Canadian Geographic is pleased to bring you postcards from this
year’s Shell Conservation Interns for an on-the-ground look
at how young Canadians are helping to meet our country’s conservation
challenges, from coast to coast.
Now in its fourth year, the Shell Conservation Internship Program
is a partnership between the Nature Conservancy of Canada and Shell
Canada that provides exceptional field experience for students interested
in a career in conservation or the environment. Shell provides the
funding and NCC provides the work at their ecologically significant
properties across the country.
“The Shell Conservation Interns play a vital part in the
ongoing conservation of our properties, by enhancing natural plant
communities and improving habitats,” said John Lounds, president
of the Nature Conservancy of Canada. “But equally important
is the experience they get, the kind of experience that creates
future environmental leaders.”
This year’s 17 interns were chosen from over 1,000 applicants.
From 12 universities and colleges across Canada, they are now out
in the field, doing vital stewardship work on some of Canada’s
most endangered landscapes – anything from collecting scientific
data related to Semipalmated Sandpipers at the Johnson’s Mills
Preserve in New Brunswick to radio-tracking Spiny Softshell turtles
in Québec’s Lake Champlain or creating inventories
of animal and plant species.
By accessing the postcards below you can follow along on their
journey and learn more about what each of them is doing to protect
the nature of Canada.
For more information about this annual program and how you can
become a Shell Conservation Intern, visit www.conservationinterns.ca.
To find out more about the work of the Nature Conservancy
of Canada and how you can help, visit www.natureconservancy.ca.
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