Property once owned by Farley Mowat will be protected in perpetuity MEDIA RELEASE Cobourg, ON, July 6th, 2026 – The Northumberland Land Trust (NLT) today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for the future acquisition of more than 142 acres of land. The property is being donated by Lori Reynolds who bought the property with her late husband Don Paterson [...]
What's a Birding Marathon? This May, nineteen expert birders will visit all 19 of our nature reserves to try to find as many species of birds as they can in a 24 hour period. It’s a marathon! The birding marathon is one of NLT’s biggest fundraisers of the year. It is done in memory of Norma Wallace, a keen local birder and [...]
Apostolides property features critical habitat. MEDIA RELEASE Cobourg, ON, March 24th, 2026 – The Northumberland Land Trust (NLT) today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for the future acquisition of more than 57 acres of land. The property is being donated by John Apostolides who bought the property in 2006. The Apostolides property is located in Roseneath within the Township [...]
Rae Blackwell property will be NLT's 20th nature reserve. MEDIA RELEASE Cobourg, ON, March 12th, 2026 – The Northumberland Land Trust (NLT) today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for the future acquisition of more than 70 acres of land in the township of Alnwick/Haldimand in Northumberland County, Ontario. The property will be called the Rae Blackwell nature reserve, and [...]
Anne Purvis describes Inscape Nature Reserve and the reasons behind the property donation to Northumberland Land Trust on CBC Radio Ontario Morning. Anne and Jim Purvis have cared for this property on Wilson Island in the Trent River for over two decades, and it became a NLT nature reserve in December 2025. Listen here
The Jim and Anne Purvis donation creates the land trust’s 18th nature reserve MEDIA RELEASE Cobourg, ON, January 7, 2026 – The Northumberland Land Trust (NLT) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of more than 187 acres of land on Wilson Island in the Trent Hills area of Ontario. Jim and Anne Purvis, who donated the land, [...]
Big and exciting news for NLT! Several generous and faithful supporters have challenged the community to match $40,000 in pledged donations. Starting today, your donations will be matched dollar for dollar. Your gift of $50 becomes $100. $500 becomes $1000. Until $40,000 becomes $80,000! Double your impact towards wildlife habitat, clean water, and public trails. Your generosity [...]
Funds will also be used to complete the acquisition of the Inscape Nature Reserve on Wilson Island to safeguard critical island habitat on the Trent River. MEDIA RELEASE October 27, 2025 – Cobourg, ON – The Northumberland Land Trust (NLT) needs to raise $200,000 to reverse the impact of the emerald ash borer and restore public access [...]
Hello there! It has been an exciting spring on NLT's 17 nature reserves! To celebrate, let’s take a look back on fun trail camera videos catching wildlife in action, and some of the beautiful images that have been shared with us of life inside NLT’s nature reserves. The first part of this video has sound, and you can listen by unmuting it [...]
Kennedy donation is their second donation to be under the land trust’s care MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release Cobourg, ON, May 5th, 2025 – The Northumberland Land Trust (NLT) today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for the future acquisition of more than 314 acres of land just north of the village of Vernonville. The property is being donated [...]
