News Releases
Ontario forest earns conservation status
April 27, 2023An old-growth forest in Ontario, with trees more than 150 years old, is making history. The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is pleased to announce, along with owner Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd. (Haliburton Forest), the first recognized other effective area-based conservation measure (OECM) within a privately owned commercial forest in Canada. It is also the country’s first OECM led by the forestry industry.Read more »
Internationally significant habitat protected on Saugeen Bruce Peninsula
April 21, 2023The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and its supporters have conserved an internationally significant site on the northern tip of the Peninsula.Read more »
Conservation group close to protecting Lake Superior’s largest privately owned island
April 13, 2023The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has reached a purchase agreement with the current owner of Batchewana Island (in some instances spelled “Batchawana”) and is raising funds to finalize the deal. Read more »
Ontario invests additional $14 million in the Greenlands Conservation Partnership
March 23, 2023The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) welcomes the Government of Ontario’s additional $14 million investment in the Greenlands Conservation Partnership program, announced in Budget 2023.Read more »
Important wetland at Loon Lake near Kingston now protected
March 17, 2023The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) today announced the complete protection of ecologically sensitive lands surrounding Loon Lake, located north of Kingston. NCC and nature champion Monte Hummel have reached an agreement to protect the final piece of private land in a conservation network that spans over 2,000 hectares.Read more »
Nature Conservancy of Canada conserves important wilderness near Kingston
February 2, 2023The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) today announced the conservation of an additional 75 hectares in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere. Read more »
Nature Conservancy of Canada expands protection of key wetlands in Brighton
January 26, 2023The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) today announced the conservation of an additional 30 hectares in the eastern Lake Ontario coast area to increase the protection of important wetlands. Read more »
People ready to do more, faster, to protect nature
October 13, 2022Hundreds of thousands of people came together in just five months to beat the deadline and protect an area of globally significant forest and wetlands in Northern Ontario — Boreal Wildlands, the largest private conservation project ever in Canada.Read more »
NCC completes upgrades and trail maintenance at Gillies Grove
September 21, 2022Staff and contractors with the Nature Conservancy of Canada have been busy clearing up dangling, dangerous tree limbs and refining trails throughout the forest at the Gilles Grove Nature Reserve.Read more »
Town Island forest and shoreline now protected for the future
August 17, 2022Given the increasing development pressures in this section of the lake, keeping this property in a natural state for the species that depend on it is critically important.Read more »
New trail ready to welcome hikers to Pearson Township Wetland
June 29, 2022A new 5.7-kilometre hiking trail in northwestern Ontario will allow visitors to take in the sights and sounds of the Pearson Township Wetland along. This moderate hike, located about 40 kilometres southwest of Thunder Bay, loops through Crown land that overlooks the wetland.Read more »
Big, bold and boreal
April 22, 2022The Nature Conservancy of Canada celebrates Earth Day by announcing a bold campaign to protect nearly 1,500 square kilometres of boreal forest in Northern Ontario.Read more »
Rare, large conservation project in southern Ontario one step closer to reality
March 17, 2022With the support of public and private donors, a total of 5,000 hectares is being protected for the Hastings Wildlife Junction, located between Belleville and Bancroft.Read more »
Neighbour of nature reserve donates rare ecosystem land
March 4, 2022Cobourg resident John O’Neill has taken his generosity to another level by donating his own 40-hectare property. This expands the neighbouring Hazel Bird Nature Reserve by one-third, from 116 hectares to 156 hectares.Read more »
Nature Conservancy of Canada connects moose habitat near Ottawa
February 2, 2022The Nature Conservancy of Canada is announcing the protection of 82 hectares of Alfred Bog, a unique natural area only an hour’s drive east of Ottawa.Read more »
Nature Conservancy of Canada expands Norfolk County protected wetlands
January 12, 2022The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is announcing the protection of 20 hectares of wetland and forest habitat in the Big Creek watershed in Norfolk County.Read more »
Nature Conservancy of Canada protects more than 18 kilometres of Manitoulin Island shoreline
December 7, 2021The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is announcing one of its largest-ever single-property acquisitions in Ontario. Covering 7,608 hectares (18,800 acres), the Vidal Bay Forests and Shoreline property protects 18.5 kilometres of shoreline on Manitoulin Island, on the north channel of Lake Huron. Read more »
Conservationists and campers partner to protect Town Island
December 3, 2021The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and BB Camp today announced a conservation partnership agreement that will support the protection of Town Island’s habitats and campers’ traditions long into the future.Read more »
Forest invasive species management to begin this fall
October 28, 2021During this fall and winter, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and contractors will be removing invasive, non-native Scots pine and locally non-native red pine from plantations near Backus Woods.Read more »
Nature Conservancy of Canada to accept massive land donation in Hastings County
October 18, 2021The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is working on a major conservation project to help protect 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres) near Bancroft, Ontario. Read more »
