Featured Projects
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Fort Ellice: A Hidden Gem
Fort Ellice is an opportunity to connect with the beautiful nature of the property as well as the rich history of the people who have cared for this land for millennia. Read more »
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Camp Morton North
The beautiful beaches and shallow warm waters of Lake Winnipeg are vulnerable to being lost. United, we can conserve a rare block of shoreline habitat, a 61-hectare property we are calling Camp Morton North. Read more »
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Fish Benefit from Award-winning Design
Award-winning project at Beaver Creek restores fish migration and serves as a model of sustainable conservation and engineering design. Read more »
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Wabano Aki - Tomorrows Land
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is working with local Anishinaabe representatives and the Beddome family to jointly steward and monitor 305 hectares on the banks of the Assiniboine River, south of Shilo. The announcement is being made as a celebration and testament of the whole-of-society approach necessary to address the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change. Read more »
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Southwest Manitoba Priority Place
The Southwest Manitoba Priority Place Conservation Planning Initiative is seeking your perspectives, ideas and feedback. Read more »
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Makinak Woods 2
The Makinak Woods II project is located east of Riding Mountain National Park and is a conservation priority due to its ability to hold and slow the flow of water flowing down the Manitoba escarpment. Read more »
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Drinkwalter Sandhills
Drinkwalter Sandhills is a beautiful and biodiverse property in the Oak Lake Sandhills and Wetlands Natural Area. Read more »
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Lake Ranch
The Lake Ranch project is a once in a generation opportunity to conserve a large tract of endangered tall-grass prairie, wetland, forest, and lakeshore. Read more »
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Jackson Pipestone Prairie and Wetlands
The Jackson Pipestone Prairie and Wetlands project consists of 518 ha across the Broomhill Prairie and Oak-Plum Lakes Important Bird Area properties, and is a key securement opportunity to support grassland conservation in Manitoba. Read more »
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Stony Mountain Prairie Preserve
Just minutes from Winnipeg, this preserve features a variety of amazing plant species and several trails to explore. This rare prairie remnant provides an opportunity to get up close and personal with Manitoba's provincial flower, the prairie crocus. Read more »
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Town Island
For generations, the natural beauty of Lake of the Woods has inspired campers, cottagers and residents alike. This vast wilderness, which runs through Ontario, Manitoba and Minnesota, provides priceless opportunities for people to connect with the best of Canadian nature. Read more »
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Oak Lake North - Susan Lacey's Legacy
Located 11 kilometres southwest of the town of Oak Lake, this property boasts diverse habitat, including mixed-grass prairie, wetlands and riverbank habitat. The property was recently the site of an exciting discovery of species that were not previously known to exist here. Read more »
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Douglas Marsh 4
Thanks to donors like you, Douglas Marsh 4, a piece of the largest wetland system in the Assiniboine Delta aquifer, has been secured. Read more »
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Brandon Urban Ecological Preserve
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is working with landowners, various levels of government and others toward a solution that adequately supports the conservation of a Brandon orchid population. Read more »
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Community-Nominated Priority Places
Environment Canada invested $1.9 million in Manitoba's endangered Tall Grass Prairie Natural Area to support the work of the Nature Conservancy of Canada and our partners. Read more »
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Elk Glen
The Elk Glen property, located just south of Riding Mountain National Park, spans 646 hectares (1,596 acres) and is defined by hilly topography and a diverse mixture of habitat types which include forest, wetlands and prairie. Read more »
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The Weston Family Tallgrass Prairie Interpretive Centre
Located in the heart of the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve, the Interpretive Centre (a redesigned 3,000-square-foot home) is located on a 65-hectare (160-acre) site representing the beauty and diversity of the surrounding rare ecosystem. Read more »
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Kurian Property
The 130-hectare (320-acre) Kurian property is located in the northern portion of the Whitemouth River Natural Area, and is characteristic of black spruce bog and tamarack larch fen habitats that are found in the lowlands of the Canadian Shield. Read more »
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The Forks Prairie Garden
Just a stone's throw from the pulsing heart of Winnipeg, at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, lies the Nature Conservancy of Canada's The Forks Prairie Garden project. Read more »
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Maple Lake Project
The Maple Lake property, purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Vinck, is one of our first fee-simple projects completed in the unique Oak Lake Sandhills and Wetlands region of southwest Manitoba. Read more »
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Yellow Quill Prairie
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) established the Yellow Quill Prairie Preserve south of Brandon, Manitoba, in 1998 to give the few remaining species at risk in this area a better chance for survival, and to maintain the last intact remnants of their natural habitats. Read more »
