Credit Sean Feagan
Map provides approximate location.
The Yarrow
Waterton Park Front, AB
Nature Conservancy Canada – 2023
1700 hectares
Property Description
The Yarrow is a unique landscape home to abundant wildlife located near Waterton Lakes National Park, about 80 kilometres southwest of Lethbridge. Backed by the Rocky Mountains, this stunning 1,650-hectare landscape features a complex array of pristine habitats, including grasslands, wetlands, creeks and forests.
The Yarrow supports one of the most diverse groups of wildlife that the Nature Conservancy of Canada has ever seen in a property in Alberta. This includes 27 species of management concern such as threatened grizzly bear and endangered little brown bat. The varied of habitats of The Yarrow also play crucial ecological functions by mitigating drought severity, buffering flood impacts, storing carbon and filtering nutrients.
Content and property pictures courtesy of Nature Conservancy Canada.
