Summer 2018 NCC Magazine

ONTARIO
Frontenac Arch
Number of NACP projects: 21
QUEBEC
Southern Gulf of
St. Lawrence
PEI
PEI Natural Area
Number of NACP projects: 25
NEW BRUNSWICK
Bay of Fundy
Number of NACP projects: 26
CHELSEA PETERS. *Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) status
Hectares (acres) conserved:
2,028 (5,011)
Notable species: Blanding’s turtle
(Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population)
(endangered*), eastern musk turtle
(special concern), American butternut
(endangered), five-lined skink (Great
Lakes/St. Lawrence population)
(special concern), cerulean warbler
(endangered), eastern milksnake
(special concern), ring-necked duck,
green-winged teal, common
goldeneye, hooded merganser, wood
duck, fisher, black bear, bobcat
Featured habitats: mixed forest, lakes,
wetland, cliffs and rock barrens
BRITISH COLUMBIA
West Kootenay
Number of NACP projects: 6
Hectares (acres) conserved:
55,523 (137,142)
Notable species: northern leopard
frog (Rocky Mountain population)
(endangered), woodland caribou
(Rocky Mountain population)
(endangered), grizzly bear (special
concern), westslope cutthrout trout
(Pacific population) (special concern),
American badger (endangered)
Featured habitats: rugged alpine
peaks, rare wetland habitat, old-growth
cedar-hemlock forest
Number of NACP projects: 24
Hectares (acres) conserved:
591 (1,460)
Notable species: Nelson’s sharp-tailed
sparrow, harlequin duck (special
concern), striped bass (southern Gulf
of St. Lawrence population) (special
concern), yellow rail (special concern),
Barrow’s goldeneye (eastern population)
(special concern), American eel
(threatened), Atlantic salmon
(Gaspé-Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence
population) (special concern),
black bear
Featured habitats: salt/freshwater
marshes, sandbar, forest, lagoon, peatland
ALBERTA
Southern Foothills
Number of NACP projects: 11
Hectares (acres) conserved:
21,451 (53,007)
Notable species: elk, grizzly bear
(special concern), moose, bald eagle,
golden eagle, ferruginous hawk
(threatened), limber pine (endangered)
Featured habitats: a mix of montane
ridges, riparian (riverbank) areas,
fescue grasslands
Hectares (acres) conserved:
717 (1,772)
Notable species: piping plover
(endangered), common tern, red knot
(rufa subspecies) (endangered), willet,
great blue heron, Nelson’s sharp-tailed
sparrow, bald eagle, eastern white cedar,
beach pinweed, broom crowberry
Featured habitats: forests, rivers and
streams, wetlands, sand beaches and
dunes, salt marshes, estuaries, islands
SASKATCHEWAN
AND ALBERTA
Milk River Basin
Number of NACP projects: 9
Hectares (acres) conserved:
4,722 (11,668)
Notable species: greater sagegrouse
(endangered), burrowing
owl (endangered), Sprague’s pipit
(threatened), ferruginous hawk
(threatened), chestnut-collared
longspur (threatened), swift fox
(threatened), northern leopard frog
(western Boreal/Prairie population)
(special concern)
Featured habitats: rolling hills,
native-dominant grasslands
Hectares (acres) conserved:
1,340 (3,311)
Notable species: semipalmated
sandpiper, beaver, white-tailed deer,
moose, bobcat, black bear, bald eagle,
pileated woodpecker, black duck,
common eider, red-breasted merganser,
broad-winged hawk, sanderling,
American wigeon
Featured habitats: Atlantic coast,
large river estuaries, Acadian forest,
wetlands, salt marsh, pebble
beaches, mudflats
MANITOBA
Assiniboine Delta
Number of NACP projects: 5
Hectares (acres) conserved:
498 (1,231)
Notable species: sharp-tailed grouse,
elk, Sprague’s pipit (threatened),
prairie skink (special concern), chestnutcollared
longspur (threatened), prairie
loggerhead shrike (threatened),
northern leopard frog (special concern).
Freshwater springs in the Assiniboine
River are known to have nationally rare
roundleaf monkey flower.
Featured habitats: native sandhill prairie,
native mixed-grass prairie, oak savannah,
freshwater springs, Assiniboine River,
aspen and mixed-wood forests1