Valhalla Mile

The Valhalla Mile is a 63 ha in-holding in Valhalla Provincial Park along the west shore of Slocan Lake.  The property has been purchased by the Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) and will be added to the Park.  TLC, the Valhalla Foundation for Ecology and Social Justice, BC Parks, Columbia Basin Trust, the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, BC Trust for Public Lands, TD Bank Friends of the Environment Foundation, and many individual donors all collaborated to create this legacy project.    Key property values include 1.7 km of undeveloped shoreline which provides early spring forage and movement corridor for grizzly bears; moist, warm Interior Cedar Hemlock forests, lakeshore to alpine connectivity, and potential habitat for several species at risk.

Fort Shepherd Conservancy Area

Fort Shepherd Conservancy Area near Trail, BC stretches for 8.3 kilometers along the Columbia River to the US border.  The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) acquired this 964 ha property through a generous donation from Teck Cominco Ltd. and contributions from many other partners, including the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, Columbia Basin Trust, Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, BC Conservation Foundation, BC Trust for Public Lands, Trail Wildlife Association and Kootenay Wildlife Heritage Fund.  Grasslands, dry forests, cliffs, caves and dry rocky slopes provide habitat for a number of species at risk including Common Nighthawks, Canyon Wrens, Townsend's Big Eared Bats, and Racers.

The Lake Windermere Project

Wildsight's Lake Windermere Project is creating a lasting legacy of water stewardship in the Columbia Valley.  The program delivers unique and engaging public education activities while carrying out on of BC's most advanced, in-depth water monitoring studies.  The program encourages reflection on the importance role of protecting our water resources and critical shoreline areas within future municipal and provincial government policy and planning.

Darkwoods

Darkwoods is the largest single private conservation project in Canadian history.  The lush valleys, rugged peaks, tumbling creeks, and deep lakes of British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains are both astoundingly beautiful and ecologically important.  In the heart of this incredible mountain range lies a 55,000 hectare privately owned  property known as Darkwoods.  Here, wildlife, including one of the last herds of Mountain Caribou in the world, finds refuge, and rare plants survive.  

The Nature Conservancy of Canada announced on July 24, 2008 its bold commitment to protect this exceptional property.

Pine Butte Ranch

Ray Van Steinburg has owned the Pine Butte Ranch, located off Highway 95A between Kimberley and Cranbrook, since he returned from the service in World War II.  His ranching operation has always focused on grassland stewardship and, as a result of his good grassland practices, the Nature Conservancy of Canada approached in 2004 to secure his land in perpetuity.

Wycliffe Wildlife Corridor

The Land Conservancy of British Columbia negotiated a plan with Teck Cominco Limited to purchase 370 hectares of rare Ponderosa Pine/Bunchgrass habitat in the East Kootenay Trench near Kimberley, BC.  These properties augment an existing wildlife corridor held by the Ministry of Environment.

Hoodoo/Hofert

A partnership of conservation organizations, led by the Nature Trust of BC, secured one of the largest (4,037 ha) and most important properties of critical wildlife habitat on private land in the East Kootenay in 2003.   The property contains numerous red and blue listed species and provides vital winter range and migration corridors.