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Courtesy The Nature Conservancy of Canada
An endangered mountain caribou herd in B.C.
B.C.’s endangered mountain caribou received some help from the federal government yesterday when it was announced that 550 square kilometres of ecologically sensitive land is being protected.
“We’re conserving an area nearly 140 times the size of Stanley Park, it’s a significant investment,” said Environment Minister John Baird at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver yesterday. “It’s a one-time opportunity to significantly improve odds of survival for our Woodland caribou.”
Located in the south Selkirk region of B.C., the property known as Darkwoods is the largest private conservation land acquisition in Canadian history.
The government purchased it from Germany’s Duke of Wurttemberg and his company Pluto Darkwoods Forestry Co., which privately owned and operated the land since 1967.
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