Mission & Key Programs
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is Canada’s leading national land conservation organization. A private, non-profit organization, we partner with individuals, corporations, foundations, Indigenous communities and other non-profit organizations and governments at all levels to protect our most important natural treasures — the natural areas that sustain Canada’s plants and wildlife. We secure properties (through donation, purchase, conservation agreement and the relinquishment of other legal interests in land) and manage them for the long term.
Since 1962, NCC and its partners have helped to protect more than 15 million hectares, coast to coast to coast.
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NCC’s work in the Canadian Rockies contributes to landscape and community resilience by conserving crucial wildlife habitat, safeguarding freshwater systems and supporting the regeneration and sustainable use of forests and grasslands. In British Columbia, NCC’s work in this region primarily focuses on conserving ecologically valuable private lands (or private interests in public lands) in the Rocky Mountain Trench, the Elk Valley and the Flathead Valley.
Unique in the Transboundary Rocky Mountains
NCC has a robust history of creating meaningful conservation impact throughout the Heart of the Rockies region, focusing on strategic conservation and land management to improve connectivity for wide-ranging mammals, reduce habitat loss and restore ecosystems to their natural state.
Working with partners — including community members, local and provincial governments, other conservation organizations and Indigenous communities — has allowed us to think bigger and collaborate on landscape-level solutions to increase the resiliency of ecosystems and communities throughout this region.
Project Highlight
Enhancing habitat connectivity and landscape resiliency throughout the Rocky Mountain region is a top priority for NCC’s Canadian Rockies Program. A recent success in this area is the 2024 acquisition of the Geddes Creek Conservation Area. Located just north of Radium Hot Springs in an area that is experiencing growing development pressures, this conservation area adds to a mosaic of protected lands in the Rocky Mountain Trench, providing welcome, safe passage for many species iconic to this region. The conservation is directly adjacent to Kootenay National Park.
Photo in header: Larsen Lake, north of Canal Flats, British Columbia; photo by Nick Nault.
