Niagara Peninsula Conservation Foundation
Founded in 1969, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Foundation (NPCF) is a registered charity governed by a volunteer Board of Directors dedicated to raising funds that aid in the conservation of our natural environment for present and future generations.
When you donate to the Foundation, you help support conservation projects and programs that help improve our water quality, increase green spaces, restore wetlands and wildlife habitat, and provide environmental research and education.
Mission, Vision and Values
Mission
A leader in providing resources to support conservation work throughout the
Niagara Peninsula watershed.
Vision
In raising funds toward environmental endeavors, we strive to achieve the vision of nature for all, for always. This includes increasing green space, improving water quality, restoring habitat, and supporting environmental research and education as well as conservation programs and projects.
Values
We are trustworthy and transparent by engaging in practices with our donors and partners that are accessible, accountable, fair, professional and timely and that are built on a foundation of respect, integrity and honesty.
We are responsible stewards through our communication to and relationships with our donors, and through our stewardship of the financial support directed to environmental initiatives.
We enable, engage and collaborate by funding environmental initiatives and bringing community organizations together to consult and form partnerships based on the respective strengths of each organization to focus on key environmental initiatives.
We have sound governance and management by adopting best practices and policies to ensure that full fiduciary and management responsibilities are achieved.
FUNDING PRIORITIES
Planting MORE trees; restoring acres of habitat
Trees, shrubs, meadows and wetlands are so much more than scenery. They provide crucial environmental services: preventing soil runoff, improving water quality, protecting us from flooding, absorbing carbon and cooling our communities.
Natural spaces also provide shelter for countless creatures, which is particularly important in the Niagara Peninsula watershed – part of the Carolinian Life Zone. This fragile ecoregion is home to one-third of all at-risk plant and wildlife species in Canada.
You can help our precious ecosystems become healthier and more resilient.
Niagara Peninsula Conservation has an ambitious plan to plant tens of thousands of trees across the watershed and restore thousands of acres.
It’s a massive effort, but it is possible with the support of visionary donors like you.
Together, we can fight climate change, enhance biodiversity and create positive impacts that will be felt for years to come.
Securing precious natural spaces
The natural wonders of the Niagara Peninsula watershed enrich the lives of all who live here and draw tens of thousands of visitors each year providing economic dividends.
Even when they’re not taking viewers’ breath away, magnificent waterfalls, woodlands and wetlands provide vital ecological services — like filtering our air and water, sequestering carbon and protecting us from flooding. They sustain all manner of life, including at-risk plants and animals — from trees to butterflies to turtles.
Unless we secure and steward natural spaces now, ecologically significant properties could be destroyed rather than protected. That’s why Niagara Peninsula Conservation has an ambitious plan to secure the watershed’s most significant lands and protect them in perpetuity, so that you, your children and grandchildren can enjoy a healthy environment for years to come.
With the support of visionary donors like you, we can expand our network of protected spaces to ensure the health and prosperity of the watershed.
Together, let’s create a legacy that will endure for generations.
Making natural spaces more accessible
Access to green space is precious. It’s where we go to boost our physical health, clear our minds and deepen our connection with the natural world around us.
Each year, Niagara Peninsula Conservation properties serve hundreds of thousands of guests - people of all ages and abilities. Our spaces need to be accessible so all members of our community can safely enjoy and explore. These spaces are for you, your neighbours, the family with a toddler in a stroller, and the nature lover who uses a mobility scooter or wheelchair.
Ensuring spaces are accessible means keeping trails in good shape. It means maintaining boardwalks that let you wander through wetlands and stairways that bring you face to face with the Escarpment. It means providing more benches and creating more wheelchair-friendly amenities. It means improving wayfinding and safety signage and upgrading roadways and parking lots to welcome all who want to immerse themselves in nature.
By supporting this work with a transformational donation, you’ll ensure people of all abilities can benefit from the restorative power of nature at NPCA conservation areas.
Igniting environmental stewardship
When you foster a connection to nature, you create passionate environmental stewards — people of all ages who not only love and appreciate natural spaces but who strive to preserve and protect them.
The outdoor education and outreach programs provided by Niagara Peninsula Conservation make those connections happen.
Programs for students from across the Niagara Peninsula watershed take place on the trail, in the forest and along the shoreline so learners experience all that nature has to offer. From eco field trips and adventure camps to nature school and leadership training, participants are immersed in nature, engaging all their senses to learn about local plants, animals and insects.
Community outreach initiatives openly engage residents, educate them about native species, biodiversity and the human impact on watershed health, and invite them to take action.
Interactive experiences leave lasting impressions. They deepen appreciation of the benefits natural spaces provide, and spark lifelong commitments to care for nature, locally and globally. Outdoor education and engagement programs inspire learners to become leaders.
By making a transformational investment in our educational facilities, opportunities and programming, you'll help cultivate a new generation of environmental stewards.
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