Blanche Peninsula: A Landmark Achievement for Coastal Conservation

01 Oct 2024

More Nature on the Way for the Tusket Islands

04 Dec 2023

An exciting addition to our coastal lands, Sheep Islands lie adjacent to the Tusket Islands Wilderness Area and adds 22 acres to the Nature Trust's network of protection within a globally significant conservation area. Thanks to Nature's Way Canada, this trio of islands provides critical habitat along the Atlantic Flyway, essential for bird population recovery and continued conservation.

Crucial bird habitat protected on Blanche Island

28 Mar 2023

Nearly one kilometre from Nova Scotia’s southern coast lies Blanche Island, a 36-acre haven to large numbers of several marine and migrating bird species. The unforested island provides crucial habitat for nesting seabirds, with hundreds of gulls, terns, cormorants and eiders utilizing the island for breeding purposes in recent years.

Middle Island: The Final Piece to Secure an Entire Archipelago

10 Mar 2022

We're proud to announce that, with your support of our campaign to protect our coastal legacy, the Nature Trust has secured Middle Island, the final island in an archipelago now fully protected by the Nature Trust and other conservation partners.

Nature Trust saves rare coastal gem at Port La Tour

24 Jun 2021

While Nova Scotians are emerging from pandemic lockdown, some flighty south shore residents are also gathering and celebrating! Just in time for our feathered friends’ return, we're proud to announce that we have saved a spectacular coastal wilderness near Port La Tour on Nova Scotia’s south shore. The 364 acre purchase secures one of the province’s last remaining large and ecologically rich coastal properties, and a significant site for migratory, overwintering and nesting birds.

Advancing Coastal Island Protection and Stewardship

19 May 2021

With thousands of islands along Nova Scotia’s coast, identifying which islands are in most need of protection and stewardship can be challenging. As part of our commitment to advance island conservation, the Nature Trust has been working with partner organizations to improve our collective understanding of coastal islands, identify priorities for protection, and work towards their collaborative stewardship.

MapleCross: Investing in Canada’s Natural Heritage

27 Jan 2021

Thanks to the inspiring investment of an exciting new conservation partner, the Nature Trust was able to protect, forever, the ecological gem called Spectacle Island. While Isobel Ralston and Jan Oudenes, founders of the Ontario-based MapleCross fund, have invested significantly in numerous land trust projects all across Canada in the last three years, Spectacle Island is their first project in Nova Scotia and brings a new source of funding for urgent land conservation efforts here.

Sheltering the Tusket Islands

01 Dec 2020

This year, we added two pieces to our growing network of protected island habitat in the Tusket Islands, a chain of islands that is globally significant for bird recovery and conservation. In addition to generous donations from individual and family donors, the Nature Trust was able to leverage significant matching funds offered by governmental and other major funding partners through our Twice the Wild campaign, to ensure that these ecologically irreplaceable lands will be protected - forever.

‘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.

The Tusket Islands Legacy: One Family’s Story

28 Aug 2020

Today, the Nova Scotia Nature Trust is working to create a protected area for migratory, nesting and overwintering birds in the Tusket Islands, a wild and remote archipelago sitting off the southern tip of Nova Scotia. But these islands all have human stories too, which form part of the lore of this region, some ancient, some more modern. Dick Henry recently agreed to sell Peases Island and Spectacle Island to the Nature Trust to ensure their permanent protection. This is his story.