 million for the Navy and the Conservancy ...

619 days ago From Garden News   View Archived Article

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - Arlington, VA | The Nature Conservancy expressed its support of a report released by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, which calls for a targeted blueprint for prompt action to restore the vital and threatened resources of the Gulf Coa ...

625 days ago From The Westerly Sun   View Archived Article

WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND - Most of those oysters are "grown at local farms," says David Brown, estuary restoration project manager for the Nature Conservancy. Conservancy staff members and volunteers spent part of last spring, summer, and the early fall surveying Nin ...

629 days ago From Maui Now   View Archived Article

MAUI, HAWAII - The Nature Conservancy and Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods entered a groundbreaking agreement that aims to to restore Hawai'i's dwindling koa forests. The agreement is also expected to benefit other native forests in the state. Koa is one of the wo ...

630 days ago From Enid News & Eagle   View Archived Article

ENID, OKLAHOMA - The Four Canyon Preserve is the state's most recent preserve area purchased by The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit, private organization that protects natural habitats in the state. The area is located in Ellis County along the Canadian River bet ...

630 days ago From The Virginian-Pilot   View Archived Article

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA - The Nature Conservancy's Bobby Clontz, second from right, talks about loblolly pines in Big Woods State Forest, which is the first state forest in southeast Virginia. (Amanda Lucier | The Virginian-Pilot) When traveling from South Hampton Roads, ...

632 days ago From Fort Dodge Messenger   View Archived Article

FORT DODGE, IOWA - By KRISS NELSON, For The Messenger , Messenger News Webster City - Through the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watershed Initiative, the Natural Resources and Conservation Service, Iowa Soybean Association and the The Nature Conservancy are partnerin ...

638 days ago From San Angelo Standard Times   View Archived Article

SAN ANGELO, TEXAS - The Nature Conservancy of Texas is leading the effort to pass the proposed constitutional amendment known as Proposition 8 on the November ballot. "The drought and wildfire conditions are actually causing people to get more interested in this,&q ...

652 days ago From Gotham Magazine   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Greenpeace got its start in 1971, the World Wildlife Fund a full decade earlier in 1961, The Nature Conservancy 10 years before that and the Sierra Club all the way back in 1892. However, it's a relative newcomer to the green team that has been s ...

653 days ago From Montgomery Advertiser   View Archived Article

MONTGOMERY, MARYLAND - Tree roots cling to the edge of a ravine in the 260 acre undeveloped area that the nonprofit Montgomery Nature Conservancy is working to transform into a nature park. / ADVERTISER Bob Cope was riding a wave of euphoria Friday, flush with excitement . ...

653 days ago From The Republic   View Archived Article

COLUMBUS, INDIANA - The Nature Conservancy has given its 586-acre White Kitchen tract in St. Tammany Parish to the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area for recreation. The tract is near the intersection of US Highway 190 and US Highway 90. It includes freshwater marsh, ...

653 days ago From Vineland Daily Journal   View Archived Article

VINELAND, NEW JERSEY - Willow Grove Lake is owned by The Nature Conservancy. In April 2007, there was a flood similar to the recent flood from Hurricane Irene. The state Department of Environmental Protection declared the dam unsafe, and ordered the removal of all the gate ...