The Conservation Fund

Key Facts

With an office in Freeport, the Fund has been working in Maine since its founding in 1985, helping agencies, land trust partners and others conserve over 570,000 acres of important land and water resources across the state. Among these projects are numerous land trust preserves, coastal islands and the Bold Coast, Reed Plantation, East Grand Lake and Chadbourne Tree Farm, Sunrise Easement, 100-Mile Wilderness lands and other large-scale working forests, pre-acquisitions and loans to land trusts, and tribal land return.

We believe land sustains us. We are in the business of conservation, creating innovative solutions that drive nature-based action for climate, sustainable economies, and vibrant communities. Our work in Maine is predicated on partnerships. We help communities, land trusts, Tribes, and government leaders tackle their conservation priorities. We offer ready capital to purchase and rescue properties when they come on the market and then work with our partners to identify long-term solutions for permanent conservation. Our capital supplies the timely bridge financing that is critical to helping our partners save important places. The Fund has expertise in public and private finance and fundraising, mitigation, and real estate, as well as specialty knowledge in salmonids.

Our work in Maine is predicated on partnerships. We help communities, land trusts, and government leaders tackle their conservation priorities. We offer ready capital to purchase and rescue properties when they come on the market and then work with our partners to identify long-term solutions for permanent conservation. Our capital supplies the timely bridge financing that is critical to helping our partners save important places. The Fund has expertise in public and private finance and fundraising, mitigation, and real estate, as well as specialty knowledge in salmonids.

The Conservation Fund is an accredited land trust.

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