© Tom Klare

Wide open spaces. Nature draws us still. In recent years, however, it has drawn perhaps too many of us. Much of what was once wide open is now cross-hatched with subdivision. The waves of sprawl are sweeping away wildlife habitat, biodiversity and a human connection to the land.

Today, the Conservancy is pushing itself to do more, to increase its conservation tactics and effectiveness exponentially by focusing its attention on developing high-leverage tools and strategies that create conservation results on a scale large enough to make an enduring difference.

The Conservation Buyer Program is one such strategy applied through three basic steps:

• land is bought in critical conservation areas
• appropriate conservation easements are designed for the land to protect natural features
• the land is resold to individuals dedicated to the conservation of the land and supportive of the protective conservation easement

Learn more about how the fund works.