Land for people, for wildlife, forever.
What We Protect
We protect land that supports the things we can't live without - like clean water and healthy communities - and safeguard the places that make life worth living, like parks for recreation and plant and animal habitat.
How We Do It
Over the past 50 years, we've helped save millions of acres through land acquisition, funding, and research and advocacy. We're also increasing access to the great outdoors through the support of grassroots efforts and park enhancement projects.
New & Noteworthy
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Featured News Governor Henry McMaster, Open Space Institute, South Carolina State Parks Celebrate the Opening of State’s First-Ever Riverine Park Network“This project has always been about bringing people back to the river,” said Maria Whitehead, OSI’s Sr. Vice President of Land for the Southeast. “With the opening of The Meadows, the community’s long standing hopes for public access to the land and water—as well as larger visions for preserving these remarkable landscapes for people and wildlife—are now becoming realities."
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Featured News Open Space Institute Launches Major Initiative to Accelerate Conservation Across 18-State Appalachian Region; Awards $4M to Save 105K Acres in First Grant RoundThe Open Space Institute (OSI) has launched a major expansion of its efforts to save one of the nation’s most critical landscapes for greenhouse gas emission reductions, wildlife migration, and community exposure to threats from flooding and extreme weather.
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Latest News
- Open Space Institute Launches Major Initiative to Accelerate Conservation Across 18-State Appalachian Region; Awards $4M to Save 105K Acres in First Grant Round
- Governor Henry McMaster, Open Space Institute, South Carolina State Parks Celebrate the Opening of State’s First-Ever Riverine Park Network
- Open Space Institute and Delaware Highlands Conservancy Protect Water Quality in the Brodhead Creek Watershed
