Samburu tribesmen performing traditional dance, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Desert elephant (Loxodonta africana), Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Desert elephant (Loxodonta africana), Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Sand dune, Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Rock engravings, Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Desert elephants (Loxodonta africana), Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Lioness (Panthera leo), Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Beisa oryx (Oryx gazella beisa), Kalama Conservancy, Samburu, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Desert elephant (Loxodonta africana), Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Rock engravings, Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Rock engravings, Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Desert elephants (Loxodonta africana), Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Desert elephants (Loxodonta africana), Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Desert elephant (Loxodonta africana), Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Desert elephants (Loxodonta africana), Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Olive baboons (Papio anubis) looking at the camera, Kalama Conservancy, Samburu, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Desert elephants (Loxodonta africana), Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

African elephant (Loxodonta Africana), Kalama conservancy, Samburu, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Rock engravings, Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Desert elephants (Loxodonta africana), Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Desert elephant (Loxodonta africana), Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Rhino, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Black rhinos (Diceros bicornis), Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Black rhino (Diceros bicornis), Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Lioness (Panthera leo), Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Adult African spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus), perched at night in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Adult African spotted eagle-owl (Bubo africanus), perched at night in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Adult rusty-spotted genet (Genetta maculata), at night in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Adult rusty-spotted genet (Genetta maculata), at night in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Adult male African five-lined skink (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata), Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Chapel of the Langue of Castile in St. John's Co-Cathedral, UNESCO, Valletta, Malta

Adult female greater kudus (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), with young in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Adult plains zebras (Equus quagga), in Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

River Chobe wildlife, elephants, Botswana

Adult white-throated savanna monitor (Varanus albigularis), head detail, Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Rocky Coastline by the Atlantic Ocean, Dr. Bill Freedman Nature Preserve, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

An adult Smith's bush squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi) in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

An adult Cape giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa), in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Adult white-throated savanna monitor (Varanus albigularis), climbing a tree in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Two rhinoceros, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Rocky Coastline by the Atlantic Ocean, Dr. Bill Freedman Nature Preserve, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

Rhinoceros, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Dwarf Dogwood flowers and the rocky coastline by the Atlantic Ocean, Dr. Bill Freedman Nature Preserve, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

Rocky Coastline by the Atlantic Ocean, Dr. Bill Freedman Nature Preserve, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

Rocky Coastline by the Atlantic Ocean, Dr. Bill Freedman Nature Preserve, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

Adult lioness (Panthera leo), with cub on a fresh kill at night in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Cape giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa), in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Southern white rhinoceros (southern square-lipped rhinoceros) (Ceratotherium simum simum), Oi Pejeta Natural Conservancy, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

An adult common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula), near its burrow in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Orphaned or abused chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) from West and Central Africa at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Adult white-throated savanna monitor (Varanus albigularis), climbing a tree in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Rocky Coastline by the Atlantic Ocean, Dr. Bill Freedman Nature Preserve, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

Rocky Coastline by the Atlantic Ocean, Dr. Bill Freedman Nature Preserve, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, Khwai Conservancy, Botswana, Southern Africa

Black rhinoceros (hook-lipped rhinoceros) (Diceros bicornis), Oi Pejeta Natural Conservancy, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Wild Iris flowers on the rocky coastline by the Atlantic Ocean, Dr. Bill Freedman Nature Preserve, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), Kalama Conservancy, Samburu, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Adult Cape skink (Trachylepis capensis), in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

An adult African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), at a den site in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

A portrait of a reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), Kalama Conservancy, Samburu, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, Khwai conservancy, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Adult brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus) at night in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Africa

Wild lion in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy of the Maasai Mara, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Lioness (Panthera leo), Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Black rhinoceros (hook-lipped rhinoceros) (Diceros bicornis), Oi Pejeta Natural Conservancy, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Erongo Wilderness Lodge, Erongo Mountains Nature Conservancy, near Omaruru, Central Namibia, Namibia, Africa

African elephant bull, Loxodonta africana, dusting, Khwai conservancy, Botswana, Southern Africa,

African elephant bulls, Loxodonta africana, at waterhole, Khwai conservancy, Botswana, Southern Africa,

Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, Khwai conservancy, Okavango, Botswana, Southern Africa

Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, Khwai conservancy, Okavango, Botswana, Southern Africa

Pregnant leopard, Panthera pardus, Khwai conservancy, Botswana, Southern Africa

African elephants (Loxodonta), Oi Pejeta Natural Conservancy, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Acacia trees with Mount Kenya on Ol Pejeda Conservancy, Central Kenya, East Africa, Africa

African elephant bull, Loxodonta africana, Khwai conservancy, Botswana, Southern Africa

Samburu woman and baby, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Samburu tribesmen, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Samburu tribesman, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Samburu Tribesman, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Samburu woman, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Loisaba Lodge, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Loisaba Lodge, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Samburu women, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Samburu tribesmen, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Huab River Valley, Torra Conservancy, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Samburu tribesmen performing traditional dance, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Samburu women, Loisaba Wilderness Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Giraffe, Masai Community Conservancy Park (Il Ngwezi) run by local Masais, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Balsamroot at The Nature Conservancy's Tom McCall Preserve overlooking the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon.

Autumn Snoqualmie National Forest WA

snowguns and artificial snow at Col Reiser, Groednertal, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

Pedestrian refuge

Gravel road in the Doro Nawas Conservancy, Namibia, Africa

November 7, 2008 Mt Shasta CA A spawned-out Chinook salmon watches over her redd in the Shasta River where it runs through Big Springs Ranch about 2 miles north of the town of Mt Shasta. The ranch, which is contributing to degraded habitat conditions, which actually warm water tempt by upwards of 10 degrees as the river passes through the ranch and then spills into the Klameth, is currently under contract for purchase by TNC, therefor TNC and partner organizations have been allowed to research this stretch of river for the first time. They have discovered that is it a very fertile juvenile rearing area and that there are a surprising number of returning salmon in spite of habitat degraded by grazing cattle (often in the river) and irrigation practices. If this purchase is successful, TNC has the chance to improve a large stretch of habitat and quickly improve conditions that will effect numbers of returning fish and habitat in the Shasta and Klameth Rivers. In California, The Nature Conservancy is focusing its efforts on protecting the Shasta River and its tributaries, which create one of the most important spawning nurseries for Chinook salmon in the entire Klamath Basin, United States of America