The Bruce Trail has conserved the former Talisman Resort, a major win for conservation, thanks to the support of passionate community members, ECCC and the Ontario Land Trust Alliance!

Donors are partners in collective impact, helping strengthen the systems that support land trusts across the province. Become a donor today and learn how you can be part of conservation tomorrow. olta.ca/ways-to-give/ #CollectiveImpact #LandConservation #StrongerTogether #ImpactThatLasts

A recent Couchiching Conservancy video with Dale Leadbeater about ecosystem services at the Lake Dalrymple Alvar (shown in photos) led to a matching gift challenge of $50,000 to Couchiching Conservancy’s land securement campaign. Inspiring video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXAa...

A beautiful day spent with our friends at the Muskoka Conservancy at their Fraserburg property! Left to right: Scott Young, Derek Berkhout, Erinn Todd from OLTA, Reegan Sargent, Amanda Porter, Cora Pataran

Ancliffe Timber is a rich area of forest and wetland in the McTavish Wetlands – a provincially significant wetland near Lake Superior. Ancliffe is just one example of the power of land trusts in leveraging partnerships for nature positive outcomes that benefit everyone!

Meet the Member! Magnetawan Watershed Land Trust protects over 369 hectares in the beautiful Magnetawan Watershed - including over 4,000 metres of shoreline! To find your local land trust, visit OLTA's Find a Land Trust page, olta.ca/find-a-land-... #Magnetawan #MagnetawanRiver #OntarioLandTrusts

At rare Charitable Research Reserve, a near-urban land trust, they're growing healthy soil, strong communities, and resilient ecosystems through a partnership between rare's Springbank Farm Hub and local food banks! Photos - T. Jarvis, J. O'Connell, @raresites.bsky.social #SoilConservationWeek

Since 1970, Earth Day has been about celebrating the power of our collective action to protect the air, water, and climate that we depend upon. This is the work that land trusts do every day! #OurPowerOurPlanet #EarthDay2026

Celebrating the progress of the Oak Ridges Moraine's Kirtland's Warblers Restoration Initiative! Habitat restoration efforts on the MapleCross Featherstone Nature Reserve has led to the arrival of many species at risk, a good sign that this habitat is valuable for biodiversity!

Land trusts truly embody the power of volunteerism. This Volunteer Week, we send a big thank you to all the volunteers who make the amazing work of land trusts possible! Photo 1 - Lambton Wildlife Photo 2 - GNB Wilderness Alliance #IgniteVolunteerism #NationalVolunteerWeek

Meet the Member! Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust was established in the early 2000s with two intertwined goals - to ensure that more people have access to the mental and physical health benefits of spending time in nature, and to protect those special natural spaces we all depend on.

The next Indigenous Land Trust Sharing Circle will be on Friday, April 24, at 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.! The circle is hosted by Becky Big Canoe of Mno Aki Land Trust and facilitated by Clarence Cachagee of Crow Shield Lodge. Register here - olta.ca/event/indige...

The Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust is working on an exciting project to help expand Charleston Lake Provincial Park. They need your support to make it happen! Comment on the ERO listing before April 20! - ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0... #CharlestonLake #CharlestonLakeProvincialPark

By investing in education and training, Ontario Land Trust Alliance helps land trusts strengthen their capacity to protect forests, wetlands, shorelines, and habitats across Ontario, for generations to come - olta.ca/ways-to-give... #ImpactThatLasts #CapacityBuilding #LegacyGiving #WillPower

💧 This April, our friends at Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust are part of an exciting webinar series, Watershed Moments: Critical conversations on Canada's freshwater future. For more information and to register for any of the webinars in this important series, visit www.iisd.org/events/water...

