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Conservation Burial Grounds

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Baldwin Hill Conservation Cemetery
PO Box 261
Winthrop, ME 04364
(207) 377-2848
[email protected]
Jean-Luc Theriault and Tyler Keniston, Operations Managers
Baldwin Hill Conservation Area
Land Trust Partner: Kennebec Land Trust
Total associated land protected: 90 acres
Total area dedicated to burial: 10 acres
Organization: 501(c)13

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Bluestem Conservation Cemetery
1900 Hurdle Mills Road 
Cedar Grove, NC 27231
919-451-9236
[email protected]
Heidi Hannapel and Jeff Masten, Co-directors 
​Bluestem Community NC
​Bluestem Conservation Cemetery

Land Trust Partners: 
Eno River Association
Triangle Land Conservancy 

Total associated land protected: 87 acres
Total area dedicated to burial: 50 acres
Organization: 501(c)3
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​Carolina Memorial Sanctuary
195 Blessed Way
​Mills River, NC 28759
828-782-7283
[email protected]

*Caroline Yongue, Founder/Director
​Karly Michel, Operations Director
​Land Trust Partner: Conserving Carolina
Easement holder: Conserving Carolina
Total associated land protected: 11.36 acres 
​Total area dedicated to burial: 8 acres

Organization: 501(c)3

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Casper Creek Natural Cemetery
126 N. Main Street
Elizabeth, IL 61028
(815) 677-3411
[email protected]
Andra Olney-Larson, Operations Manager
Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve
Land Trust Partner: Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (jdcf.org)
Total Associated Land Protected: 134 acres
Total Area Dedicated to Burial: 16 acres
Organization: 501(c)3
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​Foxfield Preserve
9877 Alabama Avenue SW
Wilmot, OH 44689
330-359-5235
​[email protected]

*Barbara Yoder, Foxfield Preserve Manager

​Land Trust Partner: The Wilderness Center
Easement holder: The Wilderness Center
Total associated land protected: 43+600 acres
​Total area dedicated to burial: 27 acres

Organization: TWC 501(c)3; Foxfield 501(c)13

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​Heartwood Preserve
4100 Starkey Blvd
Trinity, FL 34655
​727-376-5111
[email protected]
*Laura Starkey, Executive Director​
​Land Trust Partner: Tampa Bay Conservancy
Total associated land protected: 41 acres
​Total area dedicated to burial: 30 acres
 that border the 18,000 acre Starkey Wilderness Preserve
Organization: LLC
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​Kokosing Nature Preserve
306 Gaskin Avenue
​Gambier, OH 43022
740-427-5040
[email protected]

*Samantha Bartram, Green Burial Coordinator
Land Trust Partner: Philander Chase Conservancy of Kenyon College 
Total associated land protected: 5,300 acres
​Total area dedicated to burial: 23 acres
Organization: 501(c)13


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​​Larkspur Conservation at Taylor Hollow
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PO Box 120279
Nashville, TN 37212
​615-854-0010

[email protected]
*John Christian Phifer, Executive Director
​*David Ponoroff, Assistant Director
​​Land Trust Partner: The Nature Conservancy
Total associated land protected: 605 acres
​Total area dedicated to burial: 155 acres

Organization: 501(c)3

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Panorama Natural Burial
3550 Reas Ford Lane
Earlysville, VA 22936
434-424-1103
[email protected]
Stephanie Bonney, Cemetery Manager
Panorama Farms Inc., Owner
Land Trust Partner: Panorama Farms
​Total associated land protected: 837 acres
​Total area dedicated to burial: 20+ acres

Organization: Owner operated
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​Prairie Creek 
Conservation Cemetery

7204 SE County Road 234
Gainesville, FL 32641
352-337-5910
info@prairiecreek
​conservationcemetery.org
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Heather Grove
, Executive Director
Land Trust Partner: Alachua Conservation Trust 
Total associated land protected: 93 acres
​Total area dedicated to burial: 30 acres

Organization: 501(c)13​​

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​​Ramsey Creek Preserve
390 Cobb Bridge Road
Westminster, SC 29693
864-324-2647
[email protected]
memorialecosystems.com
​*Billy and *Kimberley Campbell, Co-founders and Co-directors
​Land Trust Partner: Upstate Forever
Total associated land protected: 78 acres
​Total area dedicated to burial: 75 acres

​Organization: Owner operated

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Warren Prairie Sanctuary
3781 N 050 W
Williamsport, IN 47993
phone: currently n/a
[email protected]
*India Gilham-Westerman WPS Board Secretary and Sexton
Dana Goodman, Sexton

​White Eagle Memorial Preserve Cemetery at Ekone Ranch
401 Ekone Road
​Goldendale, WA 98620
206-383-3285
[email protected]
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​*Jodie Buller, Cemetery Manager
Land Trust Partner:  Niches Land Trust
Total Acres dedicated to Burial 3.2 acres
Total Associated land protected:  In addition to burial acres, our sister organization Warren Piece, Co has another 60 acres in a conservation easement with Niches.  This 60 acres surrounds the WPS acreage. 
Organization: 501(c)3

 
Land Trust Partner: Sacred Earth Foundation
Total associated land protected: 1263 acres
​Total area dedicated to burial: 20 acres

​Organization: 501(c)3​


The earth is what we all have in common.
​— Wendell Berry

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  • Home
  • Meet Us
    • Our Mission >
      • Meet Our Founders
    • Board of Directors >
      • Board of Directors Application
    • Conservation Burial Grounds >
      • Cemetery Contact Information
      • At a Glance
  • Find Resources
    • The Conservation Burial Experience
    • Glossary
    • Photos, FAQs, Articles, and Stories >
      • Photo Gallery
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Books, Videos, Articles
      • Family Stories
    • Startup Resources >
      • Start Up Information
      • Building Relationships
    • Burying Cremated Remains
    • Pandemic Guidelines >
      • Pandemic Guidelines
  • For Land Trusts
    • Working Together >
      • Conservation Easement Language
    • Conservation Burial for Land Trusts
    • Conservation Burial Standards
    • Cremation Burial Options >
      • Differences Between Conservation Burial and Memorial Forests
      • Questions Land Trusts Need to Ask
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