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• Law Passes Protecting the North Fork

  Topic (Conservation Lands)
  November 18, 2011 2011 11 18

  New law stops mining & energy development in North Fork of the Flathead River. Learn More

• Canadian Forest Industry and Environmental Groups Sign World's Largest Conservation Agreement Applying to Area Twice the Size of Germany

  TORONTO/MONTREAL, CANADA
  May 18, 2010 2010 05 18

  An historic agreement between the forestry industry and nine environmental groups, including the Conservancy, will help protect 178 million acres of Canada's Boreal Forest. Learn More

Ancient Knowledge, Modern Journey in Wild Canada

National Geographic

September 24, 2012

The Thelon Game Sanctuary in northeastern Canada is North America’s largest and most remote wildlife refuge, but it is not without a human history as well.

For thousands of years the Lutsel K’e Dene people have visited this area for seasonal hunting, and its vastness and starkness inspired them to call it “The Place Where God Began.”

Last year, this ancient cultural heritage came together with modern conservation efforts as Sanjayan, the lead scientist of The Nature Conservancy, along with local experts lead a group of First Nation youths far from their modern villages on a 200-mile voyage along the Thelon River. Read the article

New Generation Returns to an Ancient Place

National Geographic

September 23, 2011

While much attention is paid to preserving wild spaces in and of themselves, there is also an increasing recognition of the value people have as part of these ecosystems.

In the far north of North America, NG Fellow Jon Waterhouse has been leading a Healing Journey among traditional communities along the Yukon River (read blog posts). 700 miles east M. Sanjayan, lead scientist at the Nature Conservancy, has been taking a similar trip along the Thelon River. Read the article

Neuroscientist > Conservationist

Outside Magazine

August 16, 2011

All of my energy was going into very abstract questions at a time when we face concrete and pressing issues. Read more

River Explorers Face Mosquitos, Grizzlies and Remote Canadian Wilderness

PBS Newshour

July 28, 2011

On July 23, the Nature Conservancy's lead scientist, M. Sanjayan, embarked on a three-week river expedition through one of the most remote wilderness areas of Northern British Columbia with a group of teens from the Dene First Nation, a community indigenous to the area. Watch the video

Great Bear Rainforest Protected from Heavy Logging

LA Times
Forests
March 31, 2009

For years, the majestic forests of towering Sitka spruce and 1,000-year-old cedars of western British Columbia were a nasty battleground between logging companies rushing to harvest the big trees and eco-activists planting their bodies in the way of the chainsaws. No more. Read the article

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