TLC’s 2022/23 Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements are now available online and in hard copy. Learn more about our conservation achievements from the 2022/23 fiscal year including the protection of 90.7 acres of forest and riparian areas in Squamish known as the Garibaldi Springs Ecological Reserve and three properties in the Blenkinsop Valley from the late Joan [...]
NEWS RELEASE TLC TO WELCOME NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THIS FALL Long time staff member to be appointed following current Executive Director’s retirement FOR RELEASE: July 15, 2023 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) has announced an approaching change in the charity’s personnel: Cathy Armstrong, TLC’s Executive Director, has announced her intention [...]
Dear TLC Supporters,As springs unfolds into summer throughout the province, we are witnessing the many shifts that highlight this abundant time of year. In the Clearwater River Valley, snow melt is rising local water levels and seasonal migrations are bringing the moose and grizzly bears across our 141-acres of wetlands, meadows, and forests. On Cortes [...]
In the Spring 2023 edition of TLC's LANDmark newsletter you'll read about TLC's latest projects including our partnership with the District of Squamish to protect a restored riparian area, steps to implement a restoration project in your backyard, how you can get involved with TLC this year, and much more! View current and previous editions [...]
Happy holidays! Amidst visits with loved ones this season, I hope you have an opportunity to enjoy the beautiful biodiversity surrounding you. Whether you are caring for native plants on your balcony, enjoying a winter walk around your favourite nature reserve, or volunteering at a local ecological restoration project, engaging with the natural [...]
TLC has been named as the winner of the Community Leadership award at the 2022 Ecostar Awards! Specifically, the award recognized our efforts in the landmark SISCENEM partnership and as the first land trust in Canada to acquire property with the intention of transferring it to a First Nation as an act of reconciliation. [...]
In the Fall 2022 edition of TLC's LANDmark newsletter you'll read about two local legends leaving legacies in conservation, our project with the Salt Spring Island Conservancy, and much more! View current and previous editions of the LANDmark on TLC’s website at http://conservancy.bc.ca/about/landmark/.
TLC has a new conservation covenant application form for perspective landowners that gathers important information about the land you know and love, including a vision statement that can be used to help guide future decisions to ensure your legacy is upheld. A covenant agreement is written in “legalese” which can often leave [...]
TLC's 2021/22 Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements are now available online and in hard copy. Learn more about our conservation achievements from the 2021/22 fiscal year including the protection of 16.6 acres of mature dryland forest on the Sunshine Coast known as Gospel Rock, and 16.49 acres of critical, provincially listed habitat [...]
NEWS RELEASE TLC RECEIVES BEQUEST VALUED AT OVER $8.8 MILLION Donation includes 8 acres of urban greenspace in the Blenkinsop Valley FOR RELEASE: September 10, 2022 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) is honoured to announce the receipt of a bequest of three adjacent properties in the Blenkinsop Valley, funds to maintain [...]