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Salmon, bull trout and other aquatic species to benefit from acquiring and restoring valley bottom lands along Gates Creek, near Pemberton
November 14, 2024Habitat conservation and restoration is key to reviving natural resiliency across landscapes Read more »
Important habitat for fish in Heart of the Fraser now conserved
July 8, 2024New conservation area protects sensitive spawning habitat for salmon and white sturgeon Read more »
Important bird habitat now protected in the Rocky Mountain Trench
May 28, 2024Breeding birds and elk are among the wildlife to benefit from this conservation project. Read more »
East Kootenay property finds new purpose as conservation area
November 28, 2023The grasslands and open forests support diverse wildlife, from mule deer and elk, to endangered American badger. Read more »
Extensive area of grasslands south of Kamloops now protected
June 28, 2023Project boosts habitat connectivity and builds climate resilience in one of the BC’s most highly threatened landscapesRead more »
New conservation area protects rare woodland ecosystems on Salt Spring Island
April 19, 2023Reginald Hill supports Coastal Douglas-fir forest, which in turn is vital to many of BC's at-risk species. Read more »
Long-sought protection of BC’s Incomappleux Valley realized through collaboration
January 25, 2023Today the Nature Conservancy of Canada is celebrating the protection of 75,000 hectares in the Incomappleux Valley in southeastern British Columbia through its participation in a diverse conservation partnership.Read more »
Family secures a natural future for beloved marsh by donating land for conservation
June 16, 2022After more than half a century of caring for the forests and wetlands on their property on Slocan Lake, the Alvarez family has ensured a permanent conservation future for their land by donating it to the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC).Read more »
Game-changing investment in nature will accelerate protection of high priority BC landscapes
June 6, 2022Teck Resources Limited has pledged $12 million to NCC as part of the company’s commitment to be nature positive by 2030. The donation will support new land conservation projects in the province that are only possible with multi-partner collaboration. Read more »
Bella Coola couple, Nuxalk Nation and Nature Conservancy of Canada come together to create sanctuary for birds and other wildlife
December 14, 2021A riverfront property in the Bella Coola Valley that local residents Harvey and Carol Thommasen purchased in 2018 with the aim of making it a bird sanctuary is now the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s newest conservation area in British Columbia.Read more »
Vancouver couple puts their money where their hearts are
October 26, 2021Al Collings and Hilary Stevens believe everyday citizens have a critical role to play in combatting climate change and protecting nature. Instead of leaving it only to governments to take action on the climate and ecological crises, Al and Hilary have chosen to put their money where their hearts are. Read more »
Darkwoods Conservation Area closed to all access due to large wildfire
July 12, 2021The Nature Conservancy of Canada has closed all public access to its Darkwoods Conservation Area due to a large wildfire in the Cultus Creek watershedRead more »
