KINGSBURG COASTAL CONSERVANCY
Nova Scotia, Canada

$1,500,000 donation seeds greater KCC conservation!

In 2008, the KCC was given $1.5 million by an anonymous donor. This enormously generous gift has opened many new possibilities for us to pursue our mission. You will see, throughout this section, evidence of what we have begun to accomplish with this important gift.

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The view we all love - exciting development!

The Jill and Hazen Trueman family have made a generous donation of property on Kingsburg Pond, abutting the triangle of land that the KCC purchased in 2008.

These two pieces ensure that the glorious first-view of Kingsburg will be always available. With the addition of the Trueman donation, we now have about 430 feet of pond frontage with land that includes both wetlands and some beautiful hardwoods.

Rose Head woods

The KCC is delighted to have purchased a heavily wooded parcel of 8.9 acres stretching from shore-to-shore on Rose Head .

A Forest Management Plan has been drawn up by Picea Forestry Consultants reflecting the KCC's intent to preserve the wooded area in a conservation and rejuvenation program.

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New attention to preserving Kingsburg Beach

The need to preserve Kingsburg Beach and to strengthen the Beaches Act in protecting Nova Scotia beaches has received new attention this summer and new actions by KCC and area residents.
Click Preserve Kingsburg Beach for more information.

KCC is distributing several reports that relate to the issue of beach protection

• Assessment of the Environmental Sensitivity at Kingsburg Beach, Dr. Chris Miller, 2005
• Rural Beach Management: A Good Practice Guide, John McKenna, et. al, 2000
• On the Front Lines: Strategies for Healthy Beaches in Nova Scotia, Sadie Beaton, Ecology Action Centre, 2009

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Land Legacy Trust Fund - Doubles our money!

The Province has now made available $23 million to assist with the purchase of ecologically sensitive land, paying 50 - 70% of the cost of eligible property. We are working to identify land that has the necessary characteristics - biodiversity being a major criteria.

Click and read more information

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Gaff Point trail improvement

In June 2009 work to improve the Gaff Point Trail included back-packing in woodchips to fill-in the "corduroy paths" constructed with fallen trees.

A volunteer day was organized and funded by the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Assistance was provided by local volunteers, the KCC, the Nova Scotia Nature Trust and Katimavik students. See our '09 newsletter and scroll to pages 9, 10 and 11 for further updates and details about trail improvement and stewardship of Gaff Point.

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• For more information, click Gaff Point
• Learn about Gaff Point Monitors in our newsletter (pdf) - click and navigate to Page 11
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• For more information about KCC and our activities,
  please or write:
  
  Kingsburg Coastal Conservancy (KCC),
  Box 1, Site 1A, Rose Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, B0J 2X0
  
  

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