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Conservation Programs in United States
A register of firms and the professionals working at them in the Conservation Programs sector based in United States. Browse the public index, then filter or export on Kipplo.
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Bat Conservation International
Bat Conservation International’s (BCI) mission is to conserve the world’s bats and their ecosystems to ensure a healthy planet. BCI is devoted to conservation, education, and research initiatives involving bats and the ecosystems they serve. BCI’s conservation efforts have resulted in permanent protection for a majority of North America's most important remaining bat caves, saved millions of bats from being accidentally buried during mine safety closures, and led to the establishment of the first national park in U.S. history to protect a tropical rain forest. BCI has sponsored research documenting the key roles of bats in major ecosystems, supported training for graduate students in 55 countries, and trained hundreds of wildlife managers from more than 20 countries in bat management and conflict avoidance techniques.
11 to 50 staff
Friends Of The Columbia Gorge
Keeping the Columbia Gorge wild and beautiful is the core of what we do. Friends of the Columbia Gorge is the only conservation organization dedicated solely to protecting and preserving the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area. For almost 40 years we have used a combination of old-fashioned grassroots advocacy, strategic land purchases, and cutting-edge public education tools to protect the scenic, natural, cultural, and recreational resources of the Gorge. Learn more: gorgefriends.org
11 to 50 staff
International Crane Foundation
The International Crane Foundation works worldwide to conserve cranes and the ecosystems, watersheds and flyways on which they depend. We provide knowledge, leadership and inspiration to engage people in resolving threats to cranes and their diverse landscapes.
51 to 200 staff
Marine Conservation Institute
Marine Conservation Institute is a team of highly-experienced marine scientists and environmental policy advocates dedicated to saving ocean life for us and future generations. Our goal is to help create a worldwide system of strongly protected areas — Blue Parks (BlueParks.org) — to safeguard marine biodiversity. To enhance marine protection efforts in the U.S. and around the globe, we also built the world’s most comprehensive online marine protected area database, the Atlas of Marine Protection (mpatlas.org). We welcome your support in the form of donations, prospective board members, fundraising, and other campaigns. We'd love to hear from you!
11 to 50 staff
Natural Lands
Natural Lands is dedicated to preserving and nurturing nature’s wonders while creating opportunities for joy and discovery in the outdoors for everyone. As the Greater Philadelphia region’s oldest and largest land conservation organization, Natural Lands—which is member supported—has preserved more than acres, including 42 nature preserves and one public garden totaling more than acres. Some 2.5 million people live within five miles of land under the organization’s protection. At Natural Lands, we are passionate about our work, united by shared values, and determined to make a difference. We strive to build an inclusive organization that reflects the communities we serve and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees, partners, volunteers, and visitors. We welcome you to explore a career at Natural Lands. Land for life, nature for all. natlands.org
51 to 200 staff
Soil And Water Conservation Society
The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) is the premier international organization for professionals who practice and advance the science and art of natural resource conservation. We believe sustainable land and water management is essential to the continued security of the earth and its people. Our goal is to cultivate an organization of informed, dynamic individuals whose contributions create a bright future for agriculture, the environment, and society.
1 to 10 staff
The Wildlands Conservancy
Founded in 1995, The Wildlands Conservancy (TWC) is dedicated to preserving the beauty and biodiversity of the earth and providing programs so that children may know the wonder and joy of nature. In working to achieve this mission, TWC has established the largest nonprofit nature preserve system in California, comprised of 22 preserves encompassing acres of diverse mountain, valley, desert, river, and coastal landscapes. These preserves are open to the public free of charge for passive recreation, including camping, hiking, picnicking, birding, and more. In late 2021, The Wildlands Conservancy took the bold step to expand its model of stewardship and free public access into additional western states with the acquisition of the Cherry Creek Ranch, now Enchanted Rocks Preserve. Ultimately, saving our treasured landscapes from development means educating and instilling a love for nature in future generations. For this reason, TWC is also the state’s nonprofit leader in providing free outdoor education opportunities for California youth. Through these programs and our reverent stewardship of preserves—visited by more than 1.5 million people per year—we foster a love and respect for life in all of its magnificent forms.
