RCPs

The 12 Rivers Conservation Initiative accelerates conservation of the forested landscape from the Kennebec River to the Georges River in Maine with the goal of doubling the amount of protected lands and ensuring multiple human benefits for generations to come.

The Belknap Range Conservation Coalition promotes the conservation of open space, responsible stewardship, and low-impact public enjoyment of the scenic, natural, recreational, and historical resources of the Belknap Mountain Range, a small range in the lakes region of New Hampshire.

The Berkshire Wildlife Linkage Partnership works to protect and conserve the forested habitat corridor of the Berkshire and Taconic Highlands of Western Massachusetts, which links the Green Mountains in Vermont to the Hudson Highlands in New York and beyond.

The Berkshire-Taconic Regional Conservation Partnership envisions a region in which the fabric of the natural and scenic landscape, including the region’s forests, farms, rivers, and wetlands, remains intact and functional, supporting and interdependent with local and regional economies and high quality of life. The organization spans the Taconic Mountain region through Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Vermont.

The Blue Ridge Conservation Alliance works to protect the natural, scenic, and historic values of the Blue Ridge from Front Royal, Virginia, to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. They collaborate to conserve land, safeguard watersheds, and preserve the historic landscape along the Appalachian Trail corridor and the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers.

The Champlain Valley Conservation Partnership's missions is to conserve, restore, and enhance important natural resources within and across municipal boundaries in the Champlain Valley region of Vermont, through increasing connected conserved land, improving water quality, protecting agricultural land, and preventing habitat fragmentation.

The Chateauguay No Town Conservation Project works together for the common goal of voluntary land stewardship and wildlife habitat conservation through education and the coordination of public and private partnerships. Their project area is located in the four adjoining Vermont towns of Barnard, Bridgewater, Stockbridge and Killington.

The mission of the Chittenden County Uplands Conservation Project is to conserve the ecological integrity and rural character and working landscape of the eastern uplands of Chittenden County, Vermont, an intact landscape of alpine, montane foothill, and valley habitats within a rich assemblage of landforms

Cold Hollow to Canada's mission is to maintain ecosystem integrity, biological diversity, and forest resiliency throughout the Cold Hollow, Vermont, to Canada region, with a focus on community-led stewardship and the conservation of our working landscape in the face of a changing climate.

Downeast Conservation Network works in Maine's Washington and Hancock Counties to promote the mutual well-being of human and natural communities; making connections between conservation, research, education, and individuals. They identify areas of research important to the region’s climate resilience, biodiversity, and economic well-being, and provide research resources to better understand the region

The Forever Farmland Initiative is a collaborative effort to accelerate the pace of farmland conservation in the Massachusetts Connecticut River Valley region through strategic conservation planning, raising public awareness, and stimulating private charitable investments to leverage state and federal funding for farmland conservation

Friends of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge is a network of more than 70 public and private organizations and individuals whose collective efforts forge mutually beneficial partnerships and strengthen the health of the Connecticut River watershed throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, and the communities that live in and are served by it.

The Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership is a collaboration of conservation organizations in the coastal region of Maine and New Hampshire that promotes landscape-scale land conservation and stewardship

The Heart of Maryland Conservation Alliance is a network of partners and people fostering collaborative conservation of the region’s significant farmlands, forests, water, and historical and recreational resources

The High Peaks Initiative is a collaborative of local, regional, and national organizations working in Maine’s High Peaks region with a mission to protect important natural resources, secure public access, and support healthy human and natural communities in Maine’s High Peaks

The H2H partner network advances the pace and practice of regional land protection and stewardship from the Hudson River in New York to the Housatonic River in Connecticut by collaborating across boundaries to enhance the connection between people and nature.

The Kennebec Woodland Partnership is a regional conservation initiative focused on the sustainability of Kennebec County, Maine's woodlands and on a landscape-level approach to conservation.

Litchfield Hills Greenprint Collaborative works to save the farms, forests, freshwater, wildlife and recreational lands through collaborative action in Northwest Connecticut and beyond.

