While the majority of the coverage on this blog focuses on the dangers of GE foods, I want to try to avoid being all doom and gloom. Starting now, I will try to find a good news story and post it every Monday to start the week off on a good note. Here is the first installment.

The Nature Conservency of Canada has just acquired the largest single amount of private land for conservation in Canadian history (read the press release here). The stretch of land is of great significance, as it is home to 29 species-at-risk, and connects a network of conserved land which now totals 250,000 acres. The plot is situated in the West Kootenay region of BC between the towns of Nelson, Salmo and Creston.