Tennessee

Addressing community needs: Howard School interns are taking back Lookout Mountain from highly invasive species and creating hiking trails. The students are participating in a leadership program that results in 100% high school graduation rates in a part of Chattanooga where they are often lower than 50%. The program uses land conservation to heal, inspire and connect people from all walks of life to the land and to each other.

Tackling climate change: When the California carbon market launched, the Tennessee River Gorge Trust saw that it was the best opportunity in the country to participate in a regulated carbon market, leading to an offset project that would make a commodity out of 5,000 acres of forest in its domain and double its general operating fund.

Providing access to land for all: The accredited Land Trust for Tennessee’s Glen Leven Farm is a historic farm located just 4 miles from the center of downtown Nashville. The Land Trust for Tennessee conserves this hidden gem as a place that illuminates all aspects of its work — it is a historic, urban farm that serves as a recreational and educational resource.