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- [A Conservation Milestone: AFCC Completes First Conservation Easement Amendment at Bleak Bay](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/afcc-completes-first-conservation-easement-amendment-bleak-bay/) - American Friends of Canadian Conservation (AFCC) has achieved a significant milestone in its conservation work. For the first time in our history, we've successfully amended an existing conservation easement to strengthen protection. Working with our partner Rainy Lake Conservancy, a U.S. landowner has voluntarily removed a reserved building lot right from their 337-acre Bleak Bay
- [Protecting Our Parks in British Columbia: A Happy Convergence](https://www.conservecanada.org/british-columbia/protecting-our-parks-in-british-columbia-a-happy-convergence/) - It is a huge challenge to manage and protect 644 provincial parks, four of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 24 others are UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. The BC Parks Foundation is there to help! Canada’s westernmost province is promoted as Super, Natural British Columbia for its reputation as a destination where visitors can renew themselves through interactions with nature.
- [Kind Words From a Canadian Partner](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/kind_words_from_a_canadian_partner/) - The Nature Trust of New Brunswick shares how together, we can secure these vital habitats as vital refuges for wildlife and as sources of resilience for our communities. [pdf-embedder url="https://www.conservecanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Nature-Trust-Letter.pdf"]
- [2024 Canadian Federal Budget Includes Changes to Capital Gains Tax](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/2024-canadian-federal-budget-includes-changes-to-capital-gains-tax/)
- [New Book Chronicles the Creation of Local Nature Conservancies](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/new_book_release/) - Sheila Harrington is an author, sailor, environmental advocate, and friend to American Friends of Canadian Conservation (AFCC). In her recent book Voices for the Islands, Sheila chronicles the creation of local nature conservancies, and the people behind them, on 17 islands on the Salish Sea from the 1990s to the present day. AFCC had the
- [New IRS Regulations Affecting Easement and Land Donations](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/new-irs-regulations-affecting-easment-and-land-donations/) - In October 2024, the IRS passed new regulations with respect to land and easement donations made by pass-through entities such as limited liability corporations and certain partnerships and trusts. These regulations affect some donors and land trusts who have been party to transactions leading to US federal tax deductions taken in 2018 and beyond. If you are a
- [BC Parks Foundation Helps Preserve Vital Ecosystem on Salt Spring Island](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/salt-spring-island-conservation-project-crowdfunding-campaign-reaches-goal-preserves-vital-ecosystem/) - Residents of Salt Spring Island, the largest of BC’s Gulf Islands and located in the traditional territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, have worked with the BC Parks Foundation to successfully save part of a rare ecosystem from development and logging. In under a month, the Salt Spring Island Conservation Project crowdfunding campaign raised $1.2 million to
- [LaHave Coastal Protects East Spectacle Island](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/lahave-coastal-protects-east-spectacle-island/) - LaHave Coastal Conservation Association focuses its work in the LaHave Archipelago, located on the beautiful and biodiverse South Shore of Nova Scotia, in the traditional territory of the Mi’kmaq Nation. LaHave Coastal is happy to announce that it acquired East Spectacle Island on May 3, 2024 for conservation and restoration. This unique 19-hectare island is
- [Message from the Executive Director](https://www.conservecanada.org/featured-news/message-from-the-executive-director/) - It has been an amazing few months working as the first Executive Director at American Friends of Canadian Conservation (American Friends). Amazing to see the international partnerships forged over the years. Amazing to see the landscape scale conservation impact achieved by working in collaboration with others. Amazing to see the habitat, water, and wildlife conserved
- [Canadian Conservation is Our Business - and Our Name](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/canadian-conservation-is-our-business-and-our-name/) - Recently, American Friends’ board decided the organization needed a new name to better reflect the full range of current and potential partnerships. They chose American Friends of Canadian Conservation to express the full spectrum of possible collaborations and the extent of the impact we hope to have within the Canadian conservation community.
