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The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is a private, non-profit, charitable nature conservation and restoration organisation based in Canada.Since its founding in 1962, the organisation and its partners have protected 15,000,000 hectares (37,000,000 acres) of land and water across Canada, which includes the natural habitat of more than a quarter of the country’s endangered species. [2]
Within the game sanctuary is the Abraham Lake Nature Reserve, a provincially designated nature reserve owned by the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC). Extending over 256 hectares (630 acres), it is noted for its old-growth red spruce , some of which are 200 years old and 30 m tall, which is now a rarity in Nova Scotia.
National parks of Canada are protected natural spaces throughout the country that represent distinct geographical regions of the nation. Under the administration of Parks Canada, a government branch, national parks allow for public enjoyment without compromising the area for future generations, including the management of Canadian wildlife and habitat within the ecosystems of the park.
In 2016, the Nature Conservancy of Canada acquired a 20-hectare site located on the west side of Lobster Bay, in which Roberts Island is situated. [5] About 20 percent of the site contains salt marshes that are inhabited year-round by American black ducks and are frequented seasonally by long-tailed ducks and green-winged teals. [5]
This ecoregion contains a number of mountainous areas on the east coast of Canada and along the Saint Lawrence River in eastern Quebec (including Anticosti Island in the Saint Lawrence) and the coast up to near Labrador, on the island of Newfoundland, in the highlands of New Brunswick, and the Cape Breton Highlands on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
The Quebec component of the program involves a partnership between Ducks Unlimited Canada, Nature Conservancy of Canada, the Fondation de la faune du Québec, the Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs, the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, and the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment Canada.
Canada has one of the oldest and most extensive parks systems in the world. CPAWS advocates for new parks and acts as a watchdog to ensure that existing ones are well-managed. With pressures on Canada's wilderness growing, creating more parks and ensuring existing ones are well-funded and protected is more important than ever. Campaign Examples
Foam Lake Visitor Centre and Nature Centre: Foam Lake: 10: East Central: Natural history of the Quill Lakes, local tourism information [1] Prairie Learning Centre: Val Marie: 4: South: Education programs about the natural history of Grasslands National Park: Prince Albert National Park of Canada Nature Centre: Waskesiu Lake: 16: North Central