At OSI, we protect land for people, for wildlife, forever. Learn More About Who We Are
A Place for Life.
What We Protect
We protect land that supports the things we can’t live without — like clean water, climate protection, 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 40 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 our support of grassroots efforts and park enhancement projects.
New & Noteworthy
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Featured Story Year in Review 2022: A Momentous Year for OSIFor the Open Space Institute, 2022 was a year of record-breaking deals for land protection and transformative improvements around public access to nature and open space.
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Featured News OSI Protects Key Portion of Waties Island, One of the Southeast’s Last Undeveloped and Unprotected Barrier IslandsOSI has announced the conservation of a key portion of one of the last stretches of undeveloped seashore near Myrtle Beach. The project marks the first victory of a new conservation fund launched to protect South Carolina’s natural resources.
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Latest News
- Open Space Institute Supports Protection of Tennessee Property for Forest Carbon Storage
- OSI Protects Key Portion of Waties Island, One of the Southeast’s Last Undeveloped and Unprotected Barrier Islands
- Open Space Institute and Local Officials Announce Major Step Towards New Greenway in Bergen County