Thistle & Timber Foundation

Public charity: 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)
EIN: 39-5011326 

The Thistle & Timber Foundation restores native prairies, manages non‑native species in woodlands, and safeguards native butterfly habitat. 

We advance herbicide‑free invasive control and science‑based exploration to restore native grasslands, to improve trail and habitat quality, and promote sustainable interaction with the natural world.

About the Founder

Jeffery Beall

Founder & Executive Director

It started with a box of caterpillars. Watching my children, Willow and Wilder, witness the magic of transformation planted a question in me:

Why am I not doing more?

After years of work in oil and gas utilities, I saw chemicals being sprayed in stations and on right-of-ways that could otherwise support butterflies and biodiversity. Over the years, I eventually found it impossible ignore the gap between what we're doing to the land and what's possible in creating a more beautiful world for the future.

I founded Thistle & Timber Foundation to champion herbicide-free restoration of native grasslands, support monarch and pollinator habitat, and reconnect communities, especially young people, with the natural world

In Our Hearts, a Beautiful World is Possible

  • Butterfly 🦋 Conservation & Observation

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  • Childhood Nature Immersion

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  • Native Biodiversity

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