By Dave Branco

Nature Trust

Preserving Paradise: Help secure critical habitats for wildlife with The Nature Trust of BC

Nov 9, 2023 | 3:24 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – The Nature Trust of BC is a leading non-profit land conservation organization for over fifty years. They’re trying to raise funds to acquire habitats for vulnerable wildlife and plants.

They are trying to protect one section of land near Cresent Spur, 55 km northwest of McBride. It comprises three parcels totalling 76.9 hectares of land, including ancient inland rainforests with old-growth trees that are over 1000 years old. The other parcel is Cranberry Marsh-West, located approximately 292 km southeast of Prince George, where breeding wetlands for birds and a migratory bird stopover along the Pacific Flyway.

For more information or to donate to The Nature Trust of BC, visit their website.

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Crescent Spur

The area is within the traditional territory of the Simpcw and Lheildli T’enneh First Nations.

It is located 55 km northwest of the community of McBride and within the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George.

• It comprises three parcels totalling 76.9 hectares (189.9 acres) of land.

It includes an ancient inland rainforest with old-growth trees that are over 1000 years old.

• It contains the very wet, cool Sub-Boreal Spruce and the (Goat) wet, cool Interior Cedar-Hemlock Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification unit – only 4% and 11.2% of which are protected in BC, respectively.

Provides designated Critical Habitat for two species at risk listed under the Species at Risk Act (SARA), the endangered Whitebark Pine and Woodland Caribou (Southern Mountain population) and habitat for a wide range of at-risk species, including the Little Brown Myotis, Barn Swallow, Bank Swallow, Short-eared Owl, Common Nighthawk, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Horned Grebe, Grizzly Bear, Rusty Blackbird, and the Wolverine.

Cranberry Marsh-West

The area is within the traditional territory of the Simpcw and Lheildli T’enneh First Nations.

• It’s located approximately 292 km southeast of Prince George, within the Regional District of Fraser – Fort George.

It contains 38.3 hectares (94.6 acres) of wetland and low shrub and grass ecosystems with pockets of forest.

• It contains the (McLennan) dry, hot Sub-Boreal Spruce Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification unit. Only 3.0% protected in BC. BC contains 100% of the global range of the SBS biogeoclimatic zone.

The parcels are adjacent to the Cranberry Marsh/Starratt Wildlife Management Area, and once purchased, the total conservation area will be 357 hectares (882 acres), increasing connectivity for wildlife.

• Provides habitat for several wildlife species, including species at risk listed under the Species at Risk Act (SARA), such as the endangered Black Swift and the of Special Concern Western Toad.

Cranberry Marsh is a crucial bird breeding wetland and a migratory bird stopover along the Pacific Flyway.

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