Sep 30, 2024

Conservation Matter: Fall 2024

As the impacts of climate change become more intense across New England, nature-based solutions will be a key piece of the solution.

Cover of Conservation Matters. Photo of a fish surrounded by kelp. Text overlay: "Conservation Matters: Conservation Law Foundation. The Underwater Magnificence of Cashes Ledge. Fall 2024. CLF."
Jun 12, 2024

Four Wonders I Saw at Cashes Ledge

Cashes Ledge is an underwater mountain range that nurtures a multitude of species, many of them vulnerable to human impacts as well as climate change.

Fish swimming amid kelp at Cashes Ledge
Jan 29, 2021

Biden’s First Days: Promises Made, Promises Still to Keep

Biden’s flurry of executive orders addressing climate change, conservation, and environmental justice has us optimistic. Now we must ensure his administration follows through and turns these orders into meaningful and actionable policy.

First 100 Days
Jul 22, 2020

Conservation Matters Summer 2020: Year in Review

In times of change and upheaval, there is also room for hope and inspiration. While we collectively have much hard work ahead of us, we also have much to commend. Our hope is that this report offers insight into the work that your support makes possible – and inspiration for what we know we can accomplish together.

Conservation Matters Summer 2020
May 28, 2020

The Real Fishwives of Cashes Ledge

A key step to saving Atlantic cod is protecting the mother fish that lay exponentially more eggs than their smaller, younger counterparts. Protecting area where these BOFFFFs, or Big Old Fat Fertile Female Fish, live and spawn is crucial to a healthy cod population.

Text: The Real Fishwives of Cashes Ledge. Image: Cartoon cod
Sep 13, 2019

Happy Birthday to Our Marine National Monument

As the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument turns three, we’re celebrating the critical role it plays in safeguarding the health of New England’s ocean for generations to come – and highlighting the need for more places like it in our ocean. 

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