Stewards of the West: The Knobloch Collection

Carl W. Knobloch Jr’s passion for the environment led him to amass exceptional works by the artists who recorded the new United States territories in the 19th and early 20th centuries
‘The preservation of our natural ecosystems is critical to the continued economic strength of our country, as well as the health of all Americans,’ the late philanthropist Carl W. Knobloch Jr said in 2007, when endowing the deanship at Yale’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. ‘There is an impending crisis in the degradation of the world's environment that we must prevent for the sake of our children and their children.’

To this end, Knobloch (1930-2016) used the fortune he built in various businesses to help fund environmental causes. Since its founding in 1997 the Knobloch Family Foundation (KFF) has supported conservation efforts in Texas, Georgia and Wyoming.