The
group behind a conservation project that aims to spark cross-border
romance between moose has acquired hundreds of acres of land in a
wilderness corridor.
That's
largely comprised of recent land donation from former diplomat Derek
Burney and Joan Burney, who donated 781 acres to the conservancy's
efforts.
The
Nature Conservancy of Canada now has 845 acres in an area that bridges
this province, which has a healthy population of moose, with Nova
Scotia, where moose are endangered with a population of only 1000
individual moose in the province.
It's
called the Moose Sex Project and Andrew Holland of the organization
tells CHSJ News by protecting this corridor they hope the animals can
move freely between the two provinces. He says if mating between the two
provinces is a success, it'll diversify the gene pool for moose in Nova
Scotia.
Holland tells us the corridor is not along the Trans-Canada Highway.