The Lower Connecticut River Land Trust works to conserve, study, steward, and promote the unique values and scientific significance, natural and working lands, and historic, ecologic, cultural, and scenic resources of the communities of the lower Connecticut River Valley Region.

The Maine Mountain Collaborative is a coalition of statewide, regional and national conservation and forestry organizations convened to address new forest conservation challenges and opportunities in the Maine Appalachian Mountain Corridor. They bring a shared focus to raise awareness of the region and innovate new financial strategies to accelerate the pace and scale of forest conservation and restoration in one of the world’s most intact temperate forests.

Maine West is a partnership of local and regional organizations dedicated to addressing systemic rural challenges and enhancing community well-being in western Maine through increased collaboration across the economic, education, health, and conservation sectors.

The Mass-Conn Sustainable Forest Partnership works to connect individuals and organizations with appropriate resources and develops new, collaborative solutions to advance forest conservation at the regional scale within Massachusetts and Connecticut.

The Massachusetts Coastal Pine Barrens Partnership mission is to bring about broad recognition of the unique qualities and intrinsic value of the Massachusetts Coastal Pine Barrens; to ensure the protection of its most endearing cultural and environmental attributes and its amazing diversity of plants and animals; and to continually celebrate the Pine Barrens’ important contributions to our quality of life, to the landscape’s resiliency, and to the Barrens’ enduring appeal to residents and visitors alike.

The Merrimack Conservation Partnership formed to protect the southern portion of the greater Merrimack River watershed in New Hampshire and Massachusetts through accelerated land and water protection, advocacy, restoration, outreach, and education. The Partnership supports and fosters collaboration, coordination, and innovation among partner organizations to strengthen our individual and collective efforts toward achieving the shared goal of a clean, healthy Merrimack River.

The Metrowest Conservation Alliance (MCA) is a partnership of organizations that work collaboratively on land management (stewardship) and land protection to achieve regional conservation success. They promote sustainable forestry and agriculture, biodiversity protection, and local economies, and recognize the need to integrate people with the environment through education, extension, and outreach in order to achieve conservation goals.

The Mid-Champlain Valley RCP is working to support the communities of the Mid-Champlain Valley in Vermont to preserve, restore and enhance natural systems through sustainable stewardship. Their goal is to provide educational opportunities, hands-on engagement/involvement, collaboration and support for those who are interested in stewarding the landscape, and learning about the region.

The Mount Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative (Mt2AC) is an alliance of ten conservation organizations working together to keep the Mount Agamenticus, Maine region a healthy place for plants, animals and people. They envision thriving communities connected by an expansive natural landscape that provides a haven for wildlife and enhances the health and well-being of our citizens, forever.

The Newfound Land Conservation Partnership promotes the conservation of forest lands, grasslands, wildlife habitats, water resources, and the rural way of life in the Newfound Lake, New Hampshire region, by working with landowners and educating communities about the benefits of land conservation

The North Quabbin Regional Landscape Partnership is a voluntary association of state and local organizations working together to conserve the Greater Quabbin Region in Massachusetts by facilitating landowner outreach, stewardship, municipal outreach, and land protection projects

The Orange County Headwaters Project in Vermont works to provide information, assistance, and leverage to landowners who are interested in conserving their land, supports sustainable forestry, watershed protection, and other conservation goals, encourages civic engagement, and demonstrates the benefits of working collaboratively to accomplish landscape-level conservation

The Quabbin to Cardigan Initiative (Q2C) is a collaborative, landscape-scale effort to conserve the Monadnock Highlands of north-central Massachusetts and western New Hampshire. The Q2C partners share a vision of consolidating the permanent protection of the region’s most ecologically significant forest blocks, and key connections between them for wildlife passage and human recreation.

