Reading Time: < 1 minute The Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Canadian Council on Invasive Species are urging Albertans to watch for five invasive species and remove them if spotted on their property: Common tansy: Has yellow, button-like flowers and can grow 1.5 metres tall. It impacts stream banks and native grasslands and outcompetes native plants. It also produces […] Read more
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Preserving the land for future generations
Family wanted their operation to be a working ranch while preserving some key natural habitats
Reading Time: < 1 minute It wasn’t prime real estate a century ago, but the Hansen Ranch near Waterton Lakes National Park certainly is now. “When my family first came to this area in the 1920s, this was one of the last places people wanted to settle down,” said Shane Hansen, the third generation to work the land. “The snowfall […] Read more
Easement creates ‘massive block’ of protected land
Preserved area of White Moose and OH ranches 10 kilometres long and nearly as wide
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s the fulfilment of a long-term dream for rancher Stan Carscallen. “From the day our White Moose Ranch first acquired this breathtaking property in 1992, I knew that we needed to find a way to preserve it in its natural state,” said Carscallen. “We share a three-mile boundary on our south side with the OH […] Read more
PHOTOS: Endangered ferruginous hawks get a helping hand
Reading Time: < 1 minute It looks big on the platform but the true scale of this nest was more apparent when it was being constructed on the ground. This ferruginous hawk nesting platform was installed last month on a conservation site located in the Milk River Ridge. The Nature Conservancy of Canada and FortisAlberta teamed up on the project […] Read more
Donation preserves central Alberta wetlands and grasslands
Reading Time: 2 minutes A central Alberta farm family has gifted 1,467 acres on the northwest shore of Gough Lake to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. The Ferrier property, located 125 kilometres east of Red Deer, has 256 acres of wetlands and shoreline habitat that is home to deer, grassland birds, shorebirds, and waterfowl. Several species considered at risk […] Read more
Historic Alberta ranch to be preserved as cattle operation
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of Alberta’s oldest ranches will remain a working operation thanks to a conservation agreement with the Nature Conservancy of Canada. When it was founded in 1882, Oxley Ranch covered 200,000 acres, making it one of the four largest ranches in the foothills. The remaining 2,266 acres will now be preserved from cultivation, drainage of […] Read more
Waldron Ranch conservation agreement completed
The 30,535-acre ranch will remain a working operation but the easement prohibits development, subdivision, cultivation or drainage
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nature Conservancy of Canada – The Nature Conservancy of Canada in Alberta has completed the conservation easement for the Waldron Ranch — the largest such deal in Canadian history. The iconic 30,535-acre ranch, located along the Cowboy Trail (Highway 22) northwest of Lethbridge, is home to the largest intact native fescue grassland remaining on the […] Read more
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