The Conservation Burial Alliance
Conservation burial ground creators, stewards, and advocates
working together to connect people
who support natural burial as part of the effort
to protect and restore land with conservation value.

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Founding Members

Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, North Carolina
Caroline Yongue, founder and director
Cassie Barrett, operations manager

Foxfield Preserve, Ohio
Sara Brink, preserve steward

Heartwood Preserve Conservation Cemetery, Florida
Laura Starkey, executive director

Kokosing Nature Preserve, Ohio
​Amy Henricksen, preserve steward

LANDMATTERS, North Carolina
​Heidi Hannapel, owner and partner
​Jeff Masten, owner and partner

Larkspur Conservation, Tennessee
John Christian Phifer, executive director
David Ponoroff, assistant director

NH Funeral Resources Education & Advocacy, New Hampshire
​Lee Webster, advocate, liaison, and historian

Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery, Florida
Freddie Johnson, executive director

Ramsey Creek Preserve, South Carolina
Billy and Kimberley Campbell, founders and directors

White Eagle Memorial Preserve Cemetery, Washington
​Jodie Buller, cemetery manager

(l-r) Jeff Masten, David Ponoroff, Jodie Buller, Freddie Johnson, Caroline Yongue, Cassie Barrett, Heidi Hannapel, Laura Starkey, John Christian Phifer (seated) Kimberley Campbell, Billy Campbell (not pictured, photo taken by Lee Webster)

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"The purpose of conservation:
​The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time."
​— Gifford Pincho

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Learn more about ​the Conservation Burial Alliance.

Top photo: Heartwood Preserve and Conservation Cemetery, Trinity, Florida
Bottom: Ramsey Creek Preserve, Westminster, South Carolina