22,000-hectare McIntyre Ranch in Alberta secures conservation agreement with Nature Conservancy of Canada, largest in Canadian history.

Alberta's 22,000-hectare McIntyre Ranch, a historic cattle ranch founded in 1894, has secured an agreement with the Nature Conservancy of Canada to protect it from development. This marks the largest conservation agreement in Canadian history, spanning 22,000 hectares of grasslands and wetland habitats. The agreement enables the family that owns the ranch, the Thralls, to continue raising cattle there.