Give the gift of nature and help us safeguard Nova Scotia’s natural history for generations to come.
We need your help!
Last year, Premier Houston described all Nova Scotians concerned with the state of our natural world as a “special interest” group, dismissing public concerns about government’s weakened protections for nature and opening of new dangerous resource extraction industries.
This year, the Premier continued to refer to environmental scientists and other subject experts as “professional protesters.” Now, as we collect vital presence/absence data for moose, generate baseline information on harbour health, or engage students in natural history learning, we find ourselves increasingly fighting a false narrative around nature protection and economic growth, as if the two were mutually exclusive.
We think the nature network is much bigger and more diverse than Premier Houston would have us believe. We think we can care for the natural world while also fighting the cost of living crisis. Donate today, share the call, or reach out to our staff for help organizing your own fundraiser idea! Donations can be designated to any of our active project funds or to our general operations. Every bit helps fight misinformation and put nature first!
Learn about our work
We organize our work under Focus Areas stemming from our Strategic Plan, to align our efforts with the priorities of the natural history community and most pressing nature issues. In 2026, these include Protected Areas, Forests, Urban Nature, Water & Wetlands, and Species At Risk.
Here are some ways donations help us profile and protect nature:
Donate to our Species At Risk Fund and help us fill knowledge gaps for the endangered mainland moose. Our volunteer stewarded trail camera network and public knowledge survey are generating hundreds of new moose sighting reports and helping us improve our understanding of this cryptic species.
Donate to our Hemlock Conservation Legacy Fund and we’ll treat strategic hemlock stands on private lands with a preventative that gives old and riparian forests a fighting chance against the woolly adelgid.
In 2023, we launched the new Conservation Action for Birds Fund to raise support for a looming Piping Plover judicial review, concerning the federal government’s change to how Critical Habitat is identified for this Species At Risk. Having won that case in the Spring of 2025, we’ve decided to continue the Fund and are prioritizing projects with on-the-ground benefits for birds. Whether that’s more data collection through our Ports of Halifax & Sydney Waterbirds Monitoring project, more anti-window strike kits for residences participating in Operation Window Strike, or legal costs for the next bird emergency (oh boy are there lots of interesting nature law questions on our minds these days…) if it benefits birds we want to make it happen!
In 2026, frustrated with lagging progress on the provincial 20% protected areas by 2030 goal, we launched the Protected Areas Fund to drive donations to education and advocacy work pushing for more protected land and an update to the Provincial Parks Act. Help us save Nova Scotia’s few remaining wildernesses with a donation to the Protected Areas Fund and, while supplies last, we’ll send you a bumper sticker with the species of your choice – moose, blackburnian warbler, puffin, or salmon & trout!
Donate to our new Education Fund and help us get kids into nature! Nature School takes P–6 students in Nova Scotia to designated, pending, or community-nominated protected areas and engages them in curriculum-aligned activities focused on birds, forests, and wetland conservation. Classes enjoy hands-on programming and educational take-homes, while teachers benefit from classroom resources they can continue using long after the program ends. Students engage with biologists and other subject experts from Nature Nova Scotia and our partners and get to experience wilderness they might not otherwise have access to.
In partnership with our associate member group, the Healthy Bays Network, we host the No Net Pens Fund for sustainable coastal economies and healthy bays. The Healthy Bays Network is a community-driven alliance of individuals and organizations working to drop the expansion of open net-pen finfish aquaculture in Nova Scotian waters and to ensure a transition from open net-pen finfish aquaculture in Canada. Together, we’re educating Nova Scotians about the risks of open net-pen operations, what sustainable alternatives exist out there, and how they can take action to move Nova Scotia in the right direction.
You can also make a donation to our General Fund. Unrestricted donations allow us to put funds where they’re needed most and give us the capacity to coordinate so many projects and partnerships. They also let us take on advocacy work that grants and other revenue typically cannot fund, like our 2025-2026 Stand Up for Nature event series. Thank you for supporting our work profiling and protecting nature!
Ways To Give
Make a one-time donation to the Project Fund of your choice, or donate to our General Operations to help us maximize our impact! See the Learn About Our Work section below for more on our current projects.
Become a monthly donor! You can support our work on moose, birds, forests and more for the cost of a cup of coffee!
Donate securities or mutual funds! Did you know that you can avoid capital gains tax by donating securities directly to a qualified charity? You get a much bigger tax receipt and we get a bigger donation! Learn more with our partner at CanadaHelps.
Host a fundraising event! Whether it’s a dinner party with close friends, a fun run, or lemonade stand, anything you can do to raise awareness or funds for nature makes a difference. Reach out to staff to tell us your ideas or for support: becky.parker@naturens.ca
Corporate sponsorship connects your business with a meaningful cause, let’s you give back, and gives your staff opportunities for skill and team building. Have an idea for a moose themed product? Want to offset an environmental impact? Let’s talk about your interests and how we can provide your business with meaningful thanks and recognition. Reach out to our staff: becky.parker@naturens.ca
Become a member! Individual members support our work by participating in the annual general meeting (AGM), where they get a vote and say on how our organization operates. Many of our individual members also contribute as donors and volunteers, helping to drive our projects forward. Join directly as an individual or family by registering online today, or reach out to our staff for more ways you can get involved. Individual membership of $20/year (or $100 lifetime) support work on our key focus areas.
Our Impact
Check out these recent project snapshots!
