How You Can Help
This spring, we hope you experience first-hand the wonders of the natural world and why the Conservancy's work that you support is so important. Please make a special gift today to help protect the Earth's exceptional nature near you and around the world!
Other Ways to Give
Help protect and restore the Earth's lands and waters with your everyday purchases! When you use The Nature Conservancy Visa® credit card, a portion of each purchase benefits the Conservancy's work. And through this offer, the Conservancy receives $65 for each activated account!
Our photo contest may be over, but you can still join the Conservancy's Flickr™ photo group! Share your photos with other nature enthusiasts and enjoy the pictures fellow Conservancy supporters have posted. You can also upload e-card images for consideration for our Mother's Day e-card gallery — upload them today and tag them with "Mom-TNC07"!
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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Grasshopper Sparrow, Weaver Dunes Preserve, Minnesota © Curtis Preuss/TNC |
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| Peacock Mantis Shrimp. Photo © Joseph Napolitano/TNC |
Announcing Our Photo Contest Winners!
May we have the envelope, please! The Conservancy's first online digital photo competition generated astonishing images, including the winning nature preserve photo by Curtis Preuss (above) and the winning nature photo (right). Take a look at all the winners and also vote in our "people's choice awards" for your favorite nature photo image.
Planet Earth, a spectacular 11-part television series shot entirely in high-definition (HDTV), debuts Sunday, March 25 at 8pm ET on the Discovery Channel. Over five years in the making, Planet Earth showcases global habitats from deep oceans to mountains in unparalleled detail. The series Sunday nights through April 22, when it concludes with an 11-hour Earth Day marathon showing each episode! And look for more information about the Conservancy's work in these habitats beginning March 16!
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| Elephants on Savannah, Serengeti. Photo © Henner Frankenfeld/Redux |
Into Africa: New Partnerships in an Ancient Land
The Conservancy is entering Africa — partnering with African conservation groups to protect crucial corridors and habitat throughout that continent. "Working with on-the-ground partners will allow us to make rapid conservation gains without wasting a lot of time and money," says Sanjayan, one of the Conservancy's lead scientists. The Conservancy's initial work spans five countries and will infuse $5 million directly into key partnership initiatives over the next two years.
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| Prescribed fire being enacted as part of a prairie restoration project along the central Platte River in Nebraska. Photo © Chris Helzer/TNC |
Ask the Conservationist: Fire and Mercury
How do you set a controlled burn near a forest? (And why would you want to?) And how does a metal like mercury get into the atmosphere, much less travel hundreds of miles? Those are the questions this go-round for Ask the Conservationist, our monthly Q&A with some of the 720 staff scientists of The Nature Conservancy. And when you're done reading, send us your question!
Join in the Fun at Discovery Cove
The Nature Conservancy and Discovery Cove announce their 2007 partnership to support the Conservancy's Rescue the Reef® program! Discovery Cove is a tropical retreat in Orlando, FL where you can swim with dolphins, snorkel among thousands of tropical fish and rays, hand-feed exotic birds and relax on pristine beaches. Make a reservation through this special offer, and Discovery Cove will donate $25 directly to Rescue the Reef. Book a dolphin swim and you'll also enjoy 15 percent off your admission price.
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| Cotopaxi Volcano, Condor Bioreserve, Ecuador. Photo © Greg Miller/TNC |
Enviro-Tips: Your Next Big Ideas in Conservation
Read some of the ideas you sent in response to our Next Big Ideas in Conservation feature. Public funding for buying rainforests? Bike racks in every new building? An army of conservation volunteers? You be the judge!
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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.
Angel's Landing
Hear why Angel's Landing in Utah's Zion National Park seems just like a place angels would alight.
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Wildlife Returns To The City
Raptors, egrets and wild turkeys are back in New York City...and causing controversy.
Produced by Kristin Espeland. |
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Winged Wildlife in the Arctic
The birds sing all 24 hours of the endless summer days in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Produced by Jeff Rice with Hearing Voices.
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Cobb Ice Harvest
Mainers make ice the old-fashioned way: They hack it from a pond.
Produced by Whit Richardson.
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| Photo Credits (from top): © iStockphoto.com; © Harvey Payne; © Gunther Matschkez; © Richard Witkiewicz.
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