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Christie Boser from The Nature Conservancy with a specimen of Urocyon littoralis, a small fox endemic to California's Channel Islands. The Nature Conservancy has over one million members across the world as of 2021. [33] [34] As of 2014, it was the largest environmental non-profit organization by assets and revenue in the Americas. [35]
A variety of habitats from coastal sage scrub and chaparral to oak woodland and freshwater marsh describe this inland refuge in San Diego's backcountry. [ 1 ] The Living Coast Discovery Center is located in the Sweetwater Marsh Unit adjacent to the administrative headquarters for the US Fish and Wildlife Service .
Backcountry.com was founded in 1996 by Jim Holland and John Bresee.The two started the online business with a sparse collection of avalanche gear and began selling gear from their garage in Park City, Utah under the domain names BCstore.com and BackcountryStore.com. [1] The store's first sale, a Pieps 457 Opti-finder avalanche beacon, happened in February 1997. [2]
High Mountain Park Preserve is a protected area of the Preakness Range of the Watchung Mountains in Wayne, New Jersey, United States.Established in 1993, it comprises 1,153 acres (5 km 2) of woodlands and wetlands owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy.
The National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy established a bison herd with 13 animals in 2009 from Wind Cave National Park. The population of 90 bison not only represent a vital component for the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, but also help preserve the genetic integrity in the conservation of American bison.
In 1983 The Nature Conservancy purchased 12,613 acres that had been slated for development to protect Ash Meadows. The Nature Conservancy transferred the land to the Fish and Wildlife Service and the refuge was created on June 18, 1984, to protect this extremely rare desert oasis in the Mojave Desert .
It was purchased by The Nature Conservancy and the Conservation and Research Foundation [2] in 1957. Like many bogs, its terrain presents an image of solidity, but a liquid mass of decaying peat lies beneath a six-inch (152 mm) layer of sphagnum and a network of supporting tree roots. However, this bog may be viewed from a floating walkway.
It is owned by The Nature Conservancy and located about 25 miles (40 km) south of Oakley and a similar distance north of Scott City. The park features 220 acres (89 ha) [1] of Smoky Hill Chalk badlands with many narrow canyons in white rock likened to the walls and narrow winding streets of ancient Jerusalem. [2]