Resilient Alabama Lands
We are protecting and managing lands to filter water and air and provide natural resilience to climate change.
Our lands in Alabama are places where we camp, hike, hunt and spend time with our family. They provide a resting place for hundreds of millions of birds on their annual migration through our state. They also provide a safe shelter for the Red Hills salamander, the Alabama beach mouse and the nearly 5,000 other species that call Alabama home, including over 125 that are critically threatened or endangered.
These lands are in peril. Climate change, demand for food and energy, invasive species, development and other pressures are straining nature’s ability to remain in balance and to support our communities.
Alabama's Lands are Worth Saving
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200K
Acres protected since our founding in 1989.
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69%
Forested or the 3rd most forested state in the U.S.
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4th
Most biologically diverse state in the country.
Our Goals for Alabama's Lands
TNC works with our partners in Alabama in pursuit of the following conservation goals:
Conserving Land in Alabama
Since we can't acquire every acre in need of protection, TNC works with agency partners, conservation organizations, private landowners and local communities to protect, restore and manage lands key to supporting native plants and animals and providing natural resilience to climate change. This type of work includes a variety of tools and approaches, from planting trees and returning disturbances like fire to the landscape, to eliminating invasive, non-native species and pests and pursuing other natural solutions for securing healthy, connected and resilient lands for all Alabamians.
Protecting Lands
Protect ecologically significant lands to safeguard Alabama’s native habitats, wildlife corridors and rich biodiversity, while connecting core forest blocks to improve climate resilience.
Delivering "Good" Fire
Use prescribed burning to maintain habitats that have historically adapted to this natural disturbance. Manage these areas to benefit forest health and climate resiliency.
Safeguarding Farmland
The Farm Bill supports Alabama farmers willing to adopt conservation practices that prevent flooding and erosion while improving water quality in their watershed.
Securing Healthy Forests
Restore and manage forests in places like an 8,000-acre tract acquired by TNC in the heart of the Mobile Delta to protect areas large enough to support native wildlife and capture and store carbon to fight climate change.
Our Alabama lands are campsites, hiking trails and hunting grounds. They are home to our families, and to the nearly 1,500 species that live here. They are part of a resilient and connected network of climate-resilient sites designed to sustain biodiversity and ecological functions into the future under a changing climate.
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Case For Support
Alabama is the center of the world’s biological diversity of freshwater invertebrates and the continental center of diversity for many other plants and animals. There are hundreds of species in Alabama that are found nowhere else on Earth.. Help us with the critical work of conserving Alabama.
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Support our efforts to secure clean and abundant water for wildlife and and local communities in Alabama.
Alabama Stories
Lightning Point Shoreline Restoration
A public-private partnership in Alabama has come together to restore Bayou la Batre's waterfront with breakwaters, wetland restoration and more.
Our People: Experts in Action
Meet some of the people who are working to create lasting solutions in Alabama and around the world.
Alabama's Worst Invasives
Learn about Alabama's top ten worst invasive, non-native plant species and what you can do to stop their spread.