The Nature Conservancy in Alabama

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The Nature Conservancy in Alabama In Alabama, The Nature Conservancy's history of strategic land acquisitions has created a foundation for broad-scale conservation.

Since 1951, The Nature Conservancy has taken direct action based on sound science to protect Earth’s most important natural places, including more than 157,000 acres across Alabama and more than 120 million acres around the world. Today, thanks to the work of the Conservancy and our public and private partners, places like the Walls of Jericho, the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge and the Grand Bay Savanna are now permanently protected natural areas for all to enjoy with great pride. Despite The Nature Conservancy’s successes, it is important to remember that so much remains to be done in Alabama. We must look beyond the horizon and secure resources that will carry our work into the future. Your gift will allow us to maintain the critical work that goes on every day, keeping our conservation staff in the field to
protect and restore our priceless heritage. Your commitment to conservation will ensure a healthier Alabama for future generations to inherit. Please show your love of Alabama! To make a gift or for more information, contact us at:
2100 1st Avenue North, Suite 500
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 251-1155, ext. 125
nature.org/alabama

10/17/2026

🦆 Watch this timelapse produced by Five Oaks Ag Research and Education Center that follows a GPS-tracked mallard duck's journey up and down the Mississippi Flyway for a year. His movements demonstrate the importance of working across borders to protect networks of well-managed wetlands that ducks and countless other birds depend on year-round. It is an important reminder that conservation never happens in isolation. Nature truly connects us all!

During , we are celebrating these areas that protect some of the wildest and most breathtaking places in our country. A...
10/15/2026

During , we are celebrating these areas that protect some of the wildest and most breathtaking places in our country. Alabama has 11 National Wildlife Refuges managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and we are grateful to work with many including:

➡️ Grand Bay NWR
➡️ Bon Secour NWR
➡️ Cahaba River NWR . . and many more!

We celebrate these public lands and waters, and the people who support and manage them, this week and throughout the year!

📷 Jennifer Grunewald

☠️ In addition creatures, our region also harbors some creepy plants. Specifically, Alabama is home to four main gener...
10/14/2026

☠️ In addition creatures, our region also harbors some creepy plants. Specifically, Alabama is home to four main genera of native carnivorous plants: pitcher plants (Sarracenia), sundews (Drosera), butterworts (Pinguicula) and bladderworts (Utricularia). There's good news, though! These plants pose no danger to humans. Due to the small size of their traps, they have evolved to catch only insects, spiders and the occasional tiny rodent.

📷 U.S. National Park Service/Scott Sharaga

🔥 Once a regularly occurring disturbance, fire is key to the health of many forests, prairies and other natural landscap...
10/13/2026

🔥 Once a regularly occurring disturbance, fire is key to the health of many forests, prairies and other natural landscapes in Alabama. See how we are carefully and safely returning fire to specific areas around the region. Learn about the burn: https://nature.ly/4ACN60n

Celebrating our native trees . . . 🌳 Sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) is a quiet understory large shrub or small tree who...
10/11/2026

Celebrating our native trees . . . 🌳 Sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) is a quiet understory large shrub or small tree whose leaves taste sweet (hence the name). It thrives in dry to moist forests, especially in sandy uplands and mixed pine‑hardwood stands. Some of this tree's wildlife connections include:

🌳Bees visit its fragrant spring flowers.
🌳Songbirds eat the small drupes.
🌳Deer nibble on the foliage.

Fun Fact: According to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, early settlers used sweetleaf leaves to make a mild, sweet tea and the bark was once used as a natural yellow dye.

📷 LSU Ag Center

We recently began constructing a new, upgraded two-mile rock breakwater along Coffee Island, the second largest barrier ...
10/09/2026

We recently began constructing a new, upgraded two-mile rock breakwater along Coffee Island, the second largest barrier island in the Mississippi Sound. Once complete, this project will help to slow erosion, restore coastal habitat and protect vital economic resources that are dependent upon healthy coastal lands and waters. Read more about how we are shoring up the shoreline on our Conservation News page: https://nature.ly/4lx0ziC

📷 Mac Stone

🌊 Healthy coastlines help buffer communities from storms, but when severe weather threatens, personal preparedness is es...
10/08/2026

🌊 Healthy coastlines help buffer communities from storms, but when severe weather threatens, personal preparedness is essential. As Hurricane Isaias approaches, we encourage everyone across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to stay informed, follow local emergency guidance, and take steps to protect your family and property. 🌀 Our thoughts are with all those who may be affected. Stay safe and look out for one another.

10/07/2026

Learn about all of the things that oysters do for us . . . for free! 🦪

Celebrating our native trees . . . 🌳The swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) is a gentle giant of Southern floodplains...
10/04/2026

Celebrating our native trees . . . 🌳The swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) is a gentle giant of Southern floodplains. It features huge leaves, flaky bark and distinctively large acorns that people historically roasted as a tasty snack. This tree grows in wet high portions of bottomlands, river terraces and wooded ravines across Alabama.

Wildlife perks:

🌳Deer love the acorns. (So do cattle, which gives the tree its another common name, "cow oak.")
🌳Woodpeckers use older trees for cavities.

Fun Fact: According to the U.S. Forest Service, the swamp chestnut’s wood is so strong and flexible that it was historically used for wagons, flooring and baskets, giving it the nickname a third common name, "basket oak."

📷 Arkansas Tree Database

We’re looking for a new team member to ​work on The Nature Conservancy's coastal properties within Alabama, Mississippi ...
10/01/2026

We’re looking for a new team member to ​work on The Nature Conservancy's coastal properties within Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Check it out: https://nature.ly/4hGF1iH

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3700 1st Avenue North
Birmingham, AL
35222

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
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