SAVE EVERYTHING
CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY
by ensuring the persistence of imperiled species and their habitats with an emphasis on private land
The Turner Endangered Species Fund and Biodiversity Divisions are dedicated to conserving biological diversity by ensuring the persistence of imperiled species and their habitats with an emphasis on private land.
We aim to use the best science to effectively conserve biodiversity and establish a new level of effectiveness for private-public efforts to redress the extinction crisis.
Much of the wonder of nature can be saved for future generations if conservation activities are more frequently and successfully applied on private working landscapes like those owned by Ted Turner.
Much of the wonder of nature can be saved for future generations if conservation activities are more frequently and successfully applied on private working landscapes like those owned by Ted Turner.
INSPIRING
a new generation of young scientists and policy makers to improve the balance between conservation and commerce
The Future of Funding for Wildlife Conservation
NEWSROOM
A thirsty mountain lion cautiously balances on the rim a livestock tank to get a drink.
A mountain lion balances on the narrow rim of a livestock tank to get a drink of water when an owl attempts to knock him off balance. The owl and it’s mate had been roosted on the rim of the tank just prior to the lions arrival. Water is often scarce in the Chihuahuan...
A collared female mountain lion on the Armendaris Ranch in New Mexico.
Here is a photo of a collared female mountain lion on the Armendaris Ranch in southwestern New Mexico. Mountain lions are collared and tracked in order to study their diets and behavior. The female lion is dragging a freshly killed coyote to concealment cover before...
TESF is proud to advance the future for prairie dogs, one of the world’s greatest underdogs.
TESF manages prairie dogs on several Turner properties to provide habitat for the endangered black-footed ferret. Prairie dogs also complement Turner's bison herds as these species have co-evolved over thousands of years and constitute a grazing association: bison...