The Nature Conservancy

Press Releases Longtime partners achieve conservation milestone, connecting Pocasset Ridge Conservation Area with Weetamoo Woods.

Press Releases First-of-its-kind “basin-wide” assessment confirms Amazon’s freshwater biodiversity & highlights fast-closing window to conserve this vital ecosystem

Gary Williamson, while leading a nature hike, pointed out a flock of purple finches. As the group enjoyed the birds, Williamson noticed something else: the tree where the birds perched. Specifically, it was a sumac. A very large sumac. A sumac, even an especially large one, would escape the notice of most people. But Gary Williamson has been a curious and attentive naturalist since he was a young child. And he had recently started paying attention to big trees.

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has awarded $195,000 through its Ag Retailer Equipment Cost Share pilot project to 11 agricultural retailers and service providers across Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois, helping expand access to equipment and services that support regenerative agriculture practices. The awards are expected to leverage more than $1.16 million in total equipment investments and impact more than 55,000 acres during the first year alone.

As the 17th UN-Convention to Combat Desertification Conference of the Parties (COP17) closes in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Linda Krueger, The Nature Conservancy’s Director of Biodiversity and Infrastructure Policy, argues that the question is no longer whether these challenges will affect people and nature but how we collectively choose to respond: “More than three billion people are already living with the consequences of land degradation, yet the world still faces a US$278 billion annual...

The Government of Gabon, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Enduring Earth and partners, today announced the formal launch of a visionary Project Finance for Permanence (PFP) initiative, known locally as Gabon Infini, that aims to mobilize up to US$200 million in community and conservation investments from multiple funding sources over the next decade—helping the biodiversity-rich country deliver sustainable economic benefits in protected area landscapes, while also...

Press Releases The 37th CBU Media Awards in Guyana continues our partnership with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union honoring outstanding environmental journalism. RJRGleaner Communications Group’s Romardo Lyons and Barbadian journalist Esther Jones have repeated as the Caribbean Broadcasting Union/Nature Conservancy winners in the two environmental reporting categories of the 2026 Caribbean Media Awards.

Oregon’s coast holds significant opportunity to expand restorative cultivation of marine and coastal species with ecological benefits for the natural environment, according to a recent assessment led by the Nature Conservancy. The spatial assessment found that expansion to Oregon’s mariculture industry, beyond the Pacific oyster to include native shellfish and seaweed species, would support healthy marine ecosystems and the livelihoods of local communities.

Nowhere is it easier to see the intricacies of Natural Intelligence than on islands. Because of their remoteness, the isolated development of species over time leads to incredibly unique ecosystems, many including rare plants and wildlife found only in one spot on our planet. However, that same isolation also makes many of these natural systems highly vulnerable to impacts from invasive species and climate change. Today, 60% of extinctions occur on islands. Yet there is hope.

The birds are gone now. Just a few weeks ago, visitors lined Virginia’s Eastern Shore, binoculars pointed skyward as Whimbrels gathered along the coast before continuing one of the most remarkable migrations in the bird world. By late May, many had departed, leaving behind quiet mudflats and a question that has fascinated scientists and birders alike: Where do they go next? Today, thanks to tiny GPS transmitters and an international network of researchers, we no longer have to wonder.