The Phoenix Conservancy

An Oustelet's Giant Chameleon, a light brown lizard with vibrant green and red markings on its throat, clings to branches. Text reading "LAST DAY VOTE People Helping People Awards Find the link in our bio!" appears above and behind the chameleon.

It's the last day to vote for us! 📝 We’re a finalist in the BECU People Helping People Awards! 🙌 Pick us as your choice to win $40,000 in the People’s Choice Award category. Vote by 5 p.m. PST TODAY, Nov. 7, at this link so we can make even more of an impact.

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#Nature #Conservation

A candy bar, split in half, with pictures of Ring-tailed Lemurs edited to appear inside the candy.

Parents, please check your kids' candy this #Halloween! We found endangered Ring-tailed Lemurs inside this candy bar.

A Prairie Dog stands on its hind legs in front of its burrow. Text reading "VOTE FOR US People Helping People Awards" appears above and behind the Prairie Dog.

We’re a finalist in the BECU People Helping People Awards! 🙌 Pick us as your choice to win $40,000 in the People’s Choice Award category. Vote by 5 p.m. PST, Nov. 7 at becu.org/awards so we can make even more of an impact.

If you're gonna touch grass, it might as well be native

Donate | Phoenix Conservancy The Phoenix Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to the restoration of endangered ecosystems for the communities that depend on them and the conservation of biodiversity.

We're so grateful for the collaborations that drive Ivohiboro's conservation forward, including the generous donors that keep these programs thriving.

If you'd like to join us, you can give here: www.PhoenixConservancy.org/donate

We hired hundreds of people across 4 new communities to help us protect imperiled, isolated patches of habitat for Ivohiboro's endangered and unique lemurs, as well as countless other species.

These efforts would not have been possible without our partners at MICET, who oversaw the implementation.

Local community members in Ivohiboro, Madagascar work to clear a strip of land to create a firebreak. There are grassy hills in the background and a gully filled with trees.

🔥We just added 10 miles of firebreaks to protect Madagascar's rainforests!🌳

Our site in Ivohiboro is inside a protected area, but thanks to support from the IUCN SOS program, we've extended our efforts to forest fragments north of Ivohiboro.

#Madagascar #Nature #Conservation #Rainforest #Ivohiboro

From the #GreatPlains pictured above to the #PalousePrairie of the inland Northwest to the forests of #Madagascar. Today, we hope you'll join us in recognizing and celebrating the numerous, diverse communities who have called this continent (and others) home since time immemorial.

Gently rolling hills of mixed grass prairie in the Great Plains of South Dakota under a partly cloudy sky.

Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay! 🌍

Today, as on all days, we honor the original stewards of the land we restore who have managed the ecosystems in which we work for thousands of years.

#Indigenous #Native #Nature #Conservation #Photography #Ecosystem

Above: Yu-mos-tos, also known as Steptoe Butte, rises above the rolling hills of the Palouse Prairie as seen from the forested north slope of Kamiak Butte.

Yu-mos-tos, also known as Steptoe Butte, rises above the rolling hills of the Palouse Prairie as seen from the forested north slope of Kamiak Butte.

Goodbye, summer 👋☀️

The vibrant greens that dominate the Palouse's rolling hills during summer are far behind us, and cooler autumnal weather lies ahead. Are you ready?

#Palouse #PalousePrairie #Conservation #Restoration #Nature #Washington #PNW #Photography #Landscape

We're right there with you 😭

A bright pink wildflower, Sensitive Briar (Mimosa nuttallii), blooming among green grass.

Flower Power 🌷⚡

Sensitive Briar (Mimosa nuttallii) is one of our target species for cultivation in the Great Plains. Its leaves are indeed "sensitive," folding up when touched. 👇🌿

Have you encountered this plant before?

#Conservation #Nature #GreatPlains #Photography #Wildflower #Flower #Science

A wide picture of the rolling hills of the Palouse region of eastern Washington and northern Idaho at sunrise. Native prairie, with a diversity of grasses, forbs, and shrubs, appears in the foreground and midground, with rolling agricultural fields in the background. Mountains are visible in the far distance. The sky is clear but shifts from orange to yellow to blue from right to left and down to up.

🌄Palouse sunrises never fail to disappoint 😌

View from Steptoe Butte, with endangered native prairie overlooking rolling agricultural fields.

