The Nova Scotia Nature Trust says it has acquired the largest parcel of coastal land for conservation in its 25-year history.
The new protected area encompasses 800 hectares of coastal wilderness in Cape Breton between Mabou and Inverness.
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The Nature Trust says the Mabou Highlands Conservation Lands were protected thanks to the generosity of a group of American families.
Stretching four kilometres along a wild coastline, the protected area extends 2.5 kilometres inland from the sea to the top of the mountains between Sight Point and south of MacKinnons Brook.
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It features old-growth hardwood forests, brooks, steep ravines, coastal cliffs, meadows and a diversity of wildlife, including at-risk species such as the Canada warbler and eastern wood-pewee.
The conservation is part of the Nature Trust’s Lasting Landscapes campaign launched last year.
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