The Government of Canada’s Natural Heritage Conservation Program (NHCP) is a unique partnership that supports the creation of protected and conserved areas through the acquisition of private land and private interest in land. To date, the Government of Canada has invested more than $440 million in the Program, which has been matched with more than $870 million in contributions raised by Nature Conservancy of Canada, Ducks Unlimited Canada, and the country’s land trust community, leading to the protection and conservation of more than 700,000 hectares of ecologically sensitive lands.
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So most of the money is coming from donations from private Canadian citizens who would like to see some big spaces left undeveloped.
If you are so worried about lost hunting areas I hope you are speaking out about habitat destroyed by clear cutting, coal mining and any other development that is harming the carrying capacity for game populations. Perhaps you could complain about the pollution of the waterways impacted as well.
It would seem that some big NCC lands would act as a refuge for wildlife populations to restock neighboring lands. Many NCC lands are open to hunting so that is a bonus
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