A new nature reserve--a forested 62-acre area near Ford Lake, including small streams flowing into the headwaters of Fulford Creek--is now in the hands of the Salt Spring Island Conservancy. The Howard Horel Nature Reserve has been created largely thanks to a generous anonymous donor, with some grant support from Environment and Climate Change Canada [...]
CORTES ISLAND WETLAND AND WILDLIFE CORRIDