Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy

The Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy (EBC)[1] is an environmental NGO, a registered environmental charity, and a qualified recipient to receive ecological gifts through the eco-gifts program of Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canada).[2] It is the largest Ontario-focused land trust, with over 190 nature reserves as of January, 2021.[3]

Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy, Inc.
Formation1997 (1997)
HeadquartersToronto, ON, Canada
Executive Director and Founding Member
Robert E. Barnett
Websitewww.escarpment.ca

History

In 1997, EBC's founding directors left the Bruce Trail Association to start a new organization, focused on the acquisition of new nature reserves in Ontario. EBC's main mission is to establish, maintain and manage a system of nature reserves in the area of the Niagara Escarpment. Its signature reserve is the 347-acre (140 ha) Cup and Saucer Trail on Manitoulin Island, acquired by EBC in 2000.[4]

EBC is a member of the Ontario Land Trust Alliance. It produces a newsletter semi-annually, called Precipice.

Recognition

In 2011, EBC was recognized by the North American Native Plant Society, with the Founders Conservation Award, for creating 102 nature reserves.[5]

Projects

In 2019, EBC purchased a 235-acre (95 ha) parcel of land, known as "Willisville Mountain" near Sudbury.[6]

In 2021, EBC expects to acquire the Trout's Hollow as a nature reserve (near Meaford, Ontario), where John Muir lived, worked, and explored nature during his time in Ontario between 1864 and 1866.

In 2021, EBC put in an offer to purchase nearly 2,000 acres (810 ha) in the La Cloche Hills.[7] It embarked on an aggressive fundraising campaign to secure the protection of the Heaven's Gate trail, connecting two provincial parks in the Canadian Shield.

References
  1. "Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy website". Retrieved Jan 21, 2021.
  2. "Ecological gifts: eligible recipients". Retrieved Jan 21, 2021.
  3. "Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy website". Retrieved Jan 21, 2021.
  4. "Land Trusts in Carolinian Canada". Retrieved Jan 21, 2021.
  5. "NANPS Founders Conservation Award Recipients". Retrieved Jan 21, 2021.
  6. "EBC takes ownership of Willisville Mountain". Retrieved Jan 21, 2021.
  7. "Land trust eyes Heaven's Gate property near Willisville". Retrieved Jan 21, 2021.
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