Through our support of environmental causes,

we help protect our natural resources for future generations.

A selection of initiatives supported by Tellabs, the Tellabs Foundation and Tellabs employees is listed below.

The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy's mission is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.

A recent grant from the Tellabs Foundation will help protect grassland preserves in California, Texas and Illinois. Clymer Meadow and Cowleech Praire Preserves (TX) are key sites for the restoration, protection and connection of remnant prairies, encompassing 18,000 acres near Dallas. Mount Hamilton Project (CA) will conduct stewardship activities on the 90,000-acre property. At Nachusa Grasslands (IL), funds will help purchase land to add to the 1,700-acre site with remarkable biodiversity in plant and animal species.

SciTech Hands-On Museum

An after-school science program, Labrats, opened at the museum in 2008. A Tellabs Foundation grant helped develop an environmental curriculum in atmospheric science, wetland and lake ecosystems and conservation biology. Environmental subjects help spark kids' enthusiasm for science.

Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre

The Nature Centre provides environmental education to more than 50,000 visitors annually in the United Kingdom. Flooding delayed the Centre's plans to re-open its eco-friendly addition in early 2007. A Tellabs Foundation grant will help relaunch the facility with a community event in 2008. The Nature Centre is near one of the largest inland reedbeds remaining in the United Kingdom.