Fertile Ground Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization defending wild places, supporting grassroots ecological work, and conserving land in perpetuity.
Drift Creek, OR · Photo: Max Wilbert
Most wild places aren't lost in the field — they're lost on paper. In scoping notices that close before anyone responds. In environmental assessments that go uncommented. In permits that pass review without ecological challenge. We do the work of being present in those processes, and we build the infrastructure to do it at scale.
Learn more →We provide nonprofit status, grant management, and organizational support to grassroots ecological initiatives aligned with biocentric, liberatory values. Our administrative fee is 9% of funds received.
Learn more →We're protecting 15 acres in the Elk Creek watershed of Del Norte County, California — habitat for endangered Coho salmon, Northern Spotted Owl, Port Orford cedar, Pacific Giant salamander, and Roosevelt elk.
Elk Creek watershed · Photo: Justin Garwood