Hans Caemmerer (Photo:submitted by NCC)
The Nature Conservancy of Canada hopes to expand a crucial wildlife corridor in the Maritimes, thanks to another land donation.
A generous donor who lives in Ontario have come forward with 1400 acres, or 566 hectares of forested land, wetlands, along with some coastline along the Chignecto Isthmus.
Spokesperson for the Nature Conservancy of Canada Andrew Holland says, “These properties are being donated by Dr. Monika Caemmerer , in memory of her father, Hans Caemmerer. A native of Germany, Caemmerer had to become a soldier at age of 17 and participate in World War II. He was taken as a prisoner of war in the United States. Many years later, he had earned enough money to have vacations in the United States and Canada. Caemerrer subsequently fell in love with the woodlands of New Brunswick and purchased lands on the Chignecto Isthmus. It is their vision to donate it.”
This area is also known as the Moose Sex corridor project..
Holland says, “To allow a wilderness corridor connected piece of land to go from New Brunswick to Nova Scotia, so our healthy moose populations can crossover to ideally bolster their gene pool and population.”
He says in order for this to happen, they must raise $130, 000 in matching funds for project costs and the long term maintenance of the lands.
