Charlene Morton and Daniel Vokey: An Interconnected System

01 Oct 2024

For Daniel Vokey and Charlene Morton, their motivation to contribute to the Nature Trust initiatives reflects how they’ve come to understand the natural environment as a deeply interconnected system affecting all parts of their lives.

Julie Palmer: Protecting Nature on All Fronts

02 Jul 2024

Julie Palmer has been dedicated to protecting nature ever since she was a child. Throughout her life she has consistently volunteered, organized, and supported many different conservation and activist groups - including a connection with the Nature Trust that will last through and beyond her lifetime.

Norma Jean Profitt: Love at first sight

01 Jun 2024

Norma Jean is someone who has never lost sight of the bigger picture, from her work against gender violence and inequality to her volunteer efforts to protect threatened Olive ridley sea turtles in Costa Rica. An esteemed educator and social activist, we know her best at the Nature Trust as an invaluable friend, as she has donated to the organization for over a decade and recently extended her generosity by including a gift in her Will in support of the Nature Trust.

Christian Croft: A pathway to nature

30 Jun 2023

After hearing about the Nature Trust on the radio in 2019, Christian Croft has gone on to become a Nature Maker monthly donor, allowing the Nature Trust to plan ahead to save and steward significant lands by providing a reliable stream of unrestricted funds, and he's also part of the Nature Trust’s Legacy Circle.

Joanne and Pat: Current and future supporters

27 Jan 2023

For two retired Cape Breton University professors, the Nature Trust is a critical player in conservation. Through annual gifts and also with a legacy gift (sometimes referred to as a future gift or a future bequest) they are helping save nature!

Darlene Stone: Ambassador for Conservation

25 Oct 2022

Darlene Stone is always looking for ways to promote land conservation. Over the years with the Nature Trust, Darlene has chosen to become a Champion of the Wild donor and created a plan for a future legacy gift that will help to save Nova Scotia's wild places, forever. As well, many people have heard about the Nature Trust because of Darlene--she is a tireless ambassador for land conservation.

Victor “Ray” Titterington, Part 3: Solitary Trees Grow Strong

30 May 2021

This is the third in a three part series about the life and times of Ray Titterington who, in January 2020, bequeathed his entire estate to the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. People from all over the world were captivated by the photos of his fanciful carvings, home, and greenhouse full of cacti. Many wondered about Ray’s past and what had inspired him. Over the past year, two volunteers have gathered the story of Ray’s life, and the gift that will build a wonderful natural legacy. His life story is being shared in a three part series - this is the conclusion.

Max Moseley: A legacy of rare landscapes

29 May 2021

Max Moseley is an independent cave biologist whose research interests include gypsum caves and karst topography - making the Nature Trust’s recent protection of gypsum karst sites in Cape Breton and mainland Nova Scotia particularly relevant. While these recent conservation successes are close to his heart, he had already added a bequest to the Nature Trust to his will. His planned gift will help ensure that Nova Scotia’s natural legacy, to which he has devoted so much of his life, will be protected forever.

Victor “Ray” Titterington, Part 2: Imagination Embraces the World

23 May 2021

This is the second in a three part series about the life and times of Ray Titterington who, in January 2020, bequeathed his entire estate to the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. People from all over the world were captivated by the photos of his fanciful carvings, home, and greenhouse full of cacti. Many wondered about Ray’s past and what had inspired him. Over the past year, two volunteers have gathered the story of Ray’s life, and the gift that will build a wonderful natural legacy. This is Part 2 of 3 in Ray's story.

Victor “Ray” Titterington, Part 1: A Life Well Lived

16 May 2021

In January 2020, the Nature Trust was notified of a generous bequest from Victor Ray Titterington who had left his entire estate to support the work of saving Nova Scotia’s wild places. People from all over the world were captivated by the photos of his fanciful carvings, home, and greenhouse full of cacti. Many wondered about Ray’s past and what had inspired him. Over the past year, two volunteers have painstakingly gathered the story of Ray’s life, and the gift that will build a wonderful legacy. His life story will be shared in a three part series—this is Part 1.