Even rarer than a panda: How the Minnesota Zoo and NCC are collaborating to save one of the world's most endangered butterflies
Poweshiek skipperling, MB (Photo by Erik Runquist, Minnesota Zoo)
Listed as an endangered species in Manitoba in 2012 and nationally as threatened, the Poweshiek skipperling has decreased dramatically throughout North America. In Canada, It is known to only inhabit 17 fields in southeastern Manitoba, primarily...
A welcome message from the editor: Writing lines on the land
Campfire on the banks of the Kootenay River, BC (Photo by Christine Beevis Trickett/NCC)
Welcome to the new blog of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC)! Land Lines aims to share stories about conservation and the places and species that are protected thanks to these efforts, and stories about the people who make it possible. I...
An interview with Bruce Kirkby: The call to conserve Canada’s last frontiers
Bruce Kirkby (Photo courtesy of Bruce Kirkby)
Bruce Kirkby is a writer, photographer, traveler and adventurer. As a columnist for The Globe and Mail, contributor to Canadian Geographic and the New York Times and author of two books (Sand Dance and Dolphin’s Tooth), Bruce’s...
