Month: October 2022

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Donate ecologically-sensitive land in historic Huron Tract

You may donate Canadian Ecological Gifts Program (EGP) eco-gifts in the historic Huron Tract area through Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation, an environmental charity eligible to receive ecological gifts

People can donate ecologically-sensitive land through Canada’s Ecological Gifts Program.

The Canadian EGP has officially welcomed Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation (ABCF) as an environmental charity eligible to receive ecological gifts.

Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy (HTLTC) is a volunteer organization with its own board of directors. It was created in 2011 by Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation, a registered Canadian charity.

People can donate land, or partial interests in land, throughout the historic area of the former Huron Tract. That area includes parts of Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, and Perth counties. It includes Goderich in the north, Stratford and St. Marys to the east, Arkona and Parkhill to the south, and many communities in between.

For a map of the Huron Tract area visit this web page:

People can help to permanently protect and preserve the natural, recreational, scenic, historical, or agricultural importance of some of the properties of the historic Huron Tract area through their donation.

To learn about Canada’s Ecological Gifts Program, including a list of eligible gift recipients, visit this web page:

To find out more about the work of Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation visit this web page:

“Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation is honoured to be approved as a qualified recipient eligible to receive donations of land through this program,” said Dave Frayne, ABCF Chair. “Preserving land permanently is one of the most effective ways to protect water and habitat for wildlife.”

If you have any questions about making a donation of land or money, feel free to email at info@htltc.ca or leave a voicemail message by phone at 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610.

Canada’s Ecological Gifts Program offers a way for landowners in Canada with ecologically sensitive land to protect nature and leave a legacy for future generations. Recipients ensure land’s biodiversity and environmental heritage are conserved in perpetuity. There can be significant tax benefits to landowners who donate land or a partial interest in land to a qualified recipient.

More than 200,000 hectares of wildlife habitat have been preserved since the program’s start in 1995 thanks to more than 1,500 gifts valued at more than $933 million.

Environment and Climate Change Canada administers the Ecological Gifts Program in cooperation with other federal departments, provincial and municipal governments, and environmental non-government organizations.

Any individual or corporate landowner may donate land or a partial interest in land through the EGP program.

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U.S. taxpayers can support conservation projects in this unique part of Canada through American Friends of Canadian Conservation

Wordmarks for American Friends of Canadian Conservation; Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation; and Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy

Partnership with American Friends of Canadian Conservation creates opportunity for U.S. taxpayers, who are interested in protecting natural beauty of our area, to support Canadian conservation here

There are friends of Canadian conservation in Canada and in the United States. A partnership with American Friends of Canadian Conservation offers an opportunity for U.S. taxpayers to protect the natural beauty of our unique area in Canada.

This partnership makes it possible for our neighbours in the U.S. to make tax-deductible gifts to leave a lasting local nature legacy in this distinctive part of Canada. Gifts of land, conservation easements, cash or securities to American Friends can help preserve what makes this region unique. This partnership makes it possible for U.S. taxpayers to donate land or funds to support preservation of important natural areas throughout the historic Huron Tract.

American Friends has approved Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation (ABCF) as a qualified grantee and, a donation through ABCF for the Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy (HTLTC) can be made.

“Many people in the United States have a strong relationship with Canada and have an interest in preserving important natural areas in Ausable Bayfield watersheds and throughout the area of the historic Huron Tract,” said Dave Frayne, ABCF Chair. “This exciting partnership with American Friends gives U.S. taxpayers a way to make this happen.”

American Friends accomplishes its land and water preservation mission through innovative and effective partnerships with Canadian conservation organizations. Together, they protect Canada’s magnificent natural legacy through cross-border conservation. Conservation-minded landowners from the U.S. donate natural lands, or a conservation easement, or funds to American Friends.

Those donations are tax-deductible against U.S. income and can reduce U.S. estate taxes and Canadian capital gains taxes thereby helping landowners accomplish their preservation, estate planning, and financial goals. Canadian partners of American Friends steward properties that have been donated and protected.

Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation founded the HTLTC.

Sandra Tassel, American Friends’ Program Coordinator, said “Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation is dedicated to protecting and restoring the open spaces, scenery, and recreation opportunities that define the southeastern coast of Lake Huron. We look forward to partnering with ABCF and the many Americans who care about the future of this special part of the Great Lakes.”

If you would like to find out more, or if you are a U.S. taxpayer wanting to donate, you are invited to visit this web page:

Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation

Find out more at this web page:

Donations will support permanent preservation of nature areas in Ausable Bayfield watersheds and in the historic Huron Tract.

Conservation in this historic area within Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, and Perth counties stretching from Goderich in the north to Arkona and Parkhill in the south, east to Stratford and including many communities in between will benefit from contributions to American Friends.

Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation acquires and retains lands for conservation purposes and supports water quality protection and improvement projects, habitat enhancement and stewardship, and other conservation projects, through successful community partnerships. Preserving natural areas, improving forest conditions and soil health, protecting water quality, and creating habitat for living things are essential for the health of everyone and everything in our watershed, according to the Foundation.

Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy is a volunteer organization with its own board of directors. It was created in 2011 by Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation, a registered Canadian charity. Your local land trust gives you and other people in the Huron Tract area a way to help protect and restore land, water, and nature.