- [Bowen Island Now Protected Land!](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/bowen-island-now-protected-land/) - American Friends of Canadian Conservation (AFCC) is excited to announce the protection of Bowen Island, located in the Township of Tarbutt, Ontario. We had a great experience working with The Kensington Conservancy (TKC) on this ecologically significant land donation, and look forward to the opportunity to partner on future projects! Please read the full story
- [The Land Conservancy's Deertrails Naturalists Program to Return to the Upper Clearwater Valley in 2024](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/the-land-conservancys-deertrails-naturalists-program-to-return-to-the-upper-clearwater-valley-in-2024/) - The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) is pleased to announce a spring 2024 session of the Deertrails Naturalist Program from May 14 to 19, 2024. This four full-day workshop invites deep immersion in the practice of place-based living. Set in the beautiful Upper Clearwater Valley near Wells Gray Provincial Park, it’s designed for students, teachers,
- [Saving Our Songbirds](https://www.conservecanada.org/british-columbia/saving-our-songbirds/) - Birds herald the spring with their songs, protect our crops from pests, and astound us with their beauty and versatility. The Vancouver Avian Research Centre is working to guarantee the future of these remarkable creatures. The annual north/south migrations of many bird species connect Canada and the US. Canadians, referred to as “snowbirds,” arrive each autumn in their southern US habitats and return home in the spring.
- [Canadians and Americans work together to conserve a watershed in Quebec's Eastern Townships](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/canadians-and-americans-work-together-to-conserve-a-watershed-in-quebecs-eastern-townships/) - The border between Canada and the United States may be the world’s longest international border and the friendliest, with long-standing positive relationships between the residents of both countries. Quebec’s Eastern Townships is one region where that close connection is very apparent. Two Canadian organizations have been successful in their efforts to conserve the natural, scenic
- [Music for Birds and Bears](https://www.conservecanada.org/featured-news/music-for-birds-and-bears/) - Music is what makes Chris Wood tick. The 52-year-old bassist is co-founder of The Wood Brothers, a roots band based in Nashville, Tennessee. Together with Chris’s brother Oliver on guitar and Jano Rix on drums and keyboards, the trio records and performs a unique blend of American music inspired by blues, gospel, soul, R&B, jazz,
- [Celebrating a Vision Realized on Prince Edward Island](https://www.conservecanada.org/featured-news/celebrating-a-vision-realized-on-prince-edward-island/) - For years, Peter and Molly Eppig and their family left their home in New Hampshire to spend summers on the Maine coast. In 1993 when their usual vacation rental was unavailable, their boys suggested they find a destination with warmer water for swimming. By this happy quirk of fate, the Eppig family made their way
- [Tax Savvy Produces Conservation and a Family Legacy](https://www.conservecanada.org/featured-news/tax-savvy-produces-conservation-and-a-family-legacy/) - In 1969, an American couple canoed around the Thousand Islands of Ontario. Ada and Joel Farber had both camped in the Adirondack and Pocono Mountains of New York State when they were children. The Canadian Thousand Islands region had a similar feel, inviting and less populated than New York, so they looked for property to
- [Half-Day Cross Border Conservation Workshop - October 24, 2022](https://www.conservecanada.org/featured-news/cross-border-conservation-workshop-october24/)
- [Promoting Awareness and Best Practices for Clean Water](https://www.conservecanada.org/featured-news/promoting-awareness-and-best-practices-for-clean-water/) - Blue Massawippi focuses on the preservation of Lake Massawippi and its watershed. While the role of the Trust is to conserve land, Blue Massawippi’s mission is to inform, educate, influence and act on environmental issues threatening water quality, the health of Lake Massawippi. The organization and its partners monitor water quality and promote awareness of best
- [Gathering Of People | Mabou Highlands](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/gathering-of-people-mabou-highlands/) - Fiddles and bagpipes call people from around the world to the town of Mabou, on Cape Breton Island, at the northern end of Nova Scotia. They are the sounds of the Ceilidh tradition, celebrating Celtic culture brought by 19th-century immigrants. The Gaelic word translates to “Gathering of People.” In 2019, a Gathering of People celebrated the protection of 2000 acres on the wild coast of the Mabou Highlands and a new tradition of conservation, let by 20th-century settlers from the United States, and the Nova Scotia Nature Trust.
- [Protecting Ontario Farmland with Help from US Friends](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/protecting-ontario-farmland-with-help-from-us-friends/) - The Ontario Farmland Trust (OFT) is permanently protecting farmland from subdivision and urban sprawl with help from the American Friends of Canadian Conservation and the Woodcock Foundation. OFT recently completed its 16th conservation easement, with a grant from American Friends to defray the substantial costs of protecting the 210-acre organic, multigenerational family farm in Price Edward County, Ontario. A charitable gift from the Woodcock Foundation in the U.S. made the grant possible.
