Acquisitions by the Open Space Institute and The Nature Conservancy have assisted expansion of Wee Tee State Forest to its current 16,000 acres.

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com/georgetown/news/conservation-groups-still-have-eyes-on-georgetown-county-for-future-land-purchases/article_3416033a-a728-11ed-9369-8b3d2c665d61.html

Before joining the chamber, Pate worked with Laura Huffman at the Texas Nature Conservancy.

Source: https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2023/01/mayor-watson-and-others-reveal-staff-appointments/

In 2021, a $364 million debt-conversion deal with The Nature Conservancy enabled Belize to reduce its debt by about 12% of GDP, while unlocking an estimated $180 million in long-term sustainable conservation funding over 20 years.

Source: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/summit-on-a-new-global-financing-pact-debt-for-nature-swaps-by-john-antonio-briceno-and-jennifer-morris-2023-06

In 2021, The Nature Conservancy reported in 92% of U.S. communities, poor neighborhoods had less tree cover than affluent neighborhoods.

Source: https://www.heraldnet.com/news/millions-of-dollars-for-tree-equity-head-to-snohomish-county/

Similarly, as Bloomberg reported in 2020, juggernauts like JPMorgan Chase and Disney worked with the Nature Conservancy to pour money toward forest conservation—and the nonprofit directed that cash to forests that didn’t actually need any protection.

Source: https://slate.com/business/2023/06/delta-carbon-offsets-sued-airlines-pollution-climate.html?via=rss

The letter was written by Larry Clemens, Indiana state director of The Nature Conservancy.

Source: https://wfhb.org/news/eco-report-august-18-2023/