When we protect forests, we counter the effects of climate change, save wildlife and ensure our future Together, we can conserve an additional one million hectares of nature across Canada by 2030.

A native plant garden isn’t just about planting herbaceous plants, it’s also about incorporating native shrubs and trees. If you're planting trees, consider their size at maturity and whether they ...

Swift fox Running through the Prairies at up to 60 kilometres an hour, the swift fox is aptly named. What does it look like? Swift foxes are North America’s smallest canid species. They are about the ...

Protect Habitats For millennia, habitats across Canada have been caring for us in more ways than we can imagine. From filtering water to cleaning the air to cycling nutrients and providing sustenance ...

Dog-strangling vine European swallow-wort, most commonly known as dog-strangling vine, is a member of the milkweed family. Despite its name, it doesn't pose any real threat to dogs. Unfortunately, it ...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada's first project in British Columbia was to help with the 1974 acquisition of Mud Bay, a vibrant intertidal property in Vancouver's Boundary Bay. Since then we have ...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is the only national organization dedicated to preserving Canadian biodiversity through the conservation of land. Much of our success can be attributed to the ...

Emily Trendos PhD student, University of Guelph (2020–present) If you ask Emily Trendos, Weston Family Conservation Science Fellow at the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), there’s nothing creepy ...

More than 80 per cent of Canada's Prairie grasslands have been lost, and what remain are at risk of disappearing forever. Over thousands of years, grasslands have adapted to be able to manage a wide ...

Invasive Species GalleryEurasian milfoil An invasive aquatic plant, Eurasian milfoil is a weed that grows quickly. Known also as the “zombie plant,” this perennial (plants that live for more than two ...

Ferry Ramp, Deer Island, NB Are you looking for an opportunity to help care for nature? Join us in restoring a natural habitat at the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC’s) Pendleton Island Nature ...

Speaker ofAerin Jacob Director, Science & Research Aerin Jacob is the director of science and research and the Weston Family senior scientist at the Nature Conservancy of Canada, and an adjunct ...