#Conservation #Restoration #Nature #Washington #PNW #PalousePrairie #SteptoeButte #Photography

We'll clean the seeds and grow a portion of them out to mature plants, returning them and the remainder of the seeds to South Dakota to be planted. Every single seed and plant will make it possible for others to grow, helping biodiversity and people thrive in the Plains.

Surprisingly, the main barrier to prairie restoration in the Great Plains isn't land availability - there's plenty of that. Instead, access to native seeds is rare, meaning anyone who wants to restore prairie is limited by low seed supplies.

A person carrying two large paper bags leans over to pick seeds from a native plant. They stand in an open grassland that extends far into the background. The sky is overcast.

Great Plains Seed Collection 2025 was another smashing success!

We collected seeds from 30 native plant species in Ft. Pierre National Grassland in South Dakota, all of which will help us restore endangered prairies across the region.

#Conservation #Restoration #GreatPlains #Nature #Photography

Just like last time, we'll be located at Beasley Coliseum at 925 NE Fairway Road in Pullman, WA 99163 from 9am to 5pm, and we'll be open for TWO days instead of one (August 23rd and 24th). We hope to see you there!

If you came to Part One earlier this month, we have all new items at this new sale! We have household goods, hardware, camping supplies, sporting goods, kitchenware, tools, art supplies, and more available, many of which are NEW in the box. Come on by for great deals and support our work!

An advertisement for an estate sale operated by The Phoenix Conservancy on Saturday, August 23rd, and Sunday, August 24th, at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

Déjà vu all over again, again? 🥴 Nope! We're running part TWO of our August estate sale. 🏷️

We've been generously donated 1000s of items from a local estate, which we're selling this Saturday (8/23) & Sunday (8/24) to raise funds for our Palouse Prairie restoration work.

#Conservation #Pullman #WSU

Many thanks to Ecosia for their generous support of these efforts, along with all our donors who make Ivohiboro's restoration possible.

If you'd like to help us keep up this critical work, please consider making a contribution.

www.PhoenixConservancy.org/donate

The fire reduction has increased the landscape's water retention, allowing communities to 3x rice production as more H2O is available. Natural regeneration is underway alongside our Foxhole Forest restoration work too, meaning Ivohiboro and its biodiversity can continue to recover & thrive!

People in Madagascar use shovels to clear vegetation from a 30-ft wide firebreak in open grassland. Tall hills and distant mountain with lush forest are visible in the background.

🔥🛑 Firebreak maintenance just finished in Madagascar! 🇲🇬

Firebreaks protect Ivohiboro forest from wildfires. The bare soil prevents fires from reaching forest, but the maintenance jobs have also led to a dramatic decrease in fires being set.

#Conservation #Restoration #Madagascar #Nature #Wildfire

Just like last time, we'll be located at Beasley Coliseum at 925 NE Fairway Road in Pullman, WA 99163 from 9am to 5pm, but we'll be open for TWO days instead of one (August 2nd and 3rd). We hope to see you there!

We have household goods, hardware, camping supplies, sporting goods, kitchenware, tools, art supplies, and more available, many of which are NEW in the box. Come on by for great deals and support our work!

Phoenix has been generally donated thousands of items from a local estate in Pullman, which we're selling this Saturday (August 2nd) and Sunday (August 3rd) to raise funds for our Palouse Prairie restoration work.

An advertisement for an estate sale operated by The Phoenix Conservancy on Saturday, August 2nd, and Sunday, August 3rd, at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

Déjà vu all over again? 🥴 Nope! We're running another estate sale. 🏷️

100% of proceeds support protection and restoration of endangered Palouse Prairie!

#Conservation #EstateSale #Event #PalousePrairie #Washington #WSU #UofI #Idaho

Just kidding, we love bison! We just adhere to an age-old saying in conservation: "If you want to save an animal, save its habitat." We're working to restore the prairies bison like this one call home. 💚

An American Bison (Bison bison) standing among a sea of sagebrush plants. Another bison can be seen the background but is blurry.

Look at all that sage! 😍🌿 If only North America's largest living land animal weren't blocking the view 😫🦬

#Nature #Conservation #Bison #GreatPlains #Photography #Wildlife #Animals #Prairie #Plants

Pocket Prairies | Phoenix Conservancy The Phoenix Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to the restoration of endangered ecosystems for the communities that depend on them and the conservation of biodiversity.

Do you live in the region? Are you interested in having native prairie in your yard? Get in touch with us through our website's contact form below!

www.phoenixconservancy.org/pocket-prair...