Largest Land Restoration

Our lands give us food, recreation, and a place to call home. Let’s make sure everywhere from our national forests to neighborhood parks are thriving to support healthy communities and a strong economy.

Mile Markers

Land glow-up

Restore 100 million acres of degraded habitat in partnership with landowners, farmers, ranchers, Tribes, and state and local governments.

Healthier lands mean healthier soil, cleaner water, better habitat for more wildlife, and stronger farms and ranches contributing to rural economies.

Plant it forward

Plant 75 billion trees and native plants.

Trees and native plants create shade, habitat, cleaner water, better air quality, and more beautiful places for people to enjoy.

Bee the change

Restore 5 million acres of pollinator habitat.

Native plants are a home base for the pollinators. Pollinators like bees, butterflies, and other species keep ecosystems healthy and help put food on the table. It’s easy for you to help expand their home!

You can’t sit with us

Reduce invasive species by half, including the costs associated with them.

Controlling invasive species protects native ecosystems, saves communities money, and gives native wildlife room to thrive.

Shady business

Revive America’s cities through urban parks, tree canopies, and native species to achieve a 3-degree reduction in urban heat intensity across 50 major cities.

Investing in urban nature helps neighborhoods stay cool with shade and reduced heat. That creates natural gathering places for healthier, more livable places.

Our parks are priceless. Maintenance isn’t.

Fully fund our National Parks and public lands management, as well as their maintenance needs.

America’s public lands are some of our country’s most treasured places. Fully funding public lands protects our national legacy and keeps them safe and accessible for everyone to enjoy.

Let landowners lead

Double the amount of voluntary private land conservation.

Farmers, ranchers, and forest-owners know and care for their land best. When landowners choose conservation, they can steward the places they own and love.

Proofs of Progress

Restoring native forests to protect Hawaiʻi’s wildlife.

On Hawaiʻi Island, native tree planting is helping rebuild forests and create a lifeline for endangered birds. American Forests has planted more than 30,000 trees with the Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance, helping the Kanakaleonui Bird Corridor serve as a pathway so native birds can escape mosquitoes that carry deadly avian diseases. This native forest restoration also strengthens the landscape against drought and wildfire, preserving the natural heritage that makes Hawaiʻi home and its beauty that draws in visitors.

Restoring biodiversity at centers of learning

In Grinnell, Iowa, student leaders helped transform a 5,000 square foot campus lawn into a native prairie landscape, replacing conventional turf with 6,500 plants of more than 35 distinct native species that provide habitat and support local biodiversity. The project demonstrates how campuses can rethink what a beautiful landscape looks like while creating living spaces for pollinators, wildlife, and students. Since then, Grinnell has added multiple more prairies around campus after much positive feedback from the campus community. We’ve worked with over 200 campuses – check out our programs that help you create healthier places where people and plants can thrive.

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