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Science Programs in New York

Nature New York ©The Nature Conservancy   Nature New York: Spring/Summer 2008 The Spring/Summer 2008 issue of Nature New York tackles one of the biggest challenges facing New York today: climate change.  Learn how The Nature Conservancy is facing this challenge both here at home and around the world.  You can download an electronic version of the magazine here. (.pdf 1MB)

Frost covered flowers in the Zoar Valley
© Carl Heilman II

How we Work:

Conservation by Design

The Nature Conservancy’s mission is to protect the diversity of life on Earth and science guides our work.  Today, with more than 50 years of land protection experience in New York under our belt, we understand that setting ecologically valuable land aside is not enough to ensure its long term conservation. Modern threats like invasive species, atmospheric deposition, and global warming are challenging us to practice conservation in new and varied ways.  What’s more, our evolving, science-based approach tells us that our land, air, fresh water, and marine environments are connected and part of one system. This is why our conservation strategy today extends to all the major ecosystems in New York.

We call it landscape-scale conservation.

Conservation Initiatives

The Nature Conservancy has five priority conservation initiatives to address the global threats to our mission.  See how we are working towards these initiatives in New York State:

• Marine Initiative
• Fresh Waters
• Climate Change
• Fire Initiatives
• Invasive Species