Conservation Cemetery |
Location |
Land Trust Partner |
Acres Protected |
Acres for Burial |
Adjacent Protected Land |
Operating As |
Active Conservation |
Baldwin Hill Conservation Burial Ground |
Maine |
Kennebec Land Trust |
90 |
10 |
-- |
501(c)13 |
- Adjacent to conserved land - Invasive plant management - Native pollinator habitat creation |
Blazing Star Sanctuary |
Texas |
Coastal Prairie Conservancy |
68 |
8 |
19,000 acres Katy Prairie Preserve |
501(c)3 CPC fiscal sponsor |
- Resident and migratory bird refuge - Pollinator breeding ground - Tallgrass prairie |
Bluestem Conservation Cemetery |
North Carolina |
Eno River Association and Triangle Land Conservancy |
87 |
60 |
-- |
501(c)3 |
- Prairie and grassland restoration - Woodland habitat restoration - Prescribed burning |
Carolina Memorial Sanctuary |
North Carolina |
Conserving Carolina |
11.36 |
8 |
-- |
501(c)3 |
- Stream and wetland restoration - Invasive plant management - Native plants reintroduction |
Casper Creek Natural Cemetery |
Illinois |
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation |
134 |
16 |
-- |
501(c)3 |
- Views of the Mississippi River - Protection of the Aiken Mound Group, Effigy Mound cultural protection effort |
Foxfield Preserve |
Ohio |
The Wilderness Center |
43 |
27 |
600 acres The Wilderness Center |
501(c)3 501(c)13 |
- Prairie and grassland restoration - Woodland habitat restoration - Prescribed burning |
Heartwood Preserve |
Florida |
Tampa Bay Conservancy |
41 |
30 |
18,000 acres Starkey Wilderness Preserve |
Owner operated |
- Conservation of Longleaf Pine Flatwoods - Wildland-(sub)urban interface - Prescribed burning |
Kings Mountain Conservation Burial |
South Carolina |
Upstate Forever |
55 |
55 |
-- |
Owner operated |
- Coastal plains - Forest protection |
Kokosing Nature Preserve |
Ohio |
Philander Chase Conservancy of Kenyon College |
50 |
23 |
5,497 acres Philander Chase Conservancy |
501(c)13 |
- Golf course conversion to grassland meadow - Native plants reintroduction - University/alumni connection |
Larkspur Conservation at Taylor Hollow |
Tennessee |
The Nature Conservancy |
760 |
155 |
173 acres Taylor Hollow State Natural Area |
501(c)3 |
- Native plants reintroduction - Stream buffering - Wildlife habitat |
Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery |
Florida |
Alachua Conservation Trust |
93 |
30 |
600+ acres Prairie Creek Preserve 20,000+ acres Paynes Prairie State Park |
501(c)13 |
- Prairie and grassland restoration - Woodland habitat restoration - Prescribed burning |
Ramsey Creek Preserve |
South Carolina |
Upstate Forever |
78 |
75 |
-- |
Owner operated |
- Threatened species plant reintroduction - Stream buffering - Prescribed burning |
The Forest Conservation Burial Ground |
Oregon |
Oregon Stewardship Trust |
445 |
40 |
114,000 acres Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument |
Owner operated |
- Reforestation of Ponderosa Pine, Douglas Fir, Incense Cedar and Sugar Pine - Farm and wetland restoration |
Unbroken Circle |
Texas |
Green Spaces Alliance |
246 |
6.5 |
-- |
Owner operated |
- Texas plains prairie grass restoration - Texas ocelot habitat - Oxbow resacas, coastal prairies, San Bernard River watershed |
White Eagle Memorial Preserve Cemetery |
Washington |
Sacred Earth Foundation |
1138 |
20 |
1,200 acres Bureau of Land Management |
501(c)3 |
- Adjacency to conserved land - Woodland habitat restoration - Wildlife habitat |
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The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem.
Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.”
— Theodore Roosevelt