List of conservancies

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Organizations that deal with the conservation of various ecosystems:

• African Wild Dog Conservancy - nonprofit dedicated to conserving wild dogs through research and education
• American Bird Conservancy
• Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) - 2,175 mile (3500 km) Appalachian National Scenic Trail from Maine to Georgia
• California Coastal Conservancy - government agency that manages 1,100 miles (1800 km) of coastline resources
• Central Park Conservancy - manages 843 acre (3.4 km²) Central Park under a contract with City of New York
• Conservancy Association - Hong Kong's oldest non-governmental environmental organisation
• The Land Conservancy (TLC) - British Columbia land trust modeled after the National Trust of Britain
• Los Angeles Conservancy - architectural and cultural heritage of greater Los Angeles
• Miami Conservancy District - Ohio agency that manages flood control of the Great Miami River
• National Association of Conservancies of South Africa
• National Trust of Britain
• The Nature Conservancy (TNC) - international land trust - 117 million acres (473,000 km²), 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of rivers
• Nature Conservancy of Canada - 1,400 properties, 1.8 million acres (7,300 km²)
• North China Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power - Chinese public university
• Ocean Conservancy - ocean ecosystems
• Operation Wallacea - International conservation NGO
• Potomac Conservancy - comprehensive land protection program around Potomac River
• Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) - converted 13,150 miles (21,160 km) of former rail lines to trails
• Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy - California state agency - 55,000 acres (220 km²)
• Conservancy of Southwest Florida
• Western Pennsylvania Conservancy - 200,000 acres (800 km²)
• Wolf River Conservancy - the Wolf River in Tennessee - 17,000 acres (69 km²)

Cave Conservancies - land trusts specialized in caves and karst features

• Butler Cave Conservation Society
• National Speleological Society
• Appalachian Cave Conservancy
• Carroll Cave Conservancy
• Cave Conservancy of Hawaii
• Cave Conservancy of the Virginias
• Ellis Cave Conservancy
• Great Saltpeter Cave Preserve
• Rockcastle Karst Conservancy
• Greater Cincinnati Grotto
• Indiana Karst Conservancy
• Karst Conservancy of Illinois
• Michigan Karst Conservancy
• Mid-Atlantic Karst Conservancy
• Missouri Caves and Karst Conservancy
• New Jersey Cave Conservancy
• Northeastern Cave Conservancy
• Pennsylvania Cave Conservancy
• Southeastern Cave Conservancy Inc.
• Texas Cave Conservancy
• Texas Cave Management Association
• West Virginia Cave Conservancy
• Western Cave Conservancy