conservancy

noun

con·​ser·​van·​cy kən-ˈsər-vən(t)-sē 

plural conservancies

1

British : a board regulating fisheries and navigation in a river or port

2

a

: conservation

b

: an organization or area designated to conserve and protect natural resources

Synonyms of conservancy

• preservation
• conservation

Examples of conservancy in a Sentence

The land was recently donated to a local conservancy.

raising money for the conservancy of natural resources

Recent Examples on the Web

On Friday, a few days after Supervisor Hahn’s request, the state wildlife department granted the conservancy’s permit. —Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026

The conservancy's plan to shoot the deer from the air, using helicopters, was shut down in 2024 after residents voiced concerns of bullets raining down and rotting deer carcasses that would be left behind. —Julie Sharp, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026

Last year, the conservancy reduced the amount of brush on 700 acres, Barton said. —Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026

As a freshman at Lakewood High in suburban Denver, Dempsey traveled to Hohhot, a city in China’s Inner Mongolia region, as part of a tree-planting initiative through a nature conservancy. —Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English conservancie "act of conserving or keeping safe," borrowed from Medieval Latin conservantia "conservation, office of a conservator," noun derivative of Latin conservant-, conservans, present participle of conservāre "to save or keep from danger, preserve, keep unchanged" — more at conserve entry 1

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for conservancy

• fervency