Conservation Groups Fight to Save Port Joli Habitat
Port Joli is situated in western Queen’s County on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. To protect an area against development of the whole area the Nature Conservancy of Canada has raised $462,000 to save an unspoiled area of 135 hectares containing sand beaches, eelgrass flats, tidal mud flats and coastal forests. As of today they are $50,000 short of their mark to buy the parcel outright.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is a private, non-profit group that collaborates with both corporate and individual landowners to protect important natural treasures. They do this buying outright buying the land or working with the landowners to secure a property by donation. Since 1962, NCC and our partners have helped to conserve more than 2 million acres (over 800,000 hectares) of ecologically significant land nationwide. It is one of four migratory bird sanctuaries in the area and is a staging and wintering area for Canada Geese.
Besides it’s natural significance Port Joli is deemed to have an historical background as a Mi’kmaq settlement over 1200 years ago.
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