Celebrating our Conservation Heroes

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ANNUAL REPORT 2018–2019
Marjorie Cameron’s lifelong passion
for the Canadian Prairies is helping
ensure a future for greater sage-grouse.
For
A portion of Marjorie
Cameron’s gift has
been allotted to NCC’s
greater sage-grouse
recovery program.
Marjorie Cameron, the Prairies
are a place of wonder. The views are long, the
colours are subtle. The skies can be breathtaking.
Unfortunately, little remains of the original,
complex prairie environment. Marjorie says
she has been privileged to explore some of
these fragments of prairie on the Nature
Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC’s) partnership
projects at the Sandstone Ranch and the
Waldron in Alberta, and Old Man on His Back
in Saskatchewan.
“Our pasture was unbroken shortgrass
prairie in the Eagle Creek valley, in Saskatchewan.
It was about a mile away from our
house and was a favourite place for us children
to explore,” recalls Marjorie. “There was
always something to see: saskatoon bushes in
sheltered areas, meadowlarks and hawks, wild
roses, lichen-covered rocks and cacti. Every
footstep released scents of sage and dry grass.
The smell of sage never fails to bring back
memories of that special place.”