_ The Conservancy continues to protect lands that serve as places for people to connect with nature.  Understanding that we are a part of nature, that we are members of its community, is key to its preservation.  Our collective and individual health and well-being are inextricably linked to our natural world.

The Conservancy has helped to ensure that people can visit the following places to hike, cross-country ski, hunt, fish or to simply bask in the beauty and wonder at the awe of nature (click on each for more information):

• Mt. Ashwabay
  
• Nourse Sugarbush
• Corny Beach
• The Brownstone Trail 
  
• The Big Ravine 
• Gill Larsen Nature Trail or Iron Bridge Trail
  
• Houghton Falls Nature Preserve
  
• Frog Bay Tribal National Park
• White River Fisheries Area
• Lost Creek Bog State Natural Area
  

"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul."
                    ~ John Muir











"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." 
                ~ Albert Einstein