POKEMOUCHE, N.B. -- A stretch of salty marshland that is home to endangered birds is being protected in New Brunswick.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it has bought 41 hectares of land on the province's Acadian peninsula.
The two properties are near Le Goulet and the mouth of the Tabusintac River and are habitats for the endangered piping plover, herons, black ducks and other migratory waterfowl.
The first site in Baie du Petit-Pokemouche is salt marsh, protected from the Gulf of St. Lawrence by beaches fronting the property.
The second property is within the Tabusintac River Lagoon and has been recognized internationally for its importance to migratory waterfowl.
The conservation group is also fundraising to protect another 130 hectares of coastal habitat on the Acadian peninsula.
