The Connemara Conservancy Foundation (CCF) began in 1981 with an initial gift of 72 acres by Frances (Montgomery) Williams on the border of Allen and Plano. This property is the Connemara Meadow Preserve, or simply, The Meadow. It is also what most people relate to when they use the word Connemara although the Foundation is much more than those few 72 acres.
Ahead of her time for the area, Frances had become concerned that her family's land was in jeopardy of succumbing to the almost unstoppable "urban sprawl". By protecting The Meadow forever through a formal Conservation Trust, Frances gave us the gift and opportunity to experience and understand Texas as it was, as it would be without us, and as we'd all want it to be. Because of her foresight, The Meadow will forever remain in its natural state as an open window to the environment where we live.
However, the Foundation soon realized there was a need for large-scale conservation throughout the North Texas area. As a result, it became one of Texas' first land trusts, a qualified organization to hold conservation easements on private land in partnership with willing landowners. Connemara is now one of over 40 land trusts working to preserve natural lands throughout Texas and the only regional land trust focusing solely on North Texas preservation.
In order to enable the formal staff to focus its efforts on its core mission - increasing North Texas land conservation through land trusts - The Foundation depends heavily on a core of dedicated volunteers to assist in maintaining its showpiece property (The Meadow Nature Preserve). Exactly how these various pieces (the Board of Trustees, The Meadow Nature Preserve, the managed trusts, the staff and the volunteers) fit together within the overarching Connemara Conservancy Foundation is explained here.
The Connemara Conservancy Foundation works with landowners and communities who share our love of the land to protect and conserve the critical natural landscapes remaining throughout North Texas.
For the Connemara Conservancy Foundation to be a nationally recognized leader in the protection and conservation of vast tracts of ecosystems, critical habitats, and natural landscapes throughout North Texas for the benefit of current and future generations. |
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