51 to 200 staff
Walker Basin Conservancy
We work to restore and maintain Walker Lake while protecting agricultural, environmental, and recreational interests throughout the Walker Basin.
11 to 50 staff
Xerces Society For Invertebrate Conservation
We are an international nonprofit organization established in 1971, based in Portland, Oregon, with staff located in 16 different states. We work at the forefront of invertebrate protection worldwide, harnessing the knowledge of scientists and the enthusiasm of citizens to implement conservation programs. We take action by protecting endangered species and their habitat, training thousands of farmers and land managers to better protect and manage habitat, producing ground-breaking publications on insect conservation, and raising public awareness about the invertebrates of forests, prairies, deserts, creeks, wetlands, and oceans. Our methods focus on scientific analysis, applied research, advocacy, and education to defend invertebrates such as bees, butterflies, mollusks, and dragonflies.
51 to 200 staff
Coastal Conservation League
With your help, we work to protect the natural landscapes, abundant wildlife, clean water, and quality of life here in South Carolina
11 to 50 staff
Great Outdoors Colorado Goco
Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) invests a portion of Colorado Lottery proceeds to help preserve and enhance the state’s parks, trails, wildlife, rivers, and open spaces. GOCO’s independent board awards competitive grants to local governments and land trusts and makes investments through Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Created when voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1992, GOCO has since funded more than 5,700 projects in all 64 counties of Colorado without any tax dollar support. Keep conversations friendly, please. See our social media policy for more details: bit.ly/GOCO-social-policy
11 to 50 staff
Houston Audubon
Houston Audubon's mission is to advance the conservation of birds and positively impact their supporting environments. We do this through conservation, education, public engagement and advocacy. A significant part of our work is owning and managing 17 nature sanctuaries totaling 3,474 acres to protect habitat for birds and provide people recreational opportunities in nature. We were accredited as a land trust in July 2017. Houston Audubon is a financially independent 501(c)(3) charitable conservation organization and is a chapter of National Audubon Society.
11 to 50 staff
Mohonk Preserve
Mohonk Preserve protects the northern Shawangunk Ridge and inspires people to care for, enjoy and explore the natural world. In partnership with our members, supporters, and volunteers, we protect and manage over acres of mountain ridges, forests, fields, streams, ponds, and other unique and beautiful places. As New York's largest nonprofit nature preserve, each year we welcome over visitors. The Preserve's devoted volunteers, dedicated donors, and expert staff all work in harmony for a common cause - to create a place where people and nature thrive. To accomplish our goal of protecting one of the region's most treasured and beautiful places, we conduct programs in four key areas - environmental education, conservation programs, stewardship, and visitor experience. At the Preserve, you can enjoy scenic beauty, outdoor activities, and peace and quiet, all just 90 miles from New York City. Our carriage roads and trails are perfect for hiking, running, mountain biking, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing. We're also the home of "Gunks" climbing and bouldering, and one of the most visited climbing destinations in North America. By visiting Mohonk Preserve, becoming a member, or making a donation, you help ensure that generations to come will be able to enjoy this special place.
11 to 50 staff
Pacific Crest Trail Association
The mission of the Pacific Crest Trail Association is to protect, preserve and promote the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (known as the PCT) as a transformative experience for hikers and equestrians, and for all the values provided by wild and scenic lands. We connect people and communities to land and ecosystems across California, Oregon and Washington. The PCT is world renowned for offering a rare opportunity to travel through biodiverse landscapes on a continuous path across the highest ranges of the Pacific coast states. Highlights include the Transverse Ranges of Southern California, the Sierra Nevada Range, the Klamath Mountains, the Cascade Range, and the North Cascades. The PCT is enjoyed by countless hikers, stock animal packers and equestrians who travel the trail for a day, a weekend, section hikes, and thru-hikes of the entire trail. The PCTA, widely recognized as the trail’s champion and steward, achieves its work through the strength of our partnerships, staff, volunteers, and the rest of the PCT community. Each year, we recruit, train and manage thousands of volunteers who maintain the PCT. We also provide information about the trail and work to permanently protect all lands along the trail, collectively known as the PCT Corridor. PCTA's vision includes permanently protecting the entire PCT trail corridor including views from the trail—and making the PCT an accessible and welcoming experience for all people.
