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The Nature Conservancy combines our knowledge with the experience of partners in Canada to preserve the nation's spectacular natural heritage.
Outside magazine reports on how the Conservancy's Richard Jeo went from neuroscientist to conservationist.
World's Largest Conservation Agreement
Historic agreement will help protect 178 million acres of Canada's Boreal Forest.
Preventing coal, oil and gas development in the Flathead River Basin.
24-year-old Damian Kailek, an expedition member from the Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation. © Ami Vitale/Panos Pictures
The Conservancy's lead scientist embarks on an expedition with Dene First Nation youth.
First Nations Youth Immersed in the Great Bear Rainforest
Summer internship empowers a new generation of Great Bear Rainforest leaders.
William Housty, the Coastwatch Program Director and a member of the Heiltsuk tribe photographed at Koeye River in the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia, Canada. William is collecting Grizzly bear fur (snagged on tree bark or carefully placed barbwire snares) for DNA identification as part of a field research project to identify individual bears who depend on the Koeye River and its watershed for food. The Nature Conservancy, along with others, supports the work of the Heiltsuk people in protecting the unique and unspoiled habitat of the Koeye River valley. © Mark Godfrey/TNC
Would you hike 20 miles through bear country reeking of salmon? William Housty does.
The first place image in The Nature Conservancy's Virtual Rainforest Initiative Student Photo Contest. © Jessie Larsen
See winning images from high school students in the Great Bear Rainforest.
Marven Robinson © Canada's elusive spirit bear is an inspiration to safeguard one of the world's great rainforests.
Take a virtual tour into the Great Bear Rainforest with Gitga’at First Nations member and Spirit Bear guide Marven Robinson.
The Koeye Camp offers First Nations youth a chance to connect with their home in the Great Bear Rainforest. © Courtesy of QQS Projects Society
Camp Connects First Nations Children to the Great Bear Rainforest
A summer camp connects children of the Heiltsuk First Nations People to their home in the rainforest.
Meet young First Nations students immersed in the wilds of the Great Bear Rainforest.
A rare glimpse at one of the Great Bear Rainforest's most spectacular animals.
Daniel T’seleie of the K'asho Got'ine Dene First Nation is helping explore the impacts of climate change in the Boreal Forest. © Michael Palmer/TNC
A young First Nations man stands on the front lines of climate change in the Boreal Forest.
Great Bear Rainforest
The Great Bear Rainforest, located in British Columbia, represents 25 percent of the world's remaining coastal temperate rainforest.
Canadian Boreal Forest
The Canadian Boreal Forest makes up 25 percent of the intact, original forests on the planet. The boreal forest is a global resource filtering our water, cleaning our air, regulating our climate, and providing food and shelter for a vast array of species, including human beings.
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