Featured Projects
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Abraham Lake
The Nature Conservancy of Canada now owns this 256-hectare (634-acre) nature reserve that features an old-growth red spruce forest, now extremely rare in Nova Scotia. Read more »
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Bay of Fundy shorebird habitats
The Nature Conservancy of Canada and partners have won greater international recognition for shorebird habitats in protect Cumberland Basin and Cobequid Bay. Read more »
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Brier Island
NCC's Brier Island Nature Reserve protects over 400 hectares of habitat, including habitat for endangered species. Read more »
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Cape Breton
The Nature Conservancy of Canada currently owns 274 hectares (676 acres) of extraordinary habitat in central Cape Breton. Read more »
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Chignecto Isthmus
The Chignecto Isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting mainland Nova Scotia to New Brunswick and the rest of North America. For centuries, Mi’kmaq First Nations would gather here to meet and to hunt waterfowl, fish, moose, bear and porcupine. Read more »
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Cobequid Hills
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has conserved a 366-hectare (904-acre) sugar maple forest in the Cobequid Hills, the Dr. George Cook Nature Reserve, thanks to a land donation from the Cook brothers. Read more »
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Deep Cove
Deep Cove is a remarkable tapestry of mature forest, bogs, fens, shrub barrens and small lakes. Read more »
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Docherty's Brook
Docherty’s Brook and the surrounding region boast mature maritime mixed-wood forest that support many species of wildlife. The site contains one of the largest stands of eastern white cedars in Nova Scotia. Read more »
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Dr. Bill Freedman Nature Reserve
The Dr. Bill Freedman Nature Reserve is located at Prospect High Head, 23 kilometres southwest of Halifax. It is 10 kilometres east of Peggy’s Cove, a popular tourist spot. Read more »
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Economy Point
A spectacular natural landscape of wild and pristine beauty, this area in the Minas Basin of Nova Scotia is home to some of the area's most fragile residents and a prime feeding and staging area for migrating shorebirds. Read more »
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Fishing Lake and Young's Island
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is working on two exciting projects that provide an opportunity for Nova Scotians to support important land conservation and help these spectacular sites be saved! Read more »
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Freshwater Conservation Blueprint
The Atlantic office of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has launched a new online tool to advance community-based freshwater conservation. Read more »
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Gaff Point
Gaff Point is one of Nova Scotia's fastest disappearing undeveloped coastal headlands, offering dramatic ocean views and linking a series of critical beaches and dune systems. Read more »
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Musquodoboit Harbour
The Musquodoboit Harbour boasts a complex system of coastal islands, salt marshes, mudflats, barrier beaches, bogs, barrens and coastal forest. Read more »
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Musquodoboit River
The tranquil Musquodoboit River is one of the best remaining Atlantic salmon habitats on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, and home to several other threatened species, such as snapping turtle, wood turtle and sea-run brook trout. Just 30 minutes from Halifax, it is a haven for nature lovers. Read more »
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Pugwash Estuary
One of NCC's largest conservation areas in Nova Scotia, the Pugwash River Estuary provides important habitat for migratory birds. The reserve is a mix of forest and salt marsh on the Northumberland Strait. Read more »
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Sandy Bay
NCC and partners have acquired a 69-hectare (171-acre) jewel at Sandy Bay, adjacent to Thomas Raddall Provincial Park. Read more »
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Shaw Wilderness Park
NCC and partners Halifax Regional Municipality and Shaw Group Ltd, have conserved 153 hectares (379 acres) at Williams Lake to create the Shaw Wilderness Park Read more »
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Stehelin property
The Long Tusket Lake area of Nova Scotia has a unique human history. In the mid-1800s, the area was the site of the settlement of New France, or “Electric City – so named because of the lighted streets and houses made possible by an in-stream water-based power plant. Lights were a rare sight in those days, particularly in the backwoods of Digby County. Read more »
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The Port Joli and Port L’Hebert Coastal Area
The Port Joli coastal region features a shallow and sheltered ocean inlet, sandy beaches, mudflats, small islands and dunes. Read more »
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WHSRN expansion project
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is working on a project to have Cumberland Basin and Cobequid Bay recognized as Landscapes of Hemispheric Importance. Read more »