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WWF's work in the Great Plains

Since we started our Conservation Roots initiative we've planted over 63,000 trees, helping to rewild the landscape and build a better future. Each guest visiting a Kenyan Great Plains safari camp has the opportunity to plant a tree themselves. It's a simple act that helps offset carbon but, more than this, the act of placing your tree in the ground, filling in the soil, and then watering it to bring it to life and grow does something else – something more personal, special, and even spiritual.

Every moment on safari is special, but there's an undeniable magic that saturates the landscape just before the sun sets. Drenched in gold and amber, these painted dog pups used the final light of the day to play and tussle. There are only around 6,600 of these canines left in the wild and they rely on conservation strongholds where vast areas of viable habitat are protected. They are just one of the iconic species that benefit from the land we work so hard to protect. | Great Plains Conservatio