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Conservation Biologist, Megan Lafferty, in the Grasses Nature Reserve (Photo by NCC)

Conservation Biologist, Megan Lafferty, in the Grasses Nature Reserve (Photo by NCC)

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  • Barachois Brook Nature Reserve, NL (Photo by Aiden Mahoney)
    Barachois Brook

    The 79-hectare Barachois Brook Nature Reserve is located near Stephenville, and surrounds an Atlantic salmon river.
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  • Buds on a black ash tree (Photo by NCC)
    Black Ash Nature Reserve

    NCC currently owns 11 hectares (26 acres) along the shores of Rocky Brook, in the rural community of Reidville, on Newfoundland’s west coast.
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  • NCC conservation biologist Megan Lafferty inspects lands along Crabbes River, near St. Fintan's in western Newfoundland and Labrador (Photo by NCC)
    Crabbes River

    NCC currently owns 245 hectares (606 acres) surrounding Crabbes River, a scheduled salmon river in southwest Newfoundland.
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  • Hikers at Freshwater Bay, NL (Photo by NCC)
    Freshwater Bay Nature Reserve

    The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC’s) 98-hectare (243-acre) Freshwater Bay Nature Reserve was donated for conservation and community use by the Crosbie Group Ltd. Once a fishing community, Freshwater Bay is now a popular destination for birders, hikers and outdoor enthusiasts.
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  • Lloyds River, Newfoundland and Labrador (Photo by NCC)
    Lloyds River Nature Reserve

    NCC currently owns 2,174 acres (880 hectares) along Lloyds River in the Annieopsquoch Mountains of central Newfoundland.
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  • Iceberg off of Maddox Cove, NL (Photo by Ronald Stone/Stone Island Photography)
    Maddox Cove Nature Reserve

    NCC currently owns 5 hectares (11 acres) in Maddox Cove, along the eastern Avalon coastline.
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  • Lindley's asters, Port au Port Peninsula, NL (Photo by NCC)
    Port au Port Peninsula

    Located on the southwestern coast of Newfoundland, 10 kilometres west of Stephenville, Port au Port Peninsula’s limestone barrens are a unique natural area. This ecological hot spot is rich in biodiversity, and the habitat is critical for the survival of several rare and endangered plants native to only Newfoundland and Labrador.
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  • Lanna Campbell and Polly look out over the Salmonier River (Photo by Trevor Nickerson)
    Salmonier Nature Reserve

    NCC currently owns 177 hectares (437 acres) along the Salmonier River on the Avalon Peninsula.
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  • Lighthouse at Sandy Point, Newfoundland and Labrador (Photo by Aiden Mahoney)
    Sandy Point

    NCC currently owns 27 hectares (67 acres) on Sandy Point, an island in St. George’s Bay on the southwest coast of Newfoundland.
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  • Brooms Brook, Grand Codroy Valley, Newfoundland and Labrador (Photo by NCC)
    The Grand Codroy Estuary

    NCC currently owns 262 hectares (647 acres) along the Grand Codroy Estuary, a wetland of international importance.
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  • View of the Grasses Nature Reserve, Newfoundland and Labrador (Photo by NCC)
    The Grasses Nature Reserve

    The Grasses Nature Reserve is nestled within a deep valley at the headwaters of Robinson’s River in southwestern Newfoundland.
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  • A Savannah sparrow on the Torbay Gully Nature Reserve (Photo by NCC)
    Torbay Gully Nature Reserve

    NCC currently owns 1 acre (.40 hectares) along the Torbay Gully wetland in the municipality of Torbay.
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