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New state headquarters fits into The Nature Conservancy's mission: organization at home in rehabbed Greater Belhaven bungalow.

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The Nature Conservancy recently celebrated the opening of its new state headquarters, located in a restored, historic bungalow in Jackson's Greater Belhaven neighborhood.

The non-profit, international organization, begun in 1951, has operated in Mississippi for many years, but only since 1989 as a state chapter. This is the conservancy's third move in Jackson, and marks a return to the downtown area.

"We are excited to be based in Belhaven, where interest in preservation and beautification is a strong part of the community ethic," said Robbie Fisher, state director for the Mississippi Chapter.

Fisher says the preservation of old homes, which in turn preserves neighborhoods and communities, fits well with the mission of the Nature Conservancy, which is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.

That mission is alive and well in the Magnolia State, where five offices are involved in numerous and varied projects, mostly in partnership with other like-minded organizations.

Northeast Mississippi and the Buttahatchee River

In Northeast Mississippi, the Nature Conservancy has an office in Tupelo where conservation program director Matthew Miller is working on the Buttahatchee River project. The river flows from the hill country of Northwest Alabama southwest into Mississippi where it becomes a part of the Tombigbee River, eventually...

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