Since its inception in 1997, the Turner Endangered Species Fund has developed a proven conservation track record including among other things: 1) working as the only private permittee of the US Fish and Wildlife Service on wolf recovery, 2) managing one of the most productive black-footed ferret breeding facilities in North America, 3) managing the most successful population of reintroduced desert bighorn sheep in New Mexico, 4) managing 1 of only 3 pre-release facilities for the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program, 5) conducting the only successful attempt by any organization to restore a population of red-cockaded woodpeckers where no founder population existed, 6) engaging in the largest ongoing effort of any organization to translocate and expand prairie dog populations, 7) serving as a primary catalyst for a bi-national campaign to conserve migratory pollinators along a 2,500-mile migration corridor from the southwestern U.S. to southern Mexico, 8) conducting the largest private effort to restore the native longleaf pine/wiregrass ecosystem in the southeast, 9) producing the most extensive study ever to assess feasibility of reintroducing swift fox, and 10) assembling and leading the most serious effort to evaluate the restoration potential for wolves in the Southern Rockies. Click the arrow above to learn more about 2000-2001 projects.

1999 report

During 1999 the Turner Endangered Species Fund made good progress conserving biodiversity by emphasizing private land and private efforts. Since inception the fund has developed contracts or formal relations with two federal agencies, five state agencies, six universities, and 18 non-governmental organizations. Click the arrow above to learn more about our recent work on behalf of nine imperiled species.

1998 report

During 1998 the Turner Endangered Species Fund translocated and released five pairs of red-cockaded woodpeckers, placed 12 black-footed ferrets at the breeding facility at Vermejo Park Ranch, intensified efforts to restore black-tailed prairie dogs, continued efforts to restore Mexican wolves and desert bighorn sheep, and developed a bi-national campaign to conserve migratory pollinators and their 1,500-mile migration corridor that stretches from the southwestern U.S. to southern Mexico.

1997 report

The Turner Endangered Species Fund began operations in June 1997. During the year we accomplished important administrative tasks and worked on behalf nine imperiled species including red-cockaded woodpeckers, aplomado falcons, California condors, black-footed ferrets, black-tailed prairie dogs, red wolves, Mexican wolves, northern gray wolves, and desert bighorn sheep.