By the Numbers:

187,029 acres of land and water saved
  • Over 20,040 acres have been preserved in partnership with the Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • More than 101,800 acres have been protected to benefit Forestlands.

PROJECTS

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

In the southeastern corner of Georgia, along the Florida border, lies one of the largest and most primitive swamps in the coun...
McIntosh SEED Community Forest

McIntosh SEED Community Forest

McIntosh SEED, a nonprofit community-based organization, partnered with The Conservation Fund to acquire 1,148 acres of land i...
Atlanta BeltLine

Atlanta BeltLine

The most comprehensive development effort ever undertaken in the City of Atlanta – transforming 22 miles of an underutilized i...
Freedom Riders National Monument

Freedom Riders National Monument

To honor the courageous efforts of the Freedom Riders and their important place in history, The Conservation Fund worked with ...
Mapping the Future of Longleaf Pine

Mapping the Future of Longleaf Pine

In 2009, The Conservation Fund joined more than 20 nonprofits and government agencies in America’s Longleaf Initiative to rebu...
Sansavilla Wildlife Management Area

Sansavilla Wildlife Management Area

This mix of bottomland hardwood and pine forests contains 14 miles of frontage on the Altamaha River and provides habitat for ...
Beards Creek Forest — Georgia

Beards Creek Forest — Georgia

Nicknamed Georgia’s “Little Amazon,” the winding 137-mile Altamaha River is a treasured waterway....
Stateline Forest – Georgia and Alabama

Stateline Forest – Georgia and Alabama

This working forest of 10,369 acres in Haralson and Polk counties, Georgia, and in Cleburne County, Alabama, is a high priorit...
Protecting One of Atlanta’s Largest Mature Forests

Protecting One of Atlanta’s Largest Mature Forests

Atlanta’s newest city park will preserve the ecologically and culturally significant 216-acre oak-hickory forest known locally...
Snapfinger Farm

Snapfinger Farm

We secured a 197-acre farm in Covington, Georgia, Newton County, on behalf of Snapfinger Farm....
Pride Road

Pride Road

We secured a 70-acre farm in Shady Dale, Georgia, Jasper County, with healthy soils and significant farm infrastructure....
Little Fox Farm

Little Fox Farm

To jump-start Little Fox Farm’s expansion, we secured a 52-acre farm in Pine Mountain, Georgia, Harris County....
Goodwin Family Farms (GF Farms)

Goodwin Family Farms (GF Farms)

The 175-acre cattle farm secured by The Conservation Fund in Woodbury, Georgia, is ideally situated close to the family’s loca...
Global Growers Network

Global Growers Network

Since 2010, Global Growers Network (GGN) supported more than 300 refugee and immigrant farmers across a network of nine farm s...
Atlanta Harvest

Atlanta Harvest

By acquiring the 90-acre cattle farm in Milner, Georgia, The Conservation Fund more than tripled Atlanta Harvest’s productive ...
Love is Love Cooperative Farm

Love is Love Cooperative Farm

Love is Love Cooperative Farm is a Certified Organic diverse vegetable, fruit, and flower partnership of five talented and bus...
Mattie Freeland Park

Mattie Freeland Park

Over many years, The Conservation Fund has supported the Friends of Mattie Freeland Park with fundraising, community art insta...
Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park

Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park

Working with residents and grassroots organizations in some of the city’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods, we are reclaiming ...
Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill

Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill

Atlanta’s Food Forest is the first of its kind, providing fresh produce in a community that has limited access to affordable, ...
Lindsay Street Park

Lindsay Street Park

We’ve transformed six vacant and blighted lots into the first park for the English Avenue community, providing a unique nature...
Atlanta Green Space Assessment

Atlanta Green Space Assessment

This green space will not only improve public health by providing open space for recreation, it has the additional goals of st...
Parks with Purpose in Atlanta

Parks with Purpose in Atlanta

We are creating safe places to play, job training and easy access to greenspace in Atlanta’s historically underserved communit...
Protecting the Gopher Tortoise along Georgia’s Coastline

Protecting the Gopher Tortoise along Georgia’s Coastline

One of the few tortoises native to North America, the gopher tortoise is facing serious pressures from urban development and h...
Forestland Around Fort Stewart in Georgia

Forestland Around Fort Stewart in Georgia

To help the Army limit incompatible development in the vicinity of the Fort Stewart and preserve an area of diverse forest hab...
Finding the Flint River

Finding the Flint River

We’re working with partners in the Atlanta area to put the Flint River back on the map and make the vision of a healthy, acces...
Suwannee River Headwaters Forest – Georgia

Suwannee River Headwaters Forest – Georgia

One of the largest remaining free-flowing rivers in the Southeast, the Suwannee River originates in the Okefenokee National Wi...
Atlanta’s Former Chattahoochee Brick Company Site

Atlanta’s Former Chattahoochee Brick Company Site

The historic Chattahoochee Brick site is on a path toward becoming Atlanta’s newest riverfront park....