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The Nature Conservancy manages 17,424 acres (7,051 ha) of the swamp as the Green Swamp Preserve. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Green Swamp, North Carolina, is the current tribal homeland of the state-recognized Waccamaw Siouan tribe of Native Americans , one of eight in the state.
The Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve is a nature reserve in Santa Barbara County California managed by The Nature Conservancy. The land is host to a variety of wildlife species, as it touches two major terrestrial and two major marine biomes. Animals from both southern and northern California mix territories in this area. [1]
The Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve (prior to August 2020 known as the Virginia Coast Reserve) is a biosphere reserve created by The Nature Conservancy in the early 1970s. It consists of 40,000 acres across 14 of the Virginia Barrier Islands along the Atlantic coast of the Virginia portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Parramore Island, Hog Island, Virginia, Smith Island, Virginia ...
In 1986, the Virginia Natural Heritage Program was formed through a cooperative agreement between the Commonwealth of Virginia and The Nature Conservancy. In 1988 the program was placed under the control of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). To further the Natural Heritage Program's mission to conserve and manage ...
The area encompassing the Edge of Appalachia Preserve was first studied by ecologist Emma Lucy Braun in the 1920s. However, it was not until 1959 when the Nature Conservancy purchased 42 acres (170,000 m 2) near Lynx, Ohio that the Edge of Appalachia Preserve was created and established as a protected preserve.
The Nature Conservancy: Public – Limited access 1995 Watauga River Bluffs State Natural Area: II Carter: 50 20 State of Tennessee: Public – Full access 1998 William B. Clark Conservation Area II Fayette: 460 190 The Nature Conservancy: Public – Full access 2000 William L. Davenport Refuge State Natural Area II Polk: 120 49 State of Tennessee
The Neversink Preserve is located in Deerpark, Orange County, New York.It was created in 1993 by The Nature Conservancy.They purchased 170 acres (69 ha) of land on the Neversink River and created the Neversink Preserve in order to protect the newly discovered and federally endangered species of mussel, the dwarf wedge mussel. [2]
Sunny Valley Preserve is 1,850 acres (750 ha) composed of nature preserve parcels in New Milford, Connecticut and Bridgewater, Connecticut, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. [1] as well as one agricultural operation (farm). Sunny Valley Preserve is owned by The Nature Conservancy.