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Nantucket Conservation Foundation

Nantucket Conservation Foundation
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About Us

The Nantucket Conservation Foundation owns, protects, and stewards over 9,000 acres of land and coastal shoreline, conserves Nantucket’s rare and significant natural resources, and engages in impactful ecological research to inform resource management and further our knowledge of Nantucket’s unique ecosystems and species. We share our environmental expertise with the wider community and provide educational and recreational opportunities to encourage respectful enjoyment and appreciation of our properties.

Maintaining the natural beauty of Nantucket’s environment requires careful planning, continuing public education and vigilant ongoing action. The Foundation currently owns many important tracts of land that, had they been developed, would have significantly altered the rural character and natural beauty of the Island as we know it today. These areas are currently used and enjoyed by the public for education and recreation purposes.

Nantucket Conservation Foundation is a 501c3 and a non-governmental agency supported for over 60 years by the generosity of its donors.

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Eel Point
Coatue
Middle Moors
Squam Swamp
Norwood Farm
Masqutuck
Head of Plains
Sqaum Farm