- [Protecting Place with Its People](https://www.conservecanada.org/new-brunswick/protecting-place-with-its-people/) - Darkness is increasingly rare in North America but remains abundant in the St. Croix River watershed of Maine and New Brunswick. Nighttime satellite images show it as an inky corridor connected to a broad swath of protected landscapes in northern New England. This obsidian expanse of intact forest, wetlands, rivers and streams, located within an eight-hour drive of 11 million people in Canada and the US, is a notable transborder conservation and Indigenous reconciliation opportunity. The St. Croix River is the easternmost boundary between the US and Canada, but the plants, animals, air, water, and people demonstrate it is a continuous and relatively pristine region. The native people with the longest connection to this place are leading an effort to protect it for the future, with support from the Nature Trust of New Brunswick, the province of New Brunswick, American Friends of Canadian Conservation and funders from both countries.
- [Congratulations to First Place Winner, Landscapes Category, Anna Scott.](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/congratulations-to-first-place-winner-landscapes-category-anna-scott/) - Congratulations to First Place Winner of the Landscapes Category, Anna Scott, for her photo titled Treelaxing. The photograph was taken at Beauvert Lake in Jasper, AB. This summer, with the Canada/USA border closed and travel within Canada restricted, many of us were missing people and places that we love. So American Friends of Canadian Conservation
- [Congratulations to First Place Winner, Water Category, Tracey Freemantle.](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/congratulations-to-first-place-winner-water-category-trace-freemantle/) - Congratulations to First Place Winner of the Water Category, Tracey Freemantle, for her photo titled Creepy. The photograph was taken in Kirkfield, ON. This summer, with the Canada/USA border closed and travel within Canada restricted, many of us were missing people and places that we love. So American Friends of Canadian Conservation invited you to
- [Congratulations to First Place Winner, People in Nature Category, Glen Bylsma.](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/congratulations-to-first-place-winner-people-in-nature-category-glen-bylsma/) - Congratulations to First Place Winner of the People in Nature Category, Glen Bylsma, for his photo titled Romance. The photograph was taken in French River Provincial Park, ON. This summer, with the Canada/USA border closed and travel within Canada restricted, many of us were missing people and places that we love. So American Friends of
- [Congratulations to the First Place Winner of the Wildlife Category, Gray Merriam.](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/congratulations-to-the-first-place-winner-of-the-wildlife-category-gray-merriam/) - Congratulations to First Place Winner of the Wildlife Category, Gray Merriam, for his photo titled Artic Fox Hunting Sticklebacks on Hudson Bay Shore. The photograph was taken in Wapusk National Park, MB. This summer, with the Canada/USA border closed and travel within Canada restricted, many of us were missing people and places that we love.
- [Congratulations to First Place Winner of the Plants, Trees and Flowers Category, Frank Loomer.](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/congratulations-to-first-place-winner-of-the-plants-trees-and-flowers-category-frank-loomer/) - Congratulations to First Place Winner of the Plants, Trees and Flowers Category, Frank Loomer, for his photo titled Lakeside Irises. The photograph was taken at Carpenter Lake in Rothesay, NB. This summer, with the Canada/USA border closed and travel within Canada restricted, many of us were missing people and places that we love. So American
- [Congratulations to First Place Winner, David K. Cairns, Tradition Category](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/congratulations-to-first-place-winner-david-k-cairns-tradition-category/) - Congratulations to First Place Winner of the Tradition Category, David K. Cairns, for his photo titled A Range Light Stands Guard. The photograph was taken in Bellevue Cove, Prince Edward Island. This summer, with the Canada/USA border closed and travel within Canada restricted, many of us were missing people and places that we love. So American
- [Congratulations to Denise Burns, Grand Prize Winner of the "Oh, Canada" Photo Contest](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/congratulations-to-denise-burns-grand-prize-winner-of-the-oh-canada-photo-contest/) - This summer, with the Canada/USA border closed and travel within Canada restricted, many of us were missing people and places that we love. So American Friends of Canadian Conservation invited you to share your favorite Canadian locations in the Oh, Canada Photo Contest. We received over 500 photographs from Canadian and American entrants. Well-known professional photographer and teacher John D’Onofrio selected the Grand Prize Winner and four Runners Up. John is the owner/editor/publisher of Adventures NW Magazine and his work has been featured in many publications and exhibits. “There were lots of good compositions” said John. His technical criteria for selecting the winners were “…good capture, sharp focus, unflawed images.” If a photograph was digitally modified, John evaluated whether it had been “…manipulated well.” John praised Grand Prize Winner Denise Burn's photo for its technical and artistic caliber. In keeping with the theme of the contest, John was also seeking “..uniquely Canadian images that conveyed ambiance of place.”
