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Restoring Land and Water for Wildlife

Many of the most important conservation projects in America today are unfolding on private lands. 

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Fighting to Save an Iconic Species

Killer whales carry more toxins in their bodies than almost any other animal on the planet.

An adult female Southern Resident killer whale nursing her calf in waters off Washington state
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Iguaca – the endangered Puerto Rican parrot

​Just months after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, the world’s few remaining Puerto Rican parrots delivered some good news to the scientists and co

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Walmart’s Acres for America program preserves vanishing Southern forests

Forests are disappearing across the South.

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Living Rocks

NFWF launched its Southeast Aquatics Fund to support watershed-based restoration projects to i

Alabama Rainbow mussel
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Natural buffers shield wildlife and communities from storms

Michael, Florence, Harvey, Maria, Irma, Sandy — these once innocuous names now evoke harsh memories for millions of people who live along the coast.

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Coalition preserves corridors for iconic wildlife on the move

The Blackfoot people knew the rugged wilderness of what is now northern Montana as the “Backbone of the Earth.” Later inhabitants would dub the region the “C

Grizzly bear and cubs
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Young conservationists unite in California’s fire-prone forests

The forests, wildlife and people of California share an undeniable and fundamental interest: easing the threat of catastrophic wildfires.

Youth corps member removing fire fuel
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Empowering private landowners to safeguard aquatic biodiversity

Few rivers in the United States, or even the world, can match the biodiversity found in the Elk and Duck rivers of Tennessee.

River chub and saffron shiners
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Former military divers repair coral reefs damaged by storms

When hurricanes Irma and Maria roared across Florida and Puerto Rico in 2017, each left  deep scars on landscapes and communities: lives lost, homes and

Butterfly fish and sea fan on a Florida reef