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WASHINGTON, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Conservation and community leaders are celebrating President Barack Obama's commitment to designate five new national monuments on March 25. The new monuments will permanently protect historic lands and open space important for outdoor recreation. The Conservation Fund played a key role in two of the designations -- the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument in Maryland and the First State National Monument in...

ARLINGTON, Va., April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Earth Day approaches on April 22, The Conservation Fund is honored to be named to Charity Navigator's 10th Anniversary List of Top 10 Charities. As one of America's most effective environmental nonprofits, the Fund is known for combining a passion for conservation with an entrepreneurial spirit. With a no-frills budget - no membership, endowment or big overhead costs - the Fund's dedicated team of 130 has spent 26 years...

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on its heritage of environmental innovation in homebuilding, the PulteGroup Land Legacy Fund, working in partnership with The Conservation Fund, announces that 2,500 acres of critical East Texas forest have been acquired and conserved. The land will eventually be conveyed to the United States Fish & Wildlife Service. The parcel, part of a property known as Bobcat Ridge, is intended to become part of the new Neches River...

Gold Level Validation of Philanthropic Forest Carbon Project is Good News for Large-Scale Restoration Efforts at Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge MOREHOUSE PARISH, La., Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), TerraCarbon, LLC, and The Conservation Fund's Go Zero® program announced today that a 2,600-acre forest carbon project at Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was awarded gold level validation under the Climate, Community...

  The U.S. government announced on Thursday it has decided to add 26,000 acres to the National Park Service's Petrified Forest National Park. Congress expanded the boundaries of the park in 2004 from 93,500 acres to about 218,500 acres but did not immediately appropriate any money to buy the private inholdings. “The National Park Service and The Conservation Fund announced today the conservation of approximately 26,000 acres in northeast Arizona full of significant paleontological...

PHOENIX, April 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul is proud to announce the purchase of verified greenhouse gas emissions reductions from three California forests owned and operated by The Conservation Fund. The Big River, Garcia River and Salmon Creek forests--all in the redwood region of California's North Coast--are helping to safeguard habitat for wildlife, provide jobs for the local community and trap carbon dioxide as they grow. (Logo:...

MONTVALE, N.J., Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercedes-Benz USA and The Conservation Fund announced today a keystone investment in The Conservation Fund's ShadeFund(TM) program, a new charitable endeavor to raise donated capital that will provide small loans to green entrepreneurs. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100901/NY58315LOGO) While most microloan charities focus on entrepreneurs in the third world, The Conservation Fund's ShadeFund program will tap into the growing trend of...

CENTREVILLE, Va., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Carfax, along with partners Michigan International Speedway (MIS) and The Conservation Fund, have received a Communitas Award for their efforts to lessen the environmental impact of stock car racing. The organizations teamed up to make the 'Show Me the CARFAX' Race Weekend at MIS the first carbon offset stock car race event in history. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080507/CARFAXLOGO ) (Logo:...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Conservation Fund, The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Blandin Paper Company (UPM) announced the completion of a working forest conservation easement that forever protects 187,876 acres of Northwoods forests, wetlands and shoreline currently owned by UPM, the largest conservation deal in the state's history. Minnesota exemplifies a nationwide trend in forest loss. Private forest ownership across the United States is...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Piedmont Natural Gas (NYSE: PNY) announced today that the Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation (Foundation) has awarded its first annual Environmental and Energy Sustainability grant in the amount of $100,000 to The Conservation Fund (TCF), a leading non-profit dedicated to advancing America's land and water legacy while supporting local economies. The grant will support TCF projects in 39 counties in eastern North Carolina and also in Davidson...