News Releases
Fire information for BC conservation areas
July 23, 2021This page provides current information about how and where wildfires are affecting NCC's conservation lands in BC. 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 »
Conservation groups partner to secure forested lands frequented by at-risk population of grizzly bears in the Squamish-Lillooet region
June 28, 2021The Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program have come together to find a long-term conservation solution for this ecologically important area.Read more »
Precious wetlands, old-growth forest and grasslands now protected as part of internationally significant conservation area in the South Okanagan
December 15, 2020Learn about the expansion of an internationally significant conservation area just outside Osoyoos. The Nature Conservancy of Canada is celebrating the addition of 126 hectares (311 acres) to the Sage and Sparrow Conservation Area. Read more »
At-risk population of grizzly bears to benefit from successful conservation initiative in Pemberton Valley
September 16, 2020The Ryan River Conservation Area is the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s first project in the Pemberton Valley. Read more »
Badgers, bears and birds to benefit from bolstering bunchgrass conservation in Rocky Mountain Trench
June 4, 2020The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Kootenay River Ranch Conservation Area just got bigger, thanks to the support of numerous funding partners. This project enhances existing conservation efforts in the Rocky Mountain Trench, south of Canal Flats.Read more »
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 »
