How You Can Help
Help us prepare for the critical conservation challenges facing our most important natural places in the New Year by making a special year-end gift to the Conservancy today. Your gift will help ensure the diversity of life on Earth now and for future generations.
Other Ways to Give
Looking to leave a conservation legacy for future generations to cherish? Making a planned gift to the Conservancy offers you an extraordinarily flexible and simple way to combine philanthropy with financial planning. A planned gift may help you give more to conservation than you thought possible while also providing you with favorable financial and/or tax benefits.
Hurry! Our Photo Contest Ends Dec. 31
More than 8,000 images have been entered in the Conservancy's first-ever digital photo competition — but there's still time to send yours! One winning image will be featured on the nature.org website, and another picture will be printed in the 2008 Conservancy calendar. And use the link below to check out other submissions!
Getting Warmer: Shop the Conservancy This Holiday Season
Make everyone on your holiday list snug and cozy with great winter apparel and accessories from the Conservancy store! Fleece, jackets, sweaters and sweatshirts from such names as Patagonia, Lee, Columbia and more are on sale now. Show your commitment to nature with logo wear from the Conservancy!
Put Your IRA to Work for Conservation
If you are 70-and-a-half or older, you have a window of opportunity to make tax-free charitable gifts to the Conservancy from your individual retirement account (IRA). The Pension Protection Act of 2006 allows individuals to donate up to $100,000 in 2006 and 2007 to qualified charities including the Conservancy.
Nature Conservancy Magazine
Every issue of our magazine includes great articles about fascinating outdoor places, gorgeous photography from around the world, timely and informative book reviews, and exciting nature travel ideas.
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| Denali Lake, Alaska. Photo © Charlie Ott |
Holiday Gift Ideas from The Nature Conservancy!
Show those special people you care — about them and the world around us — with a gift of nature this holiday season from the Conservancy. Whether you Adopt an Acre® in East Africa's Rift Valley, choose to protect coral reefs in the tropics, or give a Conservancy gift membership, your family and friends will adore these one-of-a-kind gifts.
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| Flyfishing on the Neversink River, New York. Photo © Olivia Millard/TNC |
Discount at Orvis.com: An Exclusive Offer for You
We're excited to offer you a special holiday benefit! When you order merchandise from Orvis.com between now and Jan. 7, 2007, you can take $10 off your purchase of $50 or more on Orvis's famous fly-fishing gear, fine clothing, items for the home and other distinctive gifts. Just enter savings code 11446 during checkout — and thanks for all you do to help protect the Last Great Places on Earth.
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| The Gondwana Link, Western Australia. Photo © Ron Geatz/TNC |
A G'Day for Conservation in Australia
The Conservancy will administer one of the largest private gifts ever made to conservation in Australia — a $10 million challenge grant made by philanthropist David Thomas. While Australia is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, it also has the highest rate of species extinction anywhere. Says Thomas: "The Conservancy has the science, the tactical planning and the partnerships to achieve tangible, long-term success."
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| Fox pup, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands, California. Photo © Erik Aschehoug/TNC |
Healing an Ecosystem: Restoring Santa Cruz Island
Centuries of human activity have wreaked ecological havoc on Santa Cruz Island, the largest of the chain of eight Channel Islands rising out of the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast due west of Los Angeles. But thanks to the Conservancy, bald eagles, Santa Cruz Island foxes, and ten other endangered endemic species are making a comeback on the island and restoring its delicate ecological balance.
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| Forest canopy near Brinkley, Arkansas. Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC |
Enviro-tips: Keep Warm, Save Energy and Help the Environment
Did you know that a home's hidden gaps and cracks can add up to as much airflow as an open window? Or that there's an enviro-friendly way to start a cold car? Or that old newspapers can make a great fireplace log? Read our tips and save energy, money, and the environment this holiday season!
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Podcasts |
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.
"Gigging" — A Cherokee Spears for His Supper
Cherokee Indian Hastings Shade talks about spearing fish exactly as his ancestors did... with a prong he forges himself. |
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The Ice Hotel
Stay in a Swedish hotel made of snow and ice...where your room's 20 degrees Fahrenheit. |
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A Painting a Day
Why has Harry Orlyk painted a different New York landscape every day for 30 years?
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Zuni Running
Pueblo Indians running long-distance through New Mexico and Arizona are connecting with millennia of history.
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| Photo Credits (from top): © Brian Bull; © Amy Somrak; © Mark Godfrey/TNC; © Corbis images.
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