11 to 50 staff
Solana Center For Environmental Innovation
Solana Center, is an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, serving San Diego County. We empower innovative solutions to climate change through education, community engagement, and research.
11 to 50 staff
Vermont Center For Ecostudies
The Vermont Center for Ecostudies advances biodiversity conservation through research, monitoring, and community engagement. We envision a society that sustains healthy ecosystems through science-based decision making. How We Work At VCE, we keep a watchful eye on species and ecosystems to assess their status and investigate environmental threats. Working closely with our partners and with community scientists, we develop knowledge gained from field studies into tools and strategies to protect biodiversity. We excel in recruiting, training, and coordinating volunteers to gather and share ecological information in a rigorous, cost-effective manner. In fact, our approach has received international recognition as a model for the collection, organization, and dissemination of biodiversity data. We also specialize in convening conservation professionals and land stewards to implement evidence-based practices that benefit vulnerable species and ecosystems throughout the Northeast, the Caribbean, and far beyond. Communication for Conservation Impact We regularly share our findings with other scientists, policymakers, and land managers. We publish results in peer-reviewed journals, guide public policy with topical reports and legislative testimony, and freely share data and knowledge through dozens of online platforms. Even as we lead regional and international collaborations among scientists and natural resource professionals, we continuously engage general audiences as well. We post, blog, write, lecture, live, and breathe nature. We produce educational newsletters and videos, and we give interviews to local and national media outlets. We’ve even hosted a popular radio show to share our enthusiasm for understanding and conserving nature. After all, as our founding director, Chris Rimmer likes to point out, conservation is as much about people as it is about ecology. It’s one reason our motto is Uniting People and Science for Conservation.
11 to 50 staff
Vermont Land Trust
Rooted in Vermont since 1977, we have protected more than acres, or 11% of the private land in Vermont. These farms, forests, and community spaces shape our identity and support our wellbeing. They provide us with healthy food and clean water, habitat for plants and wildlife, economic opportunity, protection from a changing climate, and natural areas that inspire and delight. With expertise in conservation, ecology, community engagement, and finance, our team helps to- Conserve land with important economic and environmental benefits by limiting development and ensuring sound land stewardship practices - Support farmers in buying land and growing sustainable businesses - Restore wetlands, improve forest and soil health, and share that knowledge with all who care for land - Ensure that permanent legal protections on 2,200 parcels are upheld, in partnership with landowners - Connect all people to land through education and events
11 to 50 staff
Wildearth Guardians
We work to protect and restore wildlife, wild places, wild rivers and health of the American West. Driven by passion, we’ve tackled some of the West’s most difficult and pressing conservation challenges over the past three decades. We’ve celebrated small victories (banning leghold trapping in the state of Colorado), monumental triumphs (ending logging on more than 21 million acres in the Southwest), and everything in-between. We’re proof that a group of committed, visionary, idealistic, and passionate caretakers of the wild can take on the most daunting adversaries—and win. Working in offices across the West, WildEarth Guardians’ staff, board, and interns bring their passion, drive, and intellect to keep our mission moving forward every day.
11 to 50 staff
Ecostudies Institute
Ecostudies Institute is dedicated to the conservation of native species and their ecosystems. Our natural environment faces complex and dynamic threats which we address with effective partnerships, conservation research, and strategic, science-based management to create exceptional and lasting improvements for the species and habitats we support. Because ecological conservation is vitally linked to community, we work to promote environmental justice by removing barriers to engagement and improving access to environmental education and career opportunities for underserved populations. In particular, we recognize the inextricable connection between Indigenous peoples and their ancestral lands and seek to actively support that relationship.