Celebrating OLTA's Nature Smart Climate Solutions program! Over 2,324 hectares have been protected across 53 properties in collaboration with 13 land trust partners, driving public-private investments for nature! #ClimateResilience #NatureBasedSolutions

Meet the Member! Haliburton Highlands Land Trust protects over 1500 acres in #Haliburton. Like most land trusts, their work is essential to ensuring a #ResilientClimate. youtu.be/Ygg0waBoPyc olta.ca/find-a-land-... #NatureBasedClimateSolutions #OntarioLandTrusts #FloodPrevention #barredowl

Big landscapes need bold action. The Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy's Living Landscapes Campaign, quietly begun in 2024 under the name Wild Future, is EBC's commitment to protect 8,000 acres over seven years. Learn more: escarpment.ca/about/campai... Photo credit: Keefer Falls, Rob Wray

To celebrate National Wildlife Week, Algoma Highlands Conservancy shared some incredible trail cam photos that highlight the importance of conserving large tracts of habitat where species can thrive. #DoMoreForWildlife #OntarioLandTrusts #trailcam #naturePhotography #wildlifeweek

Meet the Member! The Couchiching Conservancy protects over 15, 223 acres of habitat around Lake Couchiching and the City of Orillia. To find out more, visit our Find a Land Trust page at olta.ca/find-a-land-... . #Orillia #LakeDalrymple #LakeSimcoe #OntarioLandTrusts #PassportToNature

Protecting Ontario’s natural spaces isn’t a one-time effort, it takes consistent care and collaboration. When you make it monthly, you help strengthen the conservation systems behind the scenes - www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/143031 #makeitmonthly #monthlyimpact

Happy Earth Month! 🌎️ Private community-based land conservation plays an important role in meeting Canada's climate and biodiversity goals. Find out more about your local land trust at an upcoming community event! #BirdCount #EarthDay #EarthDayEvents #CityNatureChallenge

It's amazing what we can do together! The Ontario Land Trust Alliance is thrilled to be part of the Nature Conservancy of Canada's Baptist Harbour project through the Greenlands Conservation Partnership program! @ncccnc.bsky.social

We're celebrating the fed government’s announcement of $3.8 billion strategy to protect nature! This commitment is an important step toward advancing Canada’s target to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and protect 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030! For more:https://url-shortener.me/J58Q

💧 Our friends at Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust are part of this webinar series this April: Watershed Moments: Critical conversations on Canada's freshwater future. For more information and to register for any of the webinars in this important series, visit www.iisd.org/events/water...

Last weekend, OLTA held our annual Board retreat at the beautiful Five Oaks Resort. Board members and staff in attendance deepened their connections with each other, reflected on our work together, and shared ideas that will help shape OLTA's work going forward. #OntarioLandTrusts

Today, at 8:30 pm, what will you be doing? For 20 years, Earth Hour has been celebrated as a call to action to do something to help protect the Earth we all depend upon. #BiggestHourForEarth #EarthHour

Meet the Member - Lambton Wildlife! Since 1966, this all-volunteer led organization has been protecting and restoring land and offering educational programming and events to deepen local understanding of nature. Photos: Mark Buchanan #Sarnia #LambtonCounty #wildlifephotography #OntarioLandTrusts

Our "Lands, Rights, Relations" that the event has been rescheduled for Monday, March 30th, from 1-3 pm. We apologize for the inconvenience! olta.ca/event/lands-...

Recently, new Canadians came together at Étienne Brulé park with OLTA, Culture Link and Let's Hike TO for a winter walk along the Humber River, to enjoy the feeling of peace that comes from spending time in nature, and especially near water. #HumberRiver #HumberRiverTrail #ÉtienneBruléPark

Conservation win 🌿 Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy + Ducks Unlimited Canada protected 365 acres, completing the 600-acre Benallen Nature Preserve near Owen Sound. A boost for biodiversity + climate resilience 💚

On March 26th at 1-3 pm, join OLTA and Cambium Indigenous Professional Services for Lands, Rights, Relations: Advancing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Conservation Practice. Register here: olta.ca/event/lands-... #webinars #UNDRIP #IndigenousPeoples

OLTA is hiring for two positions to support species conservation and biodiversity in Ontario! Species Conservation Program Coordinator - one year contract - olta.ca/wp-content/u... Species Conservation Technician - summer position - olta.ca/wp-content/u...   #OntarioLandTrusts #EnvironmentalJobs

Happy World Water Day! Water is life, every day of the year and wherever you live! www.waterwatchers.ca . www.unwater.org . To find out how your local land trust is protecting the watersheds in your community, visit their website or olta.ca/find-a-land-... . #WorldWaterDay