The Quiet Corner Initiative (QCI) is the outreach and engagement arm of the Yale Forests and was created to improve the capacity for sustainable land management and stewardship in northeastern Connecticut. QCI’s programming focuses on three main topic areas: the promotion of sound forestland management, the development of renewable energy, and the expansion of small-scale agriculture

The Rensselaer Plateau Working Forest Initiative in New York provides support to landowners who want to manage or conserve their forests and woodlands. Their goal is to increase access to technical and financial assistance that supports landowners and their property rights.

The Resilient Taunton Watershed Network (RTWN) overarching goal is to promote the resiliency of the Taunton Watershed of Massachusetts in the face of climate change and development, considering ecological outcomes as well as economic, social, and environmental justice issues.

River~Link is a collaborative land conservation initiative among numerous state, municipal and non-profit partners to create a trail and wildlife corridor connecting the Damariscotta and Marsh Rivers and running down the spine of the Boothbay Peninsula, Maine. Their goal is a permanently protected and publically accessible block of contiguous land totaling several thousand acres and thus able to support clean water, recreation and wildlife at a necessary scale.

The Saco Watershed Collaborative is a dedicated group of professionals, community members, and scientists working to protect the irreplaceable water resources and benefits that come from the Saco Watershed in Maine and New Hampshire.

The Safe Water Conservation Collaborative is a network of over 25 water utilities, land conservation organizations, and community partners collaborating on land conservation and stewardship practices to protect safe, clean drinking water for communities in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.

The Salmon Falls Watershed Collaborative coordinates long-term source water protection efforts among planning commissions, land trusts, watershed associations, water systems, and town, state, and federal agencies in New Hampshire and Maine.

The Sandy Brook Conservation Corridor (SBCC) encompasses an area of 25,000 acres representing the Sandy Brook watershed in Massachusetts and Connecticut and works to encourage ecologically sound land management and the preservation of small and large land parcels, which would otherwise be at risk of development or degradation

The Shutesville Hill Wildlife Corridor Partnership works to protect and enhance the ecological function and habitat connectivity of the Shutesville Hill Wildlife Corridor, a critical link between Vermont’s Mt. Mansfield Forest Block and Worcester Range, to ensure the permeability of this corridor for all organisms into the future, and to maintain and enhance the associated benefits to people who live in or visit the region.

The South Central Regional Land Conservation Alliance mission is to promote the protection and conservation of open space in south central Connecticut by collaborating across boundaries to foster a stronger connection between people and nature

The South Mountain Partnership envisions a future of a landscape of conserved resources and vibrant communities sharing a common sense of place and collaborating on well-planned growth and sustainable economic development. They work to conserve landscape resources to enrich the quality of life and sense of place of the South Mountain, Pennsylvania region’s citizens and communities.

Southern Maryland Conservation Alliance's mission is to conserve and restore Southern Maryland’s landscapes, waterways and shorelines that are special to its people, fundamental to its economy, reflected in its culture, and vital for its native fish, wildlife and plants, on which we rely.

The Southern New England Heritage Forest Partnership was formed to bring additional funding to the 1.49 million-acre unfragmented forest corridor stretching along the Connecticut and Rhode Island border to the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts, as the SNEHF has 76% forest cover and offers one of the last viable wildlife corridors from southern to northern New England.

The Staying Connected Initiative (SCI) seeks to conserve, restore, and enhance landscape connectivity across the Northern Appalachian/Acadian region of the U.S. and Canada for the benefit of nature and people. Sustaining connectivity safeguards native wildlife and plants from the impacts of habitat fragmentation and climate change, and supports human activities and values that are tied to the forested landscape.

The Taylor Valley Conservation Project works to preserve the working forest and farmland in the region of Vershire, Chelsea, Tunbridge, and Strafford towns, which have significantly less development and more ecological richness than most of the surrounding land.

The Thames River Basin Partnership, located in Connecticut and Massachusetts, protects 1)the region's agricultural and natural areas being threatened by land use changes, 2)ground and surface water quantity and quality being threatened and degraded by contamination, 3)the region's biodiversity, and works to improve the coastal zone resource conditions.