News Releases
Conservation project protects salmon sanctuary in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest
January 14, 2020The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has acquired a 70-hectare (174-acre) property on the Bella Coola estuary. Read more »
This is big! Largest private land conservation project in Canada just got bigger
June 21, 2019The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is pleased to announce that it has acquired 7,900 hectares (19,500 acres) of rare inland temperate rainforest in the South Selkirk Mountains. With the support of a broad range of funders, the national land trust purchased the large tract of private land, situated in the heart of its Darkwoods Conservation Area. Read more »
Columbia Basin Trust joins effort to expand Darkwoods
December 19, 2018Local organization's support brings NCC one step closer to securing the Next Creek property in the heart of Darkwoods.Read more »
Governments of Canada and British Columbia invest in expansion of Darkwoods Conservation Area
November 14, 2018Funding kick-starts Nature Conservancy of Canada campaign for conservation in the Canadian Rockies. Read more »
Old homestead near Fernie now protected for grizzly bears
June 5, 2018Just in time for World Environment Day, the Nature Conservancy of Canada is announcing British Columbia's latest conservation project - the Morrissey Meadows Conservation Area.Read more »
Healing a Hurt Land
March 5, 2018A piece of heavily logged land near Gamadiis Port Clements, Haida Gwaii, will now be restored thanks to a new partnership between the Haida Nation and the Nature Conservancy of Canada.Read more »
Pioneering legacy recognized in new conservation area
July 17, 2017The Nature Conservancy of Canada announces the creation of a new conservation area in the Robson Valley area of British Columbia, which celebrates the memory of former resident and pioneer Anne Hicks. Read more »
Conservation acquisition along the Okanagan River aims to reverse habitat loss in internationally important wetland area
March 28, 2017The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has announced the conservation of a 90-acre (36.4-hectare) wetland property in the heart of one of British Columbia’s best birding areas. Located along the Okanagan River in an expanse of wetland known as the Osoyoos Oxbows, the new conservation area is the latest addition to a complex of conservation lands that parallel Highway 97 between Osoyoos and Oliver. Read more »
Wetland conservation in the Columbia Valley protects internationally significant habitat for migratory birds
February 2, 2017In honour of World Wetlands Day, the Nature Conservancy of Canada is pleased to announce a new wetland conservation project in BC's Columbia Valley. Read more »