In our weekly Meet the Member series, we're introducing you to amazing land trusts, like Land Conservancy for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington, protecting 534 hectares across 19 properties! 1- Vicki Schmolka 2- #Bloodroot and #TroutLily,, Mary Alice Snetsinger @lckfla.bsky.social

#urbannature is key to meeting Canada's biodiversity and climate resilience goals! Recently, OLTA joined Toronto Field Naturalists at #CottonwoodFlats in Toronto to find out how they support ecological monitoring and restoration of this sensitive grassland. @torontonature.bsky.social

Protecting Ontario’s natural spaces takes more than passion, it takes collaboration, knowledge, and strong support systems. Explore donation options here, olta.ca/ways-to-give/. #LandConservation #OntarioNature #CollectiveImpact #ProtectNature #CapacityBuilding #DonorsMakeItPossible

Celebrating the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy's Ottewell-Amabel Nature Preserve at Boat Lake, 101 acres of forest by Wiarton. This win was made possible through Richard and Barb Ottewell, Environment Ontario's Greenlands Conservation Partnership program, administered by OLTA, among other donors.

Join OLTA and Cambium Indigenous Professional Services on March 26th at 1-3 pm for Lands, Rights, Relations: Advancing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Conservation Practice olta.ca/event/lands-... #IndigenousRights

Protecting local watersheds is key to the work of land trusts. Shout out to the rivers we all depend upon, and to the dedicated people - in Ontario and around the world - who are working to help protect them! To find out more about rivers, visit www.internationalrivers.org/take-action/....

Land conservation doesn’t happen by accident, it’s built through education, preparation, and shared expertise. Ontario Land Trust Alliance helps land trusts build the skills, knowledge, and systems they need to protect Ontario’s natural spaces for the long term. Learn more at OLTA.ca.

Meet the Member: Long Point Basin Land Trust protects 486 hectares across 17 properties in an area of unique ecological significance! To find out more, visit olta.ca/find-a-land-... . #HaldimandCounty #NorfolkCounty #OntarioBirds #OntarioLandTrusts

Join us on Wednesday, March 11th at 1:00 pm for 30 by 30 In Action: Community land trust insights on Decision Support Tool criteria. Hear directly from Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy and Kawartha Land Trust on their experiences using this tool. Register here: olta.ca/event/30by30...

Introducing The Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy (EBC)'s Wildhaven Nature Preserve, 100-acres of protected wilderness near Cape Chin. This aquisition was made possible through the generous support of the Government of Ontario's Greenlands Conservation Partnership program, administered by OLTA.

To all the women leading and learning in conservation science, to all the women at the helm of land trusts, to the women in the field, to the women balancing it all, to the women struggling for justice, Happy International Women's Day! #IWD2026 #InternationalWomensDay #womeninstem

Muskoka Conservancy has just announced the acquisition of MapleCross-Fraserburg Nature Reserve, a 597 acres of forest and wetland near Fraserburg. Many thanks to all the supporters who made this acquisition possible! #conservation #muskoka #speciesatrisk

Meet the member! Since 2001, Kawartha Land Trust has been conserving lands and waters in the #Kawarthas, Michi Saagiig Anishnaabeg territory. They protect over 8800 acres across 48 properties! To find out more, visit OLTA's Find a Land Trust page at olta.ca/find-a-land-... #PeterboroughOntario

From learning about High Park's #BlackOakSavannah to walking right below a #RedtailedHawk, a group of new Canadians and friends enjoyed a winter walk in Toronto's High Park. This event was part of our partnership with Culture Link and Toronto Field Naturalists. #HighPark

Spring is on the way! Here are a few of the marvelous March activities that land trusts are planning! Reach out to the land trust or check their Events page for details. To receive monthly event listings and much more in your inbox, sign up to OLTA's newsletter, olta.ca/news/ #SeedySaturday

The theme of this year's World Wildlife Day is Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Conserving Health, Heritage and Livelihoods, which speaks to the work of Indigenous-led conservation & land trusts in Canada. Check out www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx-s... #WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2026 #MedicinalAromaticPlants