SAVE EVERYTHING
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.
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a new generation of young scientists and policy makers to improve the balance between conservation and commerce
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Mike Phillips named as the 2021 recipient of The Wildlife Society’s Aldo Leopold Memorial Award.
The Aldo Leopold Memorial Award is the highest honor bestowed by The Wildlife Society. Given Mike’s deep connection to TESF over the last 24 years, the award is yet another example that the organization operates at the highest level of fish and wildlife...
History has been made !!!
For the first time ever, Mexican wolves have been released on private land in the U.S., Ted Turner’s Ladder Ranch, to advance recovery of the species. The ranch offers an abundance of secure and high quality habitat and easy access to the vast public wildlands of the...
Here are three short videos of the family of Mexican wolves scheduled for release on the Ladder Ranch.
The adults and five pups (three females and two males) are doing fine at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge. They are scheduled to be moved to the Ladder on June 17 and released on July 1 marking the first time that Mexican wolves have been released on private...