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Landmarks of Conservation
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The Conservancy works across the country and around the world. Find out about the Conservancy's recent accomplishments in the places you care about.
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Your Landmarks >>
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The Poverty / Conservation Equation
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Some of the poorest countries are among the richest in biodiversity -- a fact conservationists can’t afford to ignore.
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Poverty & Conservation >>
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How You Can Help
Don't forget Mother Nature this Mother's Day. Make a special donation in honor of the great places you love and you can directly support critical conservation initiatives near you.
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| African Lion, With Cub © Mitsuaki Iwago / Minden Pictures |
Delight your Mom this Mother's Day
Give Mom a Nature Conservancy gift membership and she'll be glad to know that she's helping to protect the Earth's natural places too. All year-long she'll enjoy great member benefits including the latest news on the places she cares about most. Place your gift membership of $50 or more by 9pm EST on Tuesday, May 9th, and you will receive special rush delivery -- and remember Mom will get a year-long subscription to the award-winning Nature Conservancy magazine.
Get Mom a Gift She'll Treasure »
To make your life even easier, we have cooked up another batch of our Mother's Day ecards. Don't wait until the last minute. This is a perfect way to send your love and to help spread the word about the importance of protecting Mother Earth. Send Mom a special e-card today!
Send a Free Mother's Day Ecard Today »
Waiting for the Sky
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| Blowing Rocks Preserve, near Jupiter, Florida © Clyde Butcher |
"I love the sky and I love the woods," says award-winning photographer Clyde Butcher, who for 35 years has captured untrammeled landscapes on film with his large-format cameras. Nowhere is that love more apparent than in Butcher's photographs of Florida. To take them, he wades into oceans, up rivers, through swamps -- and then he waits, sometimes for hours, to capture the light that best illuminates the wild heart of his home state.
Photo Essay: Experience Clyde Butcher's Work »
ENVIRO-TIPS
Green Wedding Edition
White dresses, cakes, bells, flowers, friends, family, gifts and (*sigh*) true love -- it must be wedding season. Weddings can take quite a toll on your checkbook as well as the planet. So "look out" wedding planners everywhere -- here at Great Places we're trying our hand at planning an weddings and making them Earth-friendly.
Enviro-tip: A Big "I Do" for the Planet »
Each week, our Nature Stories podcast brings you unexpected tales of people's connections with the natural world. You may subscribe to the series or download the individual stories through the links below.
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| Listening to the Northern Lights: Natural Radio recordist Steve McGreevy demonstrates that, with the right equipment, you can listen to Earth's own radio waves. |
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| The Hermit of Cold River: Hermits are a romantic American legend, an archetype, and a near-forgotten phenomenon, but it's rare to actually hear their voices, their thoughts, and their politics. Hear the contradictions, the romance, and the politics of a mountain hermit. |
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| Earthquake Stories: On the 100-year anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, experience stories and sounds of life, death and rescue along the fault lines criss-crossing the Pacific Rim. |
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| Harvest on Big Rice Lake: Each fall, the Ojibwa tribes of northern Minnesota harvest wild rice by hand. Journey to the rice lakes of White Earth Reservation to see how one tribe is using its traditions to support its people. |
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| March of the Salamanders: How do you know when it's spring in Western Massachusetts? When the salamanders begin their long march across Henry Street in Amherst. |
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