- [Oh Canada 2020 Photo Contest](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/oh-canada-2020-photo-contest/) - If you are passionate about Canada’s natural and cultural heritage, join your friends, family and neighbors for a virtual holiday by enjoying and sharing your own photographic memories, and seeing everyone else’s favorite corner of Canada. Give it your best shot! Inspire others with your images of Canada’s nature, offer a peek into your ideal vacation day, give your community a visual high-five for its special event, demonstrate your camera skills!
- [Conservation without Borders - A new initiative in British Columbia](https://www.conservecanada.org/british-columbia/conservation-without-borders-a-new-initiative-in-british-columbia/) - BC land trusts working in some of the province’s most ecologically-significant and scenic landscapes recognize that US taxpayers own high priority conservation properties. In response, the Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia and American Friends of Canadian Conservation (American Friends) launched the Conservation without Borders program.
- [American Friends' Leaders Lauded in Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/american-friends-leaders-lauded-in-ontario/) - Three individuals who have shaped cross-border conservation were recognized with awards by the Ontario Land Trust Alliance (OLTA). Current director Allyn Abbott and long-serving former director Christopher Baines were honored with the Angus McLeod Vision Award for volunteer service. Sandra Tassel, a former director and officer, who now serves as American Friends’ Program Coordinator, received the OLTA Vision Award for a land trust professional.
- [Canadian-American Cross-Border Conservation Success](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/canadian-american-cross-border-conservation-success/) - Drache Aptowitzer LLP, recognized as one of Canada’s foremost experts in the law related to charities and non-profit organizations, recently published a story about a conservation donation in Georgian Bay, Ontario. The Georgian Bay Land Trust (GBLT) had an opportunity to protect an undeveloped island featuring undisturbed stands of White Pine and Red Oak, open rock barrens and coastal meadow marsh, ideal habitat for rare species.
- [Conservation on Prince Edward Island, Island Nature Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/conservation-on-prince-edward-island-island-nature-trust/) - American Friends' newest partnership, with Island Nature Trust (INT), can contribute to national success on both fronts by helping to increase protected lands in the province of Prince Edward Island (PEI).
- [Beloved New Reserve Inspired by Happy Old Memories](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/beloved-new-reserve-inspired-by-happy-old-memories-2/) - Thanks to the generosity of Rouse and major contributors who acquired other parcels in the Reserve, and the efforts of volunteers from both MWLT and American Friends, Old Man’s Creek and the lands that surround it will remain undeveloped and as beautiful as Graham remembers them.
- [Announcing Save Some Green: guide for US owners of Canadian Property](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/announcing-save-some-green-guide-for-us-owners-of-canadian-property/) - American Friends is delighted to announce the availability of Save Some Green: A Handbook for US Taxpayers. For years, Canadian conservation organizations and landowners from the US (and the lawyers, accountants and financial planners who advise them) have been searching for definitive information about bi-national incentives for conserving Canada’s natural heritage.
- [Protect Canada's natural heritage and your savings at the same time](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/protect-canadas-natural-heritage-and-your-savings-at-the-same-time/) - The new U.S. tax law that went into effect on January 1, 2018 limits itemized deductions making it more difficult to lower your income taxes by making charitable gifts. But there is still an opportunity for you to help American Friends conserve places you love in Canada while also reducing your U.S. taxes. If you have an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and are over the age of 70 1/2, you can donate to American Friends using funds in your IRA, and avoid tax on the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) from your tax-deferred retirement account.
- [AF Featured in Sault This Week: U.S. Group Repatriates Canadian Wild Lands](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/u-s-group-repatriates-canadian-wild-lands/) - American Friends of Canadian Conservation has operated since 2007 with the goal of protecting Canada’s natural heritage by helping American owners of Canadian lands navigate their way through the complicated legal and tax requirements that come with being cross-border landowners. “They often don’t know that they’re Canadian taxpayers and they can’t just give the land to their kids,” Sandra Tassel, American Friends program coordinator, told Sault This Week. “We’ve had people come, ready to donate their property, and find out they have a whopping tax bill because they didn’t know they had to pay capital gains in Canada when they got it from their parents.”
- [Cross-border Conservation Training Program](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/cross-border-conservation-training-program/) - Recognizing that American-owned lands are key conservation properties in many land trust catchment areas in Ontario, the Ontario Trillium Foundation has provided funding over three years to American Friends and Ontario Land Trust Alliance to launch the Cross-border Conservation Training Program (CCTP) in 2016.
