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The Nature Conservancy in North Dakota

Fall color in the North Dakota hills.
North Dakota Fall color at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. © Mark Staples/TNC

Make a Difference in North Dakota

The Nature Conservancy is bringing a spirit of innovation to preserving life on Earth. In North Dakota, we’re working with diverse partners to protect land and water, provide food and water sustainably and tackle climate change. We're also working and organizing with local communities to leverage nature as a tool to build a brighter future for all North Dakotans.

Stand Up for Nature

Explore Our Work

A man and a horse stand in a field with grasses towering over their heads.

Fire Helped This North Dakota Rancher Grow 8-Foot-Tall Grass

A North Dakota rancher conducted a controlled burn on his property. The results were unbelievable.

Aerial view of a group watching a prescribed burn on a grassland.

North Dakota Prescribed Fire Cooperative

A collective of agencies and nonprofits have banded together to change the culture around prescribed fire in North Dakota.

Wild bergamot in bloom.

Map: Best Spots to See Nature in North Dakota

If you’re looking for a place to escape into breathtaking scenery and see fascinating wildlife, look no further than these top nature areas in North Dakota.

The sun sets on the Missouri River, turning the sky pink and the water pink with the sky's reflection; tall green grasses grow at the river's edge in the foreground.
Missouri River TNC's Cross Ranch is located along one of the few remaining free-flowing sections of the Missouri River. © Richard Hamilton Smith

Places We Protect

See the Places We Protect in Your Community

Since 1971, The Nature Conservancy has worked to protect lands and waters in North Dakota.

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Landscape view of rolling green hills with a few trees on them.

Brown Ranch

The Sheyenne Delta is one of the few large blocks of grassland left in the tallgrass prairie region.

Closeup of a piping plover pecking at sand on a beach.

John E. Williams Preserve

This preserve's alkaline lakes support a large breeding population of piping plovers.

Landscape view looking across a vast stretch of rolling hills covered in forest.

Cross Ranch

Cross Ranch is located along the only free-flowing section of the Missouri River in North Dakota.