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How We're Effective: Learn how The Nature Conservancy makes a difference for people and nature — across the United States and in more than 30 countries.

: Cool Green Science: Our New Blog

Check out the Conservancy's new blog on conservation, science and green living! And here are some posts you shouldn't miss:

• Barry Rice: Forgive Me, Mother Nature — I Have Sinned

• David Cleary: What's the Upside to the Economic Downslide?

• Alison Green: Where's the Best Place You've Ever Dived?

Everyday Environmentalist: Saving Water

How are you saving water? Send us your best tips and we'll publish them on World Water Day in March!
Dear Mr. President-Elect

What should Barack Obama do about the environment? Read our letter to him.
Photo of the Month

Find out how the photographer captured this rare moment in nature…and download the image for your desktop!
Ivory Bill Reward

The search for the ivory-billed woodpecker continues — and a new $50k reward could bolster the effort.
Campaign for a Sustainable Planet

Learn why the Conservancy is undertaking the largest conservation campaign in history — and how you can support it.
Read previous features and news in our archives!

Nature pictures (left to right, top to bottom): Photos © TNC (); © TNC (Cool Green Science: Our Blog); © Bridget Besaw (Everyday Environmentalist: Saving Water); © Center for American Progress Action Fund, via a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 license (Advice for the New President); © Robert A. Kleppin (Photo of the Month); © Allan Mueller/TNC (Ivory Bill Reward); © Chris Helzer/TNC (Campaign for a Sustainable Planet); © Landon Nordeman (Nature Conservancy Magazine)

Nature Conservancy Magazine

In the Winter 2008 Issue:

Read our annual report and see how your support is helping conserve nature worldwide — from the Colorado River to Indonesia's forests!

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: Podcast: For the Love of the Bird

A 10,000-mile-migration deserves a little celebration along the way.