Lens for conservation

Easy and affordable remote monitoring for conserved lands

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Trusted by 250+ conservation organizations

Improves the focus of ground visits

Lens has been an absolute game changer for The Trustees, helping us manage our 20,000+ acres conservation restrictions, alerting us to structural and development changes, and improving the focus of ground visits.

The Trustees of Reservations Sally Naser

Essential for stewardship staff

The platform has been essential for our stewardship staff and increases our efficiencies for ensuring 100% monitoring. The Upstream staff have been great to work with and are clearly committed to the success of land trusts.

Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire Debbie Goard

Confident, data-driven decisions

Lens has been a game-changer—easy to use, high-quality imagery, and wonderful customer service. Having a reliable, intuitive tool helps us track progress, document success, and make confident, data-driven decisions for the landscapes we steward.

Broad Water Innovations Ben Garden, Stewardship Manager

Exponentially decreased time spent

Lens has exponentially decreased the time that it takes to get the most recent imagery for our projects.

Westervelt Ecological Services Kristen Selikoff, Senior GIS Analyst

Easy, accurate, and affordable landscape monitoring for conservation teams

Conservation and environmental protection have never been more important. Lens empowers over 250 conservation organizations monitoring 140+ M hectares with high-resolution aerial imagery and cutting edge tools to make informed and timely decisions about the lands they protect, driving impactful outcomes with greater efficiency.

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Easement monitoring Biodiversity monitoring Watershed protection Habitat restoration Protected area management

An efficient, cost-saving monitoring workflow

Lens was designed to make the best-available data accessible for conservation organizations of any size.

In 2019, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) became a bold early adopter of Lens and together we iterated on a solution that has set new standards for remote monitoring of conserved land.

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57%

Reduction in staff time

28%

Cost savings compared to traditional monitoring