Conserve Land to Protect and Restore Wildlife and Biodiversity
The Turner Foundation's land conservation program supports the restoration and protection of both private and public lands that protect wildlife species that serve as indicators or keystone species for priority ecosystems. The Foundation is also supportive of conservation efforts to enhance the climate resiliency of natural communities.
For public lands, the Foundation works to:
- Expand and protect public lands through non-partisan, place-based collaboration among nongovernmental organizations and state and federal agencies;
- Create opportunities to shift attitudes and management practices towards restoration; and
- Encourage large scale restoration that restores habitats and ecosystem function.
As 60 percent of our nation's land is privately-owned, the Foundation recognizes the value and impact of private landowner leadership and collaboration, and works to:
- Build regional capacity for large-scale private land initiatives;
- Recruit private landowners to engage in land and wildlife conservation initiatives including protecting and creating habitat and migratory corridors; and
Support regional and national initiatives to protect habitat, corridors and buffer zones to adapt to a changing climate.