- [US Enhanced Conservation Easement Tax Incentive](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/us-enhanced-conservation-easement-tax-incentive/) - Last week the US Congress gave a wonderful year end gift to preservation advocates, protection-oriented landowners and anyone who values natural, wild places. In a bi-partisan vote that reflects Americans’ interest in conservation, irrespective of their other political leanings, both the House and Senate voted to make the “Enhanced Conservation Easement Tax Incentive” permanent and retroactive to the beginning of 2015. Here’s what that means to American Friends, its partners and US taxpayers who own ecologically-sensitive land, including in Canada.
- [American Friends of Canadian Conservation and Partners Create New Park in British Columbia at St. John Point](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/american-friends-canadian-land-trusts-partners-create-new-park-british-columbia/) - St. John Point, a 64-acre waterfront property on Mayne Island, is going to be a new regional park in the Southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia, thanks to a unique collaboration. At the southwest tip of Mayne Island, St. John Point features 1.3 miles of pristine shoreline complete with beaches, a series of dramatic coastal bluffs connected by meandering trails through mature Douglas Fir forest, a prime remnant of a rare Salish Sea ecological zone, and extensive eelgrass beds. Located near the international border, Mayne Island is served by the BC Ferries system, making it accessible for low-impact, oceanfront recreation.
- [See beautiful St. John Point](https://www.conservecanada.org/british-columbia/see-beautiful-st-john-point/) - Learn about the St. John Point transaction in these videos.
- [American Friends' leaders named to 'Canada 150' Conservation Honour Roll](https://www.conservecanada.org/british-columbia/canada-150-land-trust-honor-roll-reaches-70-individuals/) - American Friends is proud to acknowledge that Sandra Tassel, American Friends Program Coordinator and President of Look at the Land Inc, is one of the most recent inductees to the 'Canada 150' Conservation Honour Roll.
- [American Friends Mentioned in CBC News Article "New Regional Park Coming to B.C.'s Mayne Island"](https://www.conservecanada.org/british-columbia/american-friends-mentioned-cbc-news-article-new-regional-park-coming-b-c-s-mayne-island/) - Conservationists, local governments and Southern Gulf Island residents are celebrating a new regional park. Their successful fundraising campaign has allowed for the purchase of 26 hectares on Mayne Island known as St. John Point.
- [Knowledge is the Power Behind Protection](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/knowledge-is-the-power-behind-protection/) - Conservation is all about people. Our activities threaten habitat for all species. On the other hand, our passion for nature provides the inspiration for preservation. We are cause and cure. Land trusts provide knowledge and support to people who are inspired to act on behalf of nature, and future generations.
- [The Journey to Ontario’s First Cross-border Conservation Easement – Echo Island](https://www.conservecanada.org/news/the-journey-to-ontarios-first-cross-border-conservation-easement-echo-island/) - Having survived our maiden voyage, we are now in the process of protecting 3 more properties on Rainy Lake with American Friends. It has been rewarding to work with such professionals. They are first and foremost individuals committed to conservation, a shared goal that drives land trusts to venture into uncharted waters!
- [Grand Manan, Bay of Fundy - Partnership with The Nature Trust of New Brunswick](https://www.conservecanada.org/new-brunswick/grand-manan-bay-of-fundy-partnership-with-the-nature-trust-of-new-brunswick/) - n the days before Christmas a landmark conservation gift permanently protected a significant coastal property known as Seven Days Work Cliff on the beautiful island of Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy. The Nature Trust of New Brunswick (NTNB) and a US charity called American Friends of Canadian Land Trusts (American Friends) formed a unique partnership that made this “cross-border” donation of land in the province possible.
- [Robinson Woods, British Columbia - (Gabriola Land and Trail Trust)](https://www.conservecanada.org/british-columbia/robinson-woods-british-columbia-gabriola-land-and-trail-trust/) - After more than a decade of effort on the part of many people, the very first BC “cross-border” conservation covenant has been completed. The cross-border descriptor explains that a generous, conservation-minded American donated the covenant to permanently preserve her land in Canada.

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- [Oh Canada Photo Contest](https://www.conservecanada.org/american-friends-photo-contest/oh-canada-photo-contest/)
- [American Friends Photo Contest](https://www.conservecanada.org/american-friends-photo-contest/)
- [Obtaining "Clearance" from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for Cross Border Gifts](https://www.conservecanada.org/resources-old/obtaining-clearance-from-canada-revenue-agency-cra-for-cross-border-gifts/) - This information is available only to American Friends and partners.
