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April 30, 2006 12:54 PM EDT -- Tropical and temperate rainforests are among the most important and yet threatened ecosystems on the planet. Today, more than half of Earth's original rainforests have all been destroyed, victims . . . more
May 17, 2006 11:56 AM EDT -- "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 . . . more
May 18, 2006 03:03 PM EDT -- Do you want to make a difference every day? Want to learn about simple, effective actions you can take to help save coral reefs and the fish, animals, and plants that depend on them? You've come to . . . more
May 17, 2006 04:56 PM EDT -- Saying the time to act is now, The Nature Conservancy and two leading conservation organizations launched an $80 million campaign to restore and protect Puget Sound's ecologically rich shorelines and . . . more
April 26, 2006 04:18 PM EDT -- New Protected Area Furthers Conservation of 4 Million Acres of the Amazon Rainforest Between Peru and Brazil On April 3, 2006, the Peruvian government declared the Sierra del Divisor Reserve Zone a new . . . more
May 20, 2006 10:32 AM EDT -- The Best Deal I Know: Personal Reflections on Spring Migration by Phil Hoose One of the benchmarks in my year's orbit, as distinctive as any holiday, is the first April morning that I pedal my bike . . . more
May 29, 2006 09:24 PM EDT -- Conservationists can't afford to look past poverty A live web audio chat on poverty and conservation featuring Andrés Ferrer, Director, The Nature Conservancy in the Dominican Republic Join us . . . more
June 02, 2006 10:22 PM EDT -- BP America donates 655 acres near Chesapeake Bay to The Nature Conservancy BP America has donated 655 acres of forested wetlands and mature hardwood forests to The Nature Conservancy. The acreage is . . . more
June 05, 2006 09:26 PM EDT -- Zumwalt Prairie Preserve Expands: Grassland preserve is haven for birds of prey and other wildlife The Nature Conservancy has signed an option to purchase 6,065 acres from a private owner to expand its . . . more
June 07, 2006 08:52 PM EDT -- Fire, Ecosystems and People Humans have been affecting the way fire occurs on landscapes for millennia. In many areas, over many years, fires started by people may have played an important role in creating . . . more
June 17, 2006 01:43 PM EDT -- The Dance of the Trees: Piney Grove Preserve, Virginia by Brian van Eerden Brian van Eerden is the Director of The Nature Conservancy's Southern Rivers Program. He has been with the Conservancy since . . . more
June 03, 2006 03:21 PM EDT -- Multiplying Your Investment Organizations often develop shorthand terminology to distill broad ideas. One term we use at The Nature Conservancy is "leverage," to describe how we magnify or . . . more
June 04, 2006 07:38 PM EDT -- Betting on the Ranch: Saving Wetlands and a Way of Life on the Plains It's 26 miles to town, and the chores never end. But for ranchers Shane and Kristi Daniels and their four daughters, the Horse . . . more
June 05, 2006 06:27 AM EDT -- Bluebirds Welcome If You Build it, They Will Come In Washington's South Puget Sound, western bluebirds arrive each spring to nest in rare oak-studded prairies covered in blue camas flowers and chocolate . . . more
June 12, 2006 06:13 AM EDT -- Flaming Gorge Dam in Utah will mimic natural river flow In February, public agencies and conservation groups celebrated an important victory for both native fish species and collaborative approaches to . . . more
June 20, 2006 03:24 PM EDT -- Nature Conservancy Study Finds Today's Kids Are Choosing TV Over Trees Nature Conservancy-Funded Study Finds Visits to National Parks Decline; Video Games, Television, and Internet Use May Be the . . . more
June 23, 2006 06:36 AM EDT -- Nature Stories podcast: The Secret Life of New York's Bees Produced by Kate Hinds Although a sharp decline in the honeybee population has led many states to encourage beekeeping, New York City has . . . more
August 16, 2006 06:36 AM EDT -- Transforming Coral Reef Conservation A Global Program for Sustainable Tropical Marine Conservation Across the oceans, The Nature Conservancy is promoting a worldwide effort to conserve coral reefs and . . . more
August 17, 2006 10:23 PM EDT -- Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation Global climate change is changing the places we know and cherish. Within our lifetimes, we will see the visible effects of global climate change on coastlines, coral . . . more
October 03, 2006 07:09 AM EDT -- A New Pact to Save Guatemala's Tropical Forests $24 Million of Guatemala's Debt Now Slated for Conservation The Nature Conservancy has facilitated one of the largest debt-for-nature swaps in history . . . more
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