Love nature? We welcome new members – like you! – to help Athens Conservancy preserve and nurture special spaces for people to explore and enjoy. It’s easy to join us – just click our donate tab for details!
Your membership and donations help protect lands in Athens County and surrounding areas, where our preserves and conservation easements encompass nearly 2,900 acres, with more than 1,700 acres open to the public.
Our lands are mostly forested and include ridge tops, stream bottoms, dramatic rock formations and beautiful vistas. They’re home to creatures like luna moths and box turtles, foxes and deer, fish and salamanders, bobcats and a bevy of bird species. The Conservancy owns and manages 12 nature preserves, 10 conservation easements and a portion of the Athens-Belpre Rail Trail. For more about each of our preserves, click on the Preserves pull-down menu.