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Celebrating the Niagara Escarpment Plan’s 40th Anniversary — Dipping into the Video Archives with Conservationist Mac Kirk

December 8, 2025

As part of the Niagara Escarpment Foundation’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Niagara Escarpment Plan, we’d like to share with you the video of a talk titled “Along the Niagara Escarpment in Bruce and Grey Counties” given by renowned conservationist Malcolm (Mac) Kirk in 1994. Read more

Bruce Trail Purchase of the Centrepiece of the Talisman Lands is Key to the Beaver Valley’s Natural Corridor and Watershed

December 3, 2025

The Niagara Escarpment Foundation heartily congratulates the Bruce Trail Conservancy on its acquisition of the pivotal 120-acre central portion of the former Talisman ski resort lands in the Beaver Valley. This stunningly important land purchase protects the Niagara Escarpment brow and slope in perpetuity – a real bonus for the Niagara Escarpment UNESCO Biosphere and for the Greenbelt. Read more

NEF Congratulates Donald Avery on the Publication of his Book “Protecting the Ontario Niagara Escarpment: Environmental Activism and Government Stewardship”

October 15, 2025

The Niagara Escarpment Foundation congratulates Donald Avery, a retired professor of history from Western University, on the publication of the first-ever book on the history of the long struggle to protect the Niagara Escarpment from inappropriate development and to foster its continuous natural corridor and critical habitats. Read more

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