Stories from the Field
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Meet NCC’s 2024 summer interns: Jeslyn Chantler
The adrenaline rush from running fuels marathon runner Jeslyn Chantler — who is also the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC) conservation...Read more »
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Meet NCC’s 2024 summer interns: Nicole Aronitz
Nicole is the volunteer program intern for southern Alberta. She studied biology at the University of Western Ontario and this is where she...Read more »
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Meet NCC’s 2024 summer interns: Rishona Vemulapalli
If I could summarize what I learned about Rishona from my conversations with her in three words, it would be that she is outdoorsy,...Read more »
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Meet NCC’s 2024 summer interns: Aidan Curran
Aidan Curran is a conservation technician at the Rice Lake Plains Natural Area in Ontario. He graduated in 2018 with a degree in landscape...Read more »
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Adventures in elk country: Exploring conservation, wildlife and nature
Learn about the significance of seeing elk in a natural area and why this keystone species is an important indicator of ecosystem health.Read more »
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Sanderlings flock to Mackie Ranch
Sanderlings are one of the many shorebirds that visit Mackie Ranch, an NCC property located along the eastern shoreline of Chaplin Lake,...Read more »
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Weeding out trouble: A summer as an invasive species sleuth
Waterton and Castle Crowsnest Natural Area remarkable area is known for its diverse landscapes and habitats. Here, NCC staff and interns...Read more »
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The swamp’s unlikely hero: a beetle
Learn about how NCC is taking on invasive purple loosestrife, a menace to biodiversity in Ontario, with the help of European leaf-eating...Read more »
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Black ash, beetles and beavers
Black ash, the eastern North American native arboreal treasure, dances on the verge of extinction. Hear the story of three Nature Conservancy...Read more »
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A blazing start: Restoring habitat with a prescribed burn
How is burning a form of restoration and how does it work? Prescribed burns are typically done in the early spring and late fall by...Read more »
