Prince Edward Island
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has protected 26 ecologically significant natural areas on Prince Edward Island, with a focus on conserving coastal and forest ecosystems. PEI is Canada’s most densely-populated province, and its remaining areas of intact dunes, salt marshes and Acadian forest are precious. With 90 per cent of PEI under private ownership, NCC relies on generous land donors to support our conservation projects. Some of the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s larger projects on PEI include the Conway and Cascumpec Sandhills on the North Shore, Percival River in southwest PEI and Holman’s Island near Summerside.
Stories from the Field
Diane Griffin, NCC Program Manager for PEI, monitoring natural area at St. Peters Lake Run (Photo by NCC)
NCC close encounters: A chance to thrive
Senator Diane Griffin, and former NCC program director for PEI, shares her experience of close encounters with hyenas and a baby gazelle while adventuring in the Serengeti savannah. Continue Reading »
Volunteer picking up tires off the coast of the Percival River (Photo by Sean Landsman)
It’s just a bit of mud: Cleaning up the Percival River watershed
Courtney Thompson recaps NCC's very successful Percival Beach cleanup from October. Continue Reading »
From Our Blog
The Wildpaths maritimes project is a citizen science project that helps protect wildlife by using the iNaturalist app. (Photo by NCC)
Citizen science 101
October 24, 2018
Close your eyes and picture a scientist. What do you see? Lab coats, goggles and beakers of bubbling liquids? A perplexed set of eyes staring back at you through a window filled with complex equations beyond comprehension? Ask the internet and it... Continue Reading »
Featured Projects
Marsh Marigold on the Inverness property on PEI (Photo by NCC)
Find out about our conservation projects, research activities, land management priorities and more. Read more »
Our Work
Marram Grass plug planting CV event on PEI (Photo by Mike Dembeck)
Learn about where and how we are focussing our conservation efforts in Prince Edward Island.
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Faces of NCC
Diane Griffin, PEI (Photo by NCC)
Meet some of the staff, volunteers and supporters who make our work possible. Read more »
News Releases
Christmas fern, PEI (Photo by Sean Landsman)
Read the latest NCC news in Prince Edward Island.
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