Restore the Earth Foundation

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

This year’s theme, “Our Power, Our Planet,” reflects how we bring restoration to life every day. Like the ecosystems we work to restore, it begins with a seed, an idea, a partnership, a shared commitment to do something meaningful. Just as a tree grows with the right conditions, our work flourishes through supportive partnerships, collaboration, and care, growing into something lasting.

Restoring landscapes at scale doesn’t happen alone. It takes people coming together. Alongside our partners, we’re working toward restoring 1 million acres of degraded ecosystems across the Mississippi River Valley.

These efforts create real, lasting impact, from cleaner water and air to stronger biodiversity, increased carbon sequestration, greater resilience to storms and flooding, and more access to nature for communities.

Today, we’re celebrating the power of working together. Every contribution helps something bigger take root and grow. Thank you to this incredible community, we are so grateful to be doing this work together.

04/06/2026

With 400,000 acres completed to date, Restore the Earth has the experience, the technical logistics, supply pipeline, expert partners and grit to get the job done.

We’re currently planting 13,000 acres (Feb 2026-April 2026), and are always learning along the way. This year our partners EcoRestore introduced this new tech that innovates on how we stage tree stakes and other materials at planting sites, saving time and costs which means we can direct more resources towards restoration.

04/06/2026

With 400,000 acres completed to date, Restore the Earth has the experience, the technical logistics, supply pipeline, expert partners and grit to get the job done.

We're currently planting 13,000 acres (Feb 2026-April 2026), and are always learning along the way. This year our partners EcoRestore introduced this new tech that innovates on how we stage tree stakes and other materials at planting sites, saving time and costs which means we can direct more resources towards restoration.

03/11/2026

📣Restore the Earth in the news!📣

Restore the Earth & our partners have been featured for our work in expanding public lands. Hundreds of acres have been added to three Wildlife Management Areas across the state, including land incorporated into the Salvador Wildlife Management Area in St. Charles Parish.

Protecting and restoring landscapes like these supports wildlife, strengthens coastal ecosystems, and ensures these lands remain available for future generations to enjoy. We are proud to play a role in this work and grateful to the many partners helping protect Louisiana’s coast.

Thanks to our partners at Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Trust for Public Land. And to Elise Plunk at Louisiana Illuminator for the story.

Three public hunting and conservation areas in Louisiana grew by hundreds of acres Wednesday after the state Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved a series of real estate deals. The expansions ra...

02/20/2026

📣 Attention Louisiana residents! We are thrilled to be registering our project at the Salvador Wildlife Management Area near Luling, Louisiana through the Verra Verified Carbon Standard. As part of the process, a team of auditors will tour the project area and review project documentation to assess the project design, carbon calculations, community impacts, and biodiversity impacts of the project. They welcome any feedback or insights from stakeholders.

If you are local to the project site and would like to provide comments or request information, you may contact the auditor or project management team through the following contact information before March 23, 2026.

Auditor: AENOR Confia, S.A.U.
Contact: Pablo Moreno Cerero, [email protected]
Madrid, Spain
M +34 605 814 123

Project Manager: ClimeCo
Contact: Emily Romano, [email protected]
United States

Full project documentation is publicly available and will be updated throughout the audit process at the following link:

01/21/2026

We couldn’t resist tapping in on the 2016 nostalgia trend as 2016 was a special year at Restore the Earth Foundation. It marked the beginning of our boots in the mud work to restore 1 million acres of degraded forest and wetland ecosystems in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, or as we like to call it, North America’s Amazon.

It’s incredibly rewarding to look back on how far our tree babies have come over the past 10 years. From the groundbreaking with our amazing partners to the flourishing trees we see today, we’re so proud of the progress we’ve made together.

It’s also exciting to reflect on how far large-scale ecosystem restoration work has developed overall, with many others doing this important work nationally and internationally. Carbon and nature markets have evolved significantly, creating new ways to recognize and finance long-term impact. Going into 2026, we’re excited about what that means for the future of this work.

Swipe to see the trees grow!

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries National Fish and Wildlife Foundation CITGO Fueling Good Shell Entergy Louisiana VMware US BCSD

08/30/2025

Hurricane Katrina - a milestone cemented in the history of New Orleans and the coastal communities impacted by its devastation. Here time is marked by "before Katrina" and "after Katrina", a reminder of what has been lost and all that has happened since.

REF was born out of this disaster in an effort to help the recovery efforts the best we could. We worked with local partners to kick start restoration efforts to help return the thousands of acres of wetlands and forests lost, which for many represented their livelihood, identity and culture. And we're still at it.

Today we join hands with these communities as we remember.

Hurricane Katrina resulted in nearly 1,400 deaths, according to revised statistics from the National Hurricane Center, and remains the costliest storm in U.S. history at around $200 billion in today's dollars.

06/17/2025

We went to visit some of our babies getting ready for the 2026 planting season! Can't wait to restore another 10,000 acres of critical habitat in Louisiana!

05/07/2025

Another great piece of news this week! So grateful to be a partner with Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and others in making this possible!!

🌿 BIG NEWS: 𝙇𝙤𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙂𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙖 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙚𝙖! 🌿

In partnership with Trust for Public Land, we’re proud to announce the department has acquired property for the establishment of the 𝗕𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮—LDWF’s 𝟱𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗠𝗔 and the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗠𝗔 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵! 🦌🦃🐿️

This 𝟭,𝟲𝟰𝟮.𝟱-𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲 property features 6.5 miles of Bogue Chitto riverfront, bottomland forests, scenic hills, and excellent habitat for deer, turkey, squirrel, and more. Whether you’re into 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗽𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, Bogue Chitto WMA is set to become your new favorite spot when it opens 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

The WMA was made possible in part by the 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 created to support outdoor conservation across the state.

🔉 𝗟𝗗𝗪𝗙 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗧𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵:
”We are proud to add another prime property to our WMA program while also highlighting the Louisiana Outdoors Forever program and our conservation partners. We are excited to bring a new WMA to an area lacking in public opportunity for hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation and hope that this new WMA will inspire a love for the outdoors in the Washington Parish community.”
Special thanks to our conservation partners:
🔸 Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation/Restore the Earth Foundation
🔸 NWTF-Louisiana
🔸 Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation
🔸 The AES Corporation

04/22/2025

A beautiful reminder this Earth Day. We hope you treat every day like its Earth Day. Do your part to take care of our only home.

03/14/2025

USDA NRCS and Restore the Earth Foundation are accepting applications for 2 RCPP projects to reforest 10,000 acres in Arkansas!

We are thrilled to be expanding our reforestation projects and to work hand in hand with such great partners.

To learn more go to: https://restoretheearth.org/2025/03/04/usda-nrcs-and-restore-the-earth-foundation-accepting-applications-for-2-rcpp-projects-to-reforest-10000-acres-in-arkansas/