Coast to coast
Nature makes it possible
Nature is, and always has been, the answer. It sustains us. It is resilient. It has the power to heal and inspire. It has always been the key to a thriving world (page 4).
SUMMER 2024
Balancing
act
Explore additional content for the summer 2024 issue of the Nature Conservancy of Canada Magazine
Boots on the trail
Fort Ellice interpretive site
Located on a stunning grassland property in Manitoba, this site offers visitors a chance to not only connect with nature, but with the region’s history and culture (page 6).
Feature story
Thriving together
Effective conservation enables nature and people to mutually benefit from protected areas and resilient landscapes (page 8).
The community in Long Point, Ontario, understands that people rely on nature for the goods and services it can provide. The community also understands that to protect the places they love and the species they cherish, they need to work together to tackle phragmites. Learn more about Long Point and the threat from phragmites in the video below.
Species profile
Northern red-legged frog
This amphibian stands out from the crowd on its hind legs with translucent red undersides (page 12).
NCC restored a 2.6-hectare wetland from an old agricultural field on Chase Woods Nature Preserve. The project broke ground in 2018, and monitoring results in 2020 showed that many species that were previously not seen before began to use the restored habitat, including northern red-legged frogs.
Project Updates
Growing our impact on BC’s grasslands
NCC is conserving habitat for grassland-reliant species in BC’s Rocky Mountain Trench with the acquisition of the Skookumchuck Prairie. Located north of Cranbrook, this 270-hectare conservation area protects vital valley-bottom grasslands, open forests and wetlands (page 15).
Your impact
A milestone in grassland conservation
The largest private grassland conservation project in Canadian history, McIntyre Ranch stands as a bastion of the spectacular Prairie grasslands (back cover).