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CTV News
5 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Nearly 200 endangered butterflies raised in Manitoba returned to wild
An ongoing program to help rehabilitate the butterfly population in Manitoba is celebrating a successful release this year. The Assiniboine Park Conservancy and the Nature Conservancy of Canada recently released 175 endangered adult Poweshiek skipperling butterflies to the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve in the RM of Stuartburn. In the past eight years, there have been 719 butterflies returned to the wild. 'We are very excited and motivated by the success achieved this year in all parts of the program,' said Kirstyn Eckhardt, conservation programs manager with Assiniboine Park Conservancy, in a statement. 'The results are encouraging and a testament to many years of work, research and collaborative effort.' The Poweshiek skipperling was once plentiful across the prairies, the Assiniboine Park Conservancy said, but its population declined during the 1990s and 2000s due to pesticide use, habitat loss, extreme weather events and climate change. The conservancy has also collected over 1,500 eggs that will be hatched and cared for at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in an incubator when they become caterpillars.
Toronto Star
19-07-2025
- Business
- Toronto Star
Historic Quebec scout camp to become conservation land, recreational tourism site
MILLE-ISLES, QUEBEC - The new buyers of a more than century-old Scouts camp site north of Montreal say the property will become a mix of conservation land and a recreational tourism site. Scouts Canada announced earlier this week that it has sold Tamaracouta Scout Reserve to entrepreneur Eric Desroches, in partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the town of Mille-Isles, Que.
Winnipeg Free Press
19-07-2025
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Historic Quebec scout camp to become conservation land, recreational tourism site
MILLE-ISLES, QUEBEC – The new buyers of a more than century-old Scouts camp site north of Montreal say the property will become a mix of conservation land and a recreational tourism site. Scouts Canada announced earlier this week that it has sold Tamaracouta Scout Reserve to entrepreneur Eric Desroches, in partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the town of Mille-Isles, Que. A project manager for the Nature Conservancy of Canada told a town meeting today that the organization will spend about $3.5 million to acquire some 82 per cent of the land. Catherine Lefebvre said the organization is acquiring more than 200 hectares, but will cede around 90 of them to the town of Mille-Isles, about 70 kilometres northwest of Montreal. Opened in 1912, the camp closed in 2019 after what Scouts Canada called years of successive financial hardship and looming costly repairs. Scouts Canada previously described the property as the oldest operating Scout camp in the world. Desroches told the meeting that the portion of the land he will own will be developed into an ecotourism project, but that he hasn't yet worked out the details. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 19, 2025.
Global News
18-07-2025
- Business
- Global News
Scouts Canada selling historic Quebec camp it has owned for over 100 years
Scouts Canada says it has accepted an offer to sell a historic camp site north of Montreal that first opened more than 110 years ago. The organization announced Thursday it has sold Tamaracouta Scout Reserve to entrepreneur Eric Desroches, in partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the town of Mille-Isles, Que. The organization says the new owner will preserve over 80 per cent of the land for conservation, while opening a part to the public. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy The camp closed in 2019 after what Scouts Canada called years of successive financial hardship and looming costly repairs. The president of a citizens' group that has fought to preserve the site says there were concerns that the property would be sold to a developer and that its wilderness would be degraded. Karine Peloffy says she's cautiously optimistic about the sale but is looking for concrete proof that the new owner will preserve the land and maintain access for young people. Story continues below advertisement Scouts Canada described the property in 2024 as the oldest operating Scout camp in the world. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 18, 2025.
Calgary Herald
02-07-2025
- General
- Calgary Herald
Nature Conservancy, Waldron Grazing Co-operative conserving ranch in Alberta's cowboy country
A conservation group and ranching families are teaming up to conserve a historic ranch in Alberta's cowboy country. Article content The Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Waldron Grazing Co-operative, comprised of nearly 80 ranching families, are partnering to conserve the Bob Creek Ranch, located by Highway 22 — the famous Cowboy Trail — in southwest Alberta. Article content Article content The ranch spans more than 1,000 hectares, and conserving the land will help create a contiguous block of more than 43,000 hectares of conserved and protected lands within the headwaters of the South Saskatchewan River watershed, says the NCC. Article content Article content 'It's pretty rare for this part of southern Alberta to have the opportunity to conserve such a large space in one go,' said Jeremy Hogan, the NCC's grassland stewardship director, on Wednesday. Article content Article content The conservation project will secure a permanent space between the Rocky Mountains' Livingstone Range to the west and the Porcupine Hills to the east for game species such as elk, moose and deer, as well as threatened species such as grizzly bear, to move through. The ranch is also along a major North American migratory bird pathway, including for the endangered grassland songbird. Article content 'It's one of the largest settled conservation areas in the country,' said Hogan. Article content The conservation easement on the Bob Creek Ranch will allow the landowner, the Waldron Grazing Co-operative, to continue ranching but will also ensure the land undergoes no cultivation, wetland drainage or subdivision. Article content Article content Article content The easement will also help conserve the endangered fescue grasslands found on the ranch. Article content 'Less than 15 per cent (of fescue) remains, and there's only a couple pockets left in Canada,' said Hogan. Article content 'The biggest area for it that remains is that area in southwest Alberta, so it's kind of Albertans to cherish the place and keep it healthy for everybody.' Article content The Bob Creek Ranch project was split up over two phases, and with the first phase now completed, the NCC is now reaching out to supporters for roughly $500,000 in funding to finish it off.