11 to 50 staff
Native Prairies Association Of Texas
The mission of the Native Prairies Association of Texas (NPAT) is to conserve and restore native prairies and educate Texans about their remarkable benefits. Grasslands are the most endangered habitat on Earth. Of the 26.5 million acres of tallgrass and coastal prairies in Texas that existed prior to European settlement, less than 1% remains. We collaborate with landowners to encourage prairie conservation and restoration. We enlighten students, teachers, and community leaders about the beauty and benefits of native prairies. This comes to life through outreach, field trips, workshops, webcasts, videos, volunteer projects, and youth education programs. Texas prairies provide a variety of social, environmental, and economic benefits: surprising plant and animal diversity, natural beauty, rich soil, water filtration, flood mitigation, hunting and birding recreation, healthy livestock forage, and more reliable carbon storage than forests. They are part of our state's heritage, and we need to save them. NPAT is a nonprofit membership organization and accredited land trust, founded in 1986 by a group of Texans concerned about our disappearing prairie heritage, especially endangered tallgrass prairies. We protect over 6,500 acres of this rare ecosystem through acquisition, partnerships, and conservation easements. Our holdings include 11 owned properties and 19 permanently protected prairies through voluntary agreements with private landowners.
1 to 10 staff
Tucson Audubon Society
Founded in 1949, Tucson Audubon is southern Arizona's leading non-profit engaging people in the conservation of birds and their habitats. We involve people through recreational birding, extend their horizons through education programs, and engage them in conservation actions from planting trees and counting birds, to working with local, state, and national policy makers.
11 to 50 staff
Bur Oak Land Trust
Bur Oak Land Trust is a nonprofit focused on biodiversity, protecting eastern Iowa's land and wildlife, and connecting people to nature.
1 to 10 staff
Forest Park Conservancy
Portland’s Forest Park is one of the largest urban forests in the United States, with more than 100 species of native trees, 112 species of birds and more than 60 species of mammals beneath its 5,200-acre canopy. Thousands of human visitors walk, hike, bike and run along Forest Park’s 80 miles of trails, all entirely within the Portland city limits. And yet it’s so much more than just a city park: Forest Park is where the Oregon Coast Range forest reaches east to welcome the people of Portland and tourists into its uniquely beautiful world: a vast forest ecosystem that stretches from California to Alaska. The Forest Park Conservancy is a community supported non-profit that protects and restores Forest Park. We engage more than volunteers who give tens of thousands of hours and significant financial resources to Forest Park because, quite simply, Forest Park gives so much to us. Currently, we are leading a 20-year strategy to restore and protect the Greater Forest Park Ecosystem which is a total of acres, including Forest Park. This strategy, called the Greater Forest Park Conservation Initiative, will play a significant role ensuring the Portland region is a healthy place to live, work, and play. We invite you to join us in our continuing work in the park, by becoming a volunteer and making a gift. You can become a part of our efforts to ensure its health for future generations. Visit us at
11 to 50 staff
Hudson Highlands Land Trust
The Hudson Highlands Land Trust is a community-based non-profit land conservation organization. We conserve and care for the lands and waters of the Hudson Highlands so that people and nature can flourish together for generations to come. Our mission supports a vision of the Hudson Highlands where wildlife thrives in a healthy, connected, climate-resilient landscape and people enjoy equitable access to nature’s benefits. We cannot achieve this vision alone. HHLT engages in inclusive and creative partnerships across the Highlands region to ensure we address the interconnected needs of the human and natural communities we serve. HHLT holds and stewards nature preserves and works with landowners and groups of neighbors who are interested in preserving their property for future generations. We offer free workshops and forums to bring environmental and conservation issues of concern to the forefront of public dialog. Through its educational outreach it hopes to instill a sense of the importance of stewardship in the area’s youngest residents. Those wishing more information may contact the Hudson Highlands Land Trust at 845-424-3358 or visit
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