Conservation Grant

A young Pinus palustris at the Joseph Pines Preserve

There are somewhere between 615 and 700 conifer species today, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the global authority on the status of the natural world, lists 211 of them as being threatened.  The coniferous forest biome is not just globally widespread but is rich in biodiversity and important economically.  It is critical to protect the threatened species.

The American Conifer Society is committed to working with conservation groups and universities to further conifer conservation efforts.  If you are involved with a conifer conservation project, either in-or ex-situ, and you would like to apply for an American Conifer Society grant, please email Jeff Harvey, ACS President .

Examples of projects that the American Conifer Society has helped to fund:

• Restoration of the Pinus palustris by the Joseph Pines Preserve in Virgina
  
  
• Collecting trip to Vietnam for collecting seed of the endangered Pinus krempfii for ex situ conservation work with the Atlanta Botanical Garden and Longwood Gardens

Grant Application