Growing stronger in the Mabou Highlands

31 Jul 2024

The Mabou Highlands is the Nature Trust’s largest land assemblage – and two newly protected lands have expanded it even further.

Protecting the borders of the Blue Mountain Wilderness

01 Feb 2024

Thanks to the generosity of two long-time Nature Trust supporters, we are proud to announce more protected land in the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes region. In November 2023, Donald (Don) and Joleen (Jo) Gordon signed a conservation easement to protect 109 acres of their property forever, while still allowing them to enjoy a place that has been precious to them for more than fifty years.

Species-at-risk habitat protected on new Conservation Lands

01 May 2023

We've recently secured two more properties, with a special thanks to Wayne and Bertha Fiddes! Salmon Lake and Deep Brook Bog near Pleasant River in Kespukwitk/Southwest NS both offer immense conservation value as they provide crucial habitat for a variety of species, including ACPF, Blanding's Turtles, Eastern Ribbonsnake and more.

Another conservation win for growing Mabou Highlands

30 Jan 2023

A 50-acre addition to our Mabou Highlands conservation lands marks another huge win for conservation in Cape Breton. An important addition that will further add to the growing assemblage of protected land within the Mabou Hills landscape consisting of the Cape Mabou Wilderness Area and adjacent lands secured by the Nature Trust and the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

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.

F. Towne Allen: a History of Connections

17 Aug 2022

What do the Halifax Explosion, protected Conservation Lands near Port Medway, Twice the Wild and F. Towne Allen, a psychotherapist from New York all have in common? Read this month’s donor story to find out!

Nature Trust Advocates Once More: Chris and Hiya Field

27 Apr 2022

Several years ago we brought you the story of Chris and Hiya Field who had just pledged to become Champions of the Wild (then called Guardians of the Land), and today we’re happy to reprise their story and let you know that the Fields have recently renewed their support as Champions!

Keith and Anne Fraser: A Blue Mountain Family Legacy

20 Jan 2022

The latest addition to our protected lands in the Blue Mountain - Birch Cove Lakes comes to us from a family with deep-rooted history in the area. The newly protected property was once the site of the Fraser family's original saw mill. Thanks to Keith and Anne Fraser, it will now be part of one of North America's largest urban wildlands - forever.

Bruce Blakemore: Lasting Love for Coastal Conservation

22 Nov 2021

Our volunteer of the month, Bruce Blakemore, first connected with the Nature Trust when she and her late husband, Hugh Jones, wanted to conserve their own coastal property at Purgatory Point. They immediately jumped in to steward the nearby conservation land of Crow Neck Beach as Property Guardians, and here Bruce shares the story of that inspiration.

Stewart Lindsay: First Guardian of the Land from the United States

22 Aug 2021

Although Stewart Lindsay is usually found in Connecticut during the winter, he and his family have spent summers in Nova Scotia for most of his life, and he considers himself to be as much Nova Scotian as American. He helped the Nature Trust protect a well-loved island more than a decade ago - and now he has become the first member of our Guardians of the Land donor group from the United States!