Total number of
properties secured:
4
Acres (hectares) secured:
3,220 (1,300)
Land value:
$5,710,000
Number of stewardship
volunteers:
426
“Giving money to help buy
an area of wilderness seems
to me a perfect reintegration
of economics (the art of
managing a home or
community) and ecology
(the relationships between
living things and their
environment). When I visited
the Sage and Sparrow Con-
servation Area for the first
time earlier this year, I felt
an immense satisfaction that
I was simply visiting another
part of my home.”
ELK VALLEY
Photo by NCC
ERIC GRACE
NCC donor in BC
British
Columbia
land securement
july 1, 2012–June 30, 2013
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In collaboration with the Wuikinuxv Nation in Rivers Inlet on BC’s Central Coast, expanding our ef-
forts this year by becoming involved with the
(run by the Applied
Conservation Science Lab at the University of Victoria), which aims to understand the relationship
between salmon and grizzly bears. This research will ultimately help direct our conservation efforts to
better benefit both species. The special partnership between NCC and the Wuikinuxv Nation was
celebrated in a feature article in
British Columbia Magazine
(Spring 2013).
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Rehabilitating
These efforts took a huge leap forward this past year when we deactivated
30 kilometres of old logging roads. The network of roads and landings throughout the property fragment
habitat, increase runoff and heighten the potential for landslides, all of which can damage fish habitat and
destroy sensitive plant and animal communities. By closing off unnecessary roads, nature is able to reclaim
those disturbed areas and strengthen the resilience of Darkwoods’ steep slopes in the face of heavy rains.
The pungent scent of sagebrush. The sweet songs of sparrows. A stunning vista spanning
more than 3,000 acres (1,200 hectares) in the South Okanagan and Similkameen valleys.
The
its in the heart of a crucial migration corridor
for species moving between the desert areas of the western United States and the dry
grasslands of interior British Columbia. The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC)
conserved these rolling hills, steep gullies and forest habitat for dozens of
species at risk — becoming NCC’s newest conservation area in British Columbia.
Other accomplishments in this province last year included:
