Kristen MacLeod and Morgan Wadden: Navigators on Land and Sea

28 Nov 2024

Kristen MacLeod and Morgan Wadden began volunteering as Wilderness Property Guardians only this past summer, but their love of nature and highly specialized navigation skills have already made a big impact on the protected old forest in the Mabou Highlands.

Robin Johnston: Making a difference close to home

01 Feb 2024

For Robin Johnston, being a Property Guardian is about building a relationship with land close to her home. “People feel very strongly about the place they actually live. The more people you have out there with eyes on the ground, who are engaged, the more they could make a positive difference in the place where they live.” Read Robin's stewardship story as we celebrate her as our volunteer of the month!

Lynn and Bob Guscott: Volunteering is a win-win

28 Feb 2022

This month, we’re delighted to introduce Bob and Lynn Guscott, two Property Guardians who gladly make the trek from just outside of Halifax to Cape Breton to steward Nature Trust land in the majestic Mabou Highlands.

Ed Sulis: Work Hard, Have Success, Enjoy

28 Oct 2021

Our Volunteer of the Month, Ed Sulis, is a self-taught forest enthusiast and invasive species adversary who helps steward Nature Trust properties and other natural areas on land and by sea!

Ben Howell Davis and His History with Long Cove

28 Sep 2021

On a rugged shoreline tucked into Port Medway is one of the Nature Trust’s early conservation successes: a 155-acre hidden gem called Long Cove. And one of our longest-serving Property Guardians, Ben Howell Davis, has been working to keep it in its natural condition since the late 1980s, when he moved into a rustic cabin on the adjacent property. After 14 years of official stewardship, he is passing the torch to the new owner of his property. The Nature Trust is grateful for his many years of dedicated service protecting nature, and delighted to have the chance to tell the story of his efforts at Long Cove.

Pam Gerry: Property Guardian By Canoe

09 Sep 2021

Pam Gerry, our Volunteer of the Month, is happy to put her itch to get into nature (and her canoe) to good use as a Property Guardian for our conservation lands at McGowan Lake and Barren Meadow!

Volunteer of the Month: Property Guardian Barry Joyce

26 May 2021

Our Volunteer of the Month for May is Barry Joyce, a Property Guardian since 2020 who is helping the Nature Trust monitor hard-to-access sites across the province.

Volunteer of the Month: Katie Studholme

18 Apr 2021

This month we’re proud to introduce Katie Studholme, who has been contributing her scientific and analytical expertise to help our stewardship team’s work on property baselines.

Volunteer of the Month: Scott Savage

25 Mar 2021

Meet Scott Savage, our latest volunteer of the month! His lifelong love of the outdoors and his natural curiosity inspired him to find a way to go "hiking with a purpose." And as a Property Guardian "at large," he now helps to care for our conservation lands all over the province - read on for his story.

‘Listening Together’ for coastal island and bird conservation

31 Aug 2020

How do we best care for and monitor isolated, hard to access places like coastal islands? A collaborative, community-based project launched last year is helping us and other conservation partners to answer that question with the use of bioacoustic monitoring technology.