For the Next Generation: Sean and Evan Kelly

01 Oct 2025

For Sean and his son Evan Kelly, protecting wild places is a natural extension of a deep love of being in Nova Scotia’s backcountry. Sean has extended his support of nature even further by joining the Nature Trust Board - and by adding a gift to the Nature Trust into his Will.

Wallace River

29 May 2025

Thanks to a generous gift in a Will, we are proud to announce an 86-acre expansion of the lands in Nature Trust care in Lower Wentworth!

Anne and Joe Mason: Surprising tax benefits to a Legacy Gift

28 Feb 2025

When Anne and Joe Mason decided to include the Nature Trust in their Will, they were motivated by the wish to give back to “the grandchildren of the world.” But the tax benefits they learned about afterwards were an unexpected bonus!

Barbara and Paul Kent: A Legacy for Our Common World

28 Nov 2024

Barbara and Paul Kent are committed to ensuring that the things that have been pillars of meaning in their own lives will stand strong far into the future, thanks to a uniquely structured legacy gift.

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.