##  [Swath of boreal forest twice the size of Toronto to be protected in northern Ontario](/portal/boreal-caribou/news/swath-boreal-forest-twice-size-toronto-be-protected-northern-ontario) 

    **Apr 25th, 2022** 

 Organization

[The Nature Conservancy](/organization/nature-conservancy)

 

 

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OTTAWA — The largest private land conservation project in Canadian history is unfolding in northern Ontario.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada spent the last year negotiating the purchase of 1,450 square kilometres of the boreal forest near Hearst, Ont., from pulp and paper giant Domtar.

See [full article here](https://globalnews.ca/news/8778440/boreal-forest-hearst-northern-ontario-protected/).



Portal(s):

[Boreal Caribou](/portal/boreal-caribou)