October 22 (Halifax)—The Nova Scotia Nature Trust has protected yet another significant conservation site on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia, part of its ambitious campaign to protect one of North America’s last wild and ecologically rich coastal archipelagos—the 100 Wild Islands. The new conservation lands provide a significant, natural corridor connecting the 100 Wild Islands to a vast inland freshwater wilderness.
The Economist recently published a short article on the effect of economic decline on the price of private islands, and the opportunity this presents for conservation organizations like the Nature Trust.
The protection of the 100 Wild Islands is indeed an unprecedented and globally significant opportunity for conservation. Thanks to everyone who is helping to make this campaign possible!
The 100 Wild Islands Legacy Campaign will be featured in a beautiful TV series, called The Living Beach, which is being filmed by Arcadia. The series will air on the Love Nature channel, and potentially others. We'll keep you posted, and let you know when it will air!
This interest in the 100 Wild Islands showcases just how significant these islands are. We have an incredible opportunity to protect an entire, intact, and dynamic coastal ecosystem, where natural processes can develop, evolve and change, completely undisturbed by human shoreline ‘hardening’, development and other interventions. This is an incredible place for ‘living beaches’ and other coastal habitats and species to thrive, and it is also an unparalleled place for research to increase our understanding of truly natural coastal ecology and processes.
The Nature Trust and the 100 Wild Islands Campaign have gotten some great exposure in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. Read on for an interesting perspective on private islands conservation!
This article highlights nicely that island conservation is a concern globally, and that land trusts are an important part of ensuring we protect important island ecosystems. It's great to see that the 100 Wild Islands is seen as a good example of the role that land trust play in island conservation.
The Nova Scotia Nature Trust’s ambitious campaign to protect the 100 Wild Islands on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore received a major conservation boost. All Crown islands within the archipelago were officially designated as Wilderness Area by the Province today. Together with the Nature Trust’s achievements in protecting private islands, 5,000 acres of ecologically rich and spectacular coastal island wilderness is now protected, forever.
We invite you to come and share your stories about the islands, their history and heritage and how you use and enjoy them.
A 100 Wild Islands project update will be provided and Nature Trust staff and local volunteers will also be on hand with interesting maps, photos and information about our conservation work.
When: April 11, 2015
Stop in any time between 10am and 3pm
Where: Eastern Shore Wildlife Association building
(200 East River Rd. Sheet Harbour).
100 Wild Islands Campaign team members Judy Robertson and Bill Greenwood wrote an excellent article about sailing the 100 Wild Islands for the Cruising Club of America's beautiful Voyages magazine. Thanks Bill and Judy! This is wonderful exposure for the 100 Wild Islands
Exciting strides continue to be made on both the fundraising and conservation fronts of the 100 Wild Islands campaign!
Four islands were protected this fall, and we now have just $885,000 to raise to meet our $7 million fundraising goal!
Catch up on all the campaign news - read our 100 Wild Islands Legacy Campaign update.
The Nova Scotia Nature Trust honoured Nova Scotian-born entrepreneur Paul Gauthier tonight in Halifax, recognizing him for his transformative $3.5 million donation and his pivotal role in bringing the dream of Nova Scotia’s “100 Wild Islands” to life.
Originally from Cole Harbour, but now living in California, Gauthier has brought an entrepreneurial flair to conservation in Canada. He saw an opportunity to make conservation happen on a scale never dreamed of before in Nova Scotia, and now he’s helping to make it happen.
The Nova Scotia Nature Trust announced new island conservation successes today, as part of its exciting 100 Wild Islands Legacy Campaign. The Nova Scotia Nature Trust announced new island conservation successes today, as part of its exciting 100 Wild Islands Legacy Campaign. A large and enthusiastic crowd at a community celebration in Murphy’s Cove, on the eastern shore, welcomed news of another 275 acres of protected areas on the islands they have treasured for generations.
The new conservation lands are one kilometer offshore from Popes Harbour, on Gerard Island, one of the largest islands in Nova Scotia. The 800 acre island is nestled between the Nature Trust’s existing conservation lands at Shelter Cove and Taylors Head Provincial Park.
On July 26th the Nature Trust is holding an event to celebrate new conservation lands on the eastern shore and to share information about the 100 Wild Islands Campaign.
At a launch event in Halifax, the Nova Scotia Nature Trust launched its 100 Wild Islands Campaign to raise the remaining funds required to protect a vast and beautiful archipelago over 100 wild islands. This island wilderness, nestled between Clam Harbour beach and Mushaboom Harbour, is one of the province’s least known, yet greatest natural treasures. The islands’ diverse habitats, from sand beaches, idyllic lagoons, forests, bogs and barrens, to 250 kilometers of pristine shoreline and 350 acres of saltmarsh and wetlands have gone largely undisturbed by humans for more than 10,000 years.
