Mission & Key Programs
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is the nation’s leading not-for-profit, private land conservation organization, working to protect our most important natural areas and the plants and animals they sustain. Since 1962, NCC and its partners have helped to protect 14 million hectares (35 million acres), coast to coast. By investing in conservation, we are ensuring that our natural world remains a home for wildlife, a haven for recreation and a vital resource that cleans the air we breathe and the water we drink. Through strong partnerships NCC works to safeguard our natural areas so that our children and grandchildren will have the chance to enjoy them.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s first project in Alberta was in 1970 with the acquisition of Wagner Natural Area — 130 hectares of highly significant wetland habitat. Since then, we have protected close to 455,000 hectares of this province’s most ecologically significant land and water. Today, the Alberta Region continues to work with our partners to protect and steward Alberta’s natural heritage.
Service Area
NCC works in communities across Canada and has offices in all 10 provinces. Within Alberta we focus on several priority areas outlined here: NCC: Where We Work – Alberta – Our Work
Unique in the Transboundary Rocky mountains
There is a special place along the Rocky Mountain Front where the last approximately 1% of native prairie representing Canada’s northern great plains remains — the Heart of the Rockies region. This crucial headwaters region, where the spine of the Rocky Mountains and grasslands of southern Alberta meet, preserves both traditional agricultural production and our most iconic wildlife species like grizzly bear, elk, and cougars — all original inhabitants of the historic great plains. Most of Canada’s population lives in this southern portion of the country, meaning we have a relatively higher density of human/nature interactions in this area, making it’s protection an urgent need.
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