The Nature Conservancy does good work protecting the environment and defending wild lands worldwide. It also encourages amateur and professional photographers to share their landscape and wildlife photos, and sponsors an annual photo contest. This Nature Conservancy Windows 7 theme features photos that were given runner-up and honorable mention nods in the most recent contest, from photographers who were kind enough to grant us permission to use their work.

Load up the Nature Conservancy Windows 7 theme and enjoy these lovely images: Gavin Emmons's "Young Southern Elephant Seals at Rest," Brian Furbush's "Campton, New Hampshire," Chris Gin's "Reflected Beauty," Jonathan Hey's "Bison at Grand Prismatic Spring," Jan Macguire's "Yosemite Valley," and Patrick Smith's "Waianapanapa Sands." (The photographers retain copyright to their images.)

The Nature Conservancy Windows 7 theme puts some of nature's grandeur on your desktop. If you love wildlife and wild places, you'll enjoy this free theme. And who knows? You might be moved to visit the Nature Conservancy site and make a donation.

Note: To install this Windows 7 theme, unzip the downloaded archive and double-click the themepack file within. Windows does the rest.

--Kim Saccio-Kent