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Anonymous11/26/25, 21:19No.2851127
I fucking hate them to my core.
They often buy up land, then totally ban access to the public, even in places where public access was previously legal, with zero explanation about why, while bragging and showing off videos of the beautiful overlooks they would love to arrest you for trespassing to get to on their website.
If they DO allow access, there's never any signage, adequate parking, let alone improved trails. They truly do not give a fuck and I imagine them as hateful boomers who pat themselves on the back "oh the land is protected now!" as they ban access. It might as well be private land. It has all been logged already.
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Anon11/26/25, 21:54No.2851131
Based retard.
The Nature Conservancy leased a huge stretch of private land near me and opened it to the public for walking and fishing. They're the only reason the land is even accessible to the public now and they shake down the landowners to ensure everyone has 24/7 unrestricted access. My volunteer org works with them a little bit and they're great to deal with.
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Anon11/26/25, 22:27No.2851134
just go on their website and for tennessee alone you can see the following listed as "closed":https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/tennessee/tennessee-places-we-protect/6 on that list aloneplushttps://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/upper-shavers-fork-preserve/
you need to get permission to hikehttps://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/ice-mountain-preserve/you need a tour to hikehttps://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/greenland-gap-preserve/technically no access restrictions but they don't maintain it at all, no signage, no bridge over the water crossing, they used to have a trail in the 1950s up until 2011ish that they abandonedhttps://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/bottom-creek-gorge/you can't really get the best view of the waterfall without violating the rules
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Anon11/26/25, 22:30No.2851135
I live in the Great Plains and this is one of the few organizations that gives a shit about restoring the prairie ecosystem. I like them.
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Anon11/30/25, 04:49No.2851656
Would you prefer the land to be bought by real estate developers?
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Anon12/01/25, 01:34No.2851818
I am pretty sure they only buy private land. All nature conservancy spots near me are nice as hell. Boo hoo you have to pay 5 dollars admission get a job. Would you rather it be a strip mall? shut up
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Anon12/02/25, 13:54No.2852074
They're called the Nature Conservancy, not the Recreation Conservancy you dingbat
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Anon12/03/25, 00:39No.2852152
>totally ban access to the public
>the land is protected now!
Yep.