- [Obtaining Recognition as a Publicly-supported Charity in the U.S.](https://www.conservecanada.org/resources-old/obtaining-recognition-as-a-publicly-supported-charity-in-the-u-s/) - This information is available only to American Friends and partners.
- [Cross Border Conservation Survey Thank You](https://www.conservecanada.org/cross-border-conservation-survey-thank-you/)
- [Cross Border Conservation Survey](https://www.conservecanada.org/cross-border-conservation-survey/)
- [Testimonials](https://www.conservecanada.org/about-us/testimonials/)
- [Cross Border Conservation Calculator](https://www.conservecanada.org/cross-border-conservation-calculator/)
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- [OLTA Handbook Download](https://www.conservecanada.org/olta-handbook-download/)
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- [Thank You (Conservation Lands Program: Gifts of fee title or easements)](https://www.conservecanada.org/thank-you-conservation-lands-program-gifts-of-fee-title-or-easements/)
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- [Donation History](https://www.conservecanada.org/donation-history/) - [donation_history]

## Portfolio Items

- [Kingsburg Coastal Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/kingsburg-coastal-conservancy/)
- [Ontario Conservation Accelerator](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/ontario-conservation-accelerator/)
- [St. Clair Region Conservation Foundation](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/st-clair-region-conservation-foundation/)
- [Kawartha Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/kawartha-land-trust/)
- [LaHave Coastal Conservation Association](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/lahave-coastal-conservation-association/)
- [Niagara Parks Foundation](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/niagara-parks-foundation/)
- [Comox Valley Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/comox-valley-land-trust/)
- [The Nature Trust of British Columbia](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/the-nature-trust-of-british-columbia/)
- [Manitoba Habitat Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/manitoba-habitat-conservancy/)
- [Nanaimo & Area Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/nanaimo-area-land-trust/)
- [Central Algoma Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/central-algoma-land-trust/)
- [Couchiching Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/couchiching-conservancy/)
- [Massawippi Conservation Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/massawippi-conservation-trust/)
- [The Land Conservancy of British Columbia](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/land-conservancy-bc/)
- [Nature Trust of New Brunswick](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/nature-trust-of-new-brunswick/)
- [BC Parks Foundation](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/b-c-parks-foundation/)
- [Georgian Bay Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/georgian-bay-land-trust/)
- [Island Nature Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/island-nature-trust/)
- [Thousand Island Watershed Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/thousand-island-watershed-land-trust/)
- [Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/lake-superior-watershed-conservancy/)
- [Ducks Unlimited Canada](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/ducks-unlimited-canada/)
- [Blue Massawippi](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/blue-massawippi/)
- [Bruce Trail Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/bruce-trail-conservancy/)
- [Mayne Island Conservancy Society](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/mayne-island-conservancy-society/)
- [Rainy Lake Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/rainy-lake-conservancy/)
- [Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/ausable-bayfield-conservation-foundation/)
- [Lake of Bays Heritage Foundation](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/lake-of-bays-heritage-foundation/)
- [Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/escarpment-biosphere-conservancy/)
- [Nova Scotia Nature Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/nova-scotia-nature-trust/)
- [Memphremagog Conservation](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/memphremagog-conservation/)
- [Appalachian Corridor](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/appalachian-corridor/)
- [Memphremagog Nature Foundation](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/memphremagog-wetlands-foundation/)
- [Land Conservancy for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/land-conservancy-kingston-frontenac-lennox-addington/)
- [Awi'nakola Foundation](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/awinakola-foundation/)
- [Ontario Farmland Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/ontario-farmland-trust/)
- [Ontario Land Trust Alliance](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/ontario-land-trust-alliance/)
- [Ontario Parks](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/ontario-parks/)
- [Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/lower-thames-valley-conservation-authority/)
- [Gabriola Land & Trails Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/gabriola-land-trails-trust/)
- [Ecology Action Centre](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/ecology-action-centre/)
- [Bowen Island, Township of Tarbutt, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/bowen-island-township-of-tarbutt-ontario/)
- [Manitoba Wildlife Federation](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/manitoba-wildlife-federation/)
- [Burnt Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/burnt-island-georgian-bay-ontario/)
- [Cable Head East](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/cable-head-east/)
- [Midway Island, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/midway-island-ontario/)
- [St. John Point, Mayne Island, British Columbia](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/st-john-point-british-columbia/)
- [American Narrows Island, Rainy Lake, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/american-narrows-island-rainy-lake-ontario/)
- [Olson Island, Rainy Lake, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/olson-island-ontario/)
- [Beauvais Point, Wolfe Island, St. Lawrence River, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/beauvais-point-ontario/)
- [Wilderness Islands, Rainy Lake, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/wilderness-islands-rainy-lake-ontario/)
- [Copenhagen Island, Rainy Lake, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/copenhagen-island-rainy-lake-ontario/)
- [Price Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/price-island-georgian-bay-ontario/)
- [Lillie Family Property, Bruce Peninsula, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/lillie-family-bruce-peninsula-ontario/)
- [Haymarsh Bay Island, Rainy Lake, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/haymarsh-bay-island-ontario/)
- [Bleak Bay, Rainy Lake, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/bleak-bay-ontario/)
- [Channel Lot, Rainy Lake, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/channel-lot-ontario/)
- [Salt Spring Island Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/salt-spring-island-conservancy/)
- [Rideau Waterway Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/rideau-waterway-land-trust/)
- [Muskoka Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/muskoka-conservancy/)
- [Magnetawan Watershed Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/magnetawan-watershed-land-trust/)
- [Lasqueti Island Nature Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/lasqueti-island-nature-conservancy/)
- [Land Trust Alliance of BC](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/land-trust-alliance-of-bc/)
- [Kensington North Watersheds Association](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/kensington-north-watersheds-association/)
- [Conservation Manitou](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/conservation-manitou/)
- [French Island, Rainy Lake, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/french-island-ontario/)
- [Echo Island, Rainy Lake, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/echo-island-ontario/)
- [Seven Days Work Cliff, Grand Manan, New Brunswick](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/seven-days-work-cliff-new-brunswick/) - In the days before Christmas a landmark conservation gift permanently protected a significant coastal property known as Seven Days Work Cliff on the beautiful island of Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy. The Nature Trust of New Brunswick (NTNB) and a US charity called American Friends of Canadian Conservation (American Friends) formed a unique
- [MacKinnon's Brook, Mabou Highlands, Nova Scotia](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/mackinnons-brook-nova-scotia/) - Nova Scotia Nature Trust (NSNT) assisted American Friends in the protection of 205 acres of old growth hardwood forest in the Mabou Highlands of Nova Scotia. Landowners Robert and Lee Anne Kinzer donated a conservation easement to American Friends, which preserves the forest and floodplain surrounding Mill Brook, which flows through the property, while also
- [Robinson Woods, Gabriola Island, British Columbia](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/robinson-woods-british-columbia/) - If you love the unique natural splendor of the Gulf Islands, you have something new to celebrate. After more than a decade of effort on the part of many people, the very first BC “cross-border” conservation covenant has been completed. The cross-border descriptor explains that a generous, conservation-minded American donated the covenant to permanently preserve
- [MacKenzie Point, Bras D'or Lake, Nova Scotia](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/mackenzie-point-nova-scotia/)
- [North Harbor, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/north-harbor-nova-scotia/) - North Harbor is American Friends’ second Nova Scotia conservation easement. The property is owned by Bostonian Merloyd Lawrence, who previously donated the Little Annapolis Lake easement, one of the first gifts received by American Friends of Canadian Conservation. It is part of a growing network of protected properties in Cape Breton. Bonnie Sutherland, the Executive
- [St. Davids Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/st-davids-island-georgian-bay-ontario/)
- [Gargantua Islands, Lake Superior, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/gargantua-islands-lake-superior-ontario/) - The Gargantua Islands range in size from ½ acre to 54 acres. The largest and best known is named Devil’s Warehouse because of its dramatic rock formations. Peregrine falcons, a “species at risk” in Canada, nest on the cliffs of Devil’s Warehouse. Area naturalists have documented caribou swimming out to the islands to calve, seeking
- [Old Man's Creek, Ahmic Lake, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/old-mans-creek-ahmic-lake-ontario/) - Ted is part of a multi-generational tradition of summers in the cottage community at Ahmic Lake. He was inspired to buy the old farms along Old Man’s Creek by a childhood memory of family visits to a waterfall and swimming hole that was lost to development; a personal tragedy for everyone who had enjoyed that
- [Delta Wetland, Lake Manitoba](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/delta-wetland-lake-manitoba/)
- [Little Annapolis Lake, Nova Scotia](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/little-annapolis-lake-nova-scotia/) - This easement permanently protects 130 acres of forest and wetlands that form a contiguous tract of rare undisturbed shoreline around the 15-acre lake. The property is within 10 kilometers of the Tobeatic Wilderness Area and 20 kilometers of Kejimkujik National Park, the largest wilderness area and national park in the province, respectively. The older forest
- [Ingersoll Island, Lake Huron, Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio-item/ingersoll-island-georgian-bay-ontario/)

## Categories

- [British Columbia](https://www.conservecanada.org/category/british-columbia/) - This category should be selected for any content related to British Columbia.
- [Featured News](https://www.conservecanada.org/category/featured-news/)
- [New Brunswick](https://www.conservecanada.org/category/new-brunswick/) - This category should be selected for any content related to New Brunswick.
- [News](https://www.conservecanada.org/category/news/)
- [Nova Scotia](https://www.conservecanada.org/category/nova-scotia/) - This category should be selected for any content related to Nova Scotia.
- [Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/category/ontario/) - This category should be selected for any content related to Ontario.
- [Prince Edward Island](https://www.conservecanada.org/category/prince-edward-island/) - This category should be selected for any content related to Prince Edward Island.
- [Quebec](https://www.conservecanada.org/category/quebec/) - This category should be selected for any content related to Quebec.

## Tags

- [Bay of Fundy](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/bay-of-fundy/)
- [British Columbia](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/british-columbia/)
- [Cross border conservation workshop](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/cross-border-conservation-workshop/)
- [Dale and Phyllis Callaghan](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/dale-and-phyllis-callaghan/)
- [Echo Island](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/echo-island/)
- [Gabriola Land and Trail Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/gabriola-land-and-trail-trust/)
- [Grand Manan](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/grand-manan/)
- [Island Nature Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/island-nature-trust/)
- [PEI](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/pei/)
- [Rainy Lake Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/rainy-lake-conservancy/)
- [RLC](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/rlc/)
- [Robinson Woods](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/robinson-woods/)
- [Seven Days Work Cliff](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/seven-days-work-cliff/)
- [The Nature Trust of New Brunswick](https://www.conservecanada.org/tag/the-nature-trust-of-new-brunswick/)

## Portfolio Categories

- [British Columbia](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/british-columbia/) - This category should be selected for any content related to British Columbia.
- [Canadian Partners](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/canadian-partners/)
- [Comox Valley Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/comox-valley-land-trust/)
- [Conservation Manitou](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/conservation-manitou/)
- [Ducks Unlimited Canada](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/ducks-unlimited-canada/)
- [Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/escarpment-biosphere-conservancy/)
- [Gabriola Land & Trails Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/gabriola-land-trails-trust/)
- [Georgian Bay Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/georgian-bay-land-trust/)
- [Island Nature Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/island-nature-trust/)
- [Kensington North Watersheds Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/kensington-north-watersheds-conservancy/)
- [Lake of Bays Heritage Foundation](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/lake-of-bays-heritage-foundation/)
- [Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/lake-superior-watershed-conservancy/)
- [Land Conservancy for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/land-conservancy-for-kingston-frontenac-lennox-addington/)
- [Land Trust Alliance of BC](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/land-trust-alliance-of-bc/)
- [Lasquetti Island Nature Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/lasquetti-island-nature-conservancy/)
- [Magnetawan Watershed Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/magnetawan-watershed-land-trust/)
- [Manitoba](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/manitoba/) - This category should be selected for any content related to Manitoba.
- [Mayne Island Conservancy Society](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/mayne-island-conservancy-society/)
- [Muskoka Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/muskoka-conservancy/)
- [Nature Trust of New Brunswick](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/nature-trust-of-new-brunswick/)
- [New Brunswick](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/new-brunswick/) - This category should be selected for any content related to New Brunswick.
- [Nova Scotia](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/nova-scotia/) - This category should be selected for any content related to Nova Scotia.
- [Nova Scotia Nature Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/nova-scotia-nature-trust/)
- [Ontario](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/ontario/) - This category should be selected for any content related to Ontario.
- [Prince Edward Island](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/prince-edward-island/) - This category should be selected for any content related to Prince Edward Island.
- [Protected Places](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/protected-places/)
- [Rainy Lake Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/rainy-lake-conservancy/)
- [Rideau Waterway Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/rideau-waterway-land-trust/)
- [Salt Spring Island Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/salt-spring-island-conservancy/)
- [The Nature Trust of British Columbia](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/the-nature-trust-of-british-columbia/)
- [Thousand Island Watershed Land Trust](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/thousand-island-watershed-land-trust/)
- [Bruce Trail Conservancy](https://www.conservecanada.org/portfolio_entries/bruce-trail-conservancy/)