1. Introduction -- 2. The Nature Conservancy of Canada -- 3. The natural world -- 4. Threats to the natural world -- 5. Conservation -- 6. Land trusts and conservation -- 7. The beginning of the Nature Conservancy of Canada, 1962-71 -- 8. A freshening breeze, 1972-80 -- 9. Steady progress, 1981-89 -- 10. Working from coast to coast to coast, 1990-97 -- 11. A campaign for conservation, 1998-2005 -- 12. A force for nature, 2006-11 -- 13. The Nature Conservancy of Canada at fifty -- 14. Further down the road -- 15. An enduring solution.