List of conservancies

List of conservancies

Organizations that deal with the conservation of various ecosystems:

* African Wild Dog Conservancy - nonprofit dedicated to conserving wild dogs through research and education
* American Bird Conservancy
* Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) - 2,175 mile (3500 km) Appalachian National Scenic Trail from Maine to Georgia
* California Coastal Conservancy - government agency that manages 1,100 miles (1800 km) of coastline resources
* Central Park Conservancy - manages 843 acre (3.4 km²) Central Park under a contract with City of New York
* Conservancy Association - Hong Kong's oldest non-governmental environmental organisation
* The Land Conservancy (TLC) - British Columbia land trust modeled after the National Trust of Britain
* Los Angeles Conservancy - architectural and cultural heritage of greater Los Angeles
* Miami Conservancy District - Ohio agency that manages flood control of the Great Miami River
* [http://www.nacsa.org.za National Association of Conservancies of South Africa]
* National Trust of Britain
* The Nature Conservancy (TNC) - international land trust - 117 million acres (473,000 km²), 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of rivers
* Nature Conservancy of Canada - 1,400 properties, 1.8 million acres (7,300 km²)
* North China Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power - Chinese public university
* Ocean Conservancy - ocean ecosystems
* Operation Wallacea - International conservation NGO
* Potomac Conservancy - comprehensive land protection program around Potomac River
* Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) - converted 13,150 miles (21,160 km) of former rail lines to trails
* Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy - California state agency - 55,000 acres (220 km²)
* Conservancy of Southwest Florida
* Western Pennsylvania Conservancy - 200,000 acres (800 km²)
* Wolf River Conservancy - the Wolf River in Tennessee - 17,000 acres (69 km²)

Cave Conservancies - land trusts specialized in caves and karst features
* Butler Cave Conservation Society
* National Speleological Society
* Appalachian Cave Conservancy
* Carroll Cave Conservancy
* Cave Conservancy of Hawaii
* Cave Conservancy of the Virginias
* Ellis Cave Conservancy
* Great Saltpeter Cave Preserve
* Rockcastle Karst Conservancy
* Greater Cincinnati Grotto
* Indiana Karst Conservancy
* Karst Conservancy of Illinois
* Michigan Karst Conservancy
* Mid-Atlantic Karst Conservancy
* Missouri Caves and Karst Conservancy
* New Jersey Cave Conservancy
* Northeastern Cave Conservancy
* Pennsylvania Cave Conservancy
* Southeastern Cave Conservancy Inc.
* Texas Cave Conservancy
* Texas Cave Management Association
* West Virginia Cave Conservancy
* Western Cave Conservancy


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