The Sutton Mountains are one of the last
remaining wilderness areas in Southern Quebec.
©Nature Conservancy of Canada

Over the past several years, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation has supported a number of important land conservation and stewardship programs in different habitats across Canada.

• Campbell River Estuary, British Columbia

  The Campbell River is one of the world's top salmon-producing rivers. Its estuary, located on the east side of Vancouver Island, provides key habitat for Chinook, Coho, Pink, Chum and Sockeye Salmon, as well as other wildlife across Canada.
  

• Tatlayoko Lake Valley, British Columbia

  The Tatlayoko Lake Valley is a low land corridor between BC's coastal rainforests and the dry, desert-like conditions of the central interior. The valley provides an important migratory corridor for wildlife such as Trumpeter Swan, geese and other birds, and valuable habitat for Black and Grizzly Bear, Mule Deer and Wolf.
  

• Old Man on His Back Prairie & Heritage Conservation Area, Saskatchewan

  This 13,000-acre ranch is one of the best remaining examples of the semi-arid mixed grass prairie that originally covered more than 160 million acres. The ranch is a haven for wildlife rarely seen by most Canadians. Small herds of Pronghorn Antelope frequent the property and imperilled species such as the Burrowing Owl, Long-billed Curlew and Ferruginous Hawk are often sighted.
  

• Burnley-Carmel Natural Area, Ontario

  This 784-acre reserve on the Rice Lake Plains in Northumberland County represents one of the best opportunities to restore Black Oak Savanna in Ontario . The proper management of this site will add a high-quality savanna tract to this natural area.

• Mount Sutton , Quebec

  This large-scale conservation initiative intended to protect one of the last extensive forest wilderness areas remaining in southern Quebec . The goal is to secure a core area of approximately 25,000 acres as a buffer zone of 75,000 acres, creating a 100,000-acre Appalachian Corridor contiguous with Vermont 's Green Mountains.
  

• Musquash River Estuary, New Brunswick

  Located just west of the City of Saint John, the Musquash Estuary is one of the most ecologically significant areas in Atlantic Canada. Identified as the last fully functioning estuary in the Bay of Fundy region, conservation of this site is critical to the health of the larger Bay of Fundy ecosystem. The estuary contains all of the habitat types found in the greater Bay of Fundy, from cobble and sand beaches to mudflats, salt marshes and coastal forests.
  

• Lloyds River Escarpment, Newfoundland

  In 2003, the Nature Conservancy of Canada created a new protected area at Lloyd's River Escarpment. Part of the site contains pristine old-growth White Pine, which provides ideal habitat for the endangered Newfoundland Pine Marten and the declining population of Canada Lynx.