What We Do

The Conservation Fund works to protect America’s land and water legacy for future generations.

Central to our mission, we pursue land and water conservation. As a trusted real estate partner, we help government agencies, land trusts and nonprofit organizations acquire and conserve land for recreation, habitat, historic value and more. In addition to identifying and acquiring conservation property, we finance and structure such deals.

From Wall Street to Main Street, we also develop market-based conservation strategy that balances environmental protection with community and economic development. We finance natural resource-based small business in rural areas; sustainably manage two nonprofit forests in Northern California; sell carbon offsets to restore forested wildlife refuges in the Southeast; operate a leading mitigation bank in the South; and pursue other investment-based activity.

Finally, we work directly with communities to offer conservation programs that provide land-use planning, economic development, leadership training and the application of innovative technology. In doing so, we help communities build on local assets, creating a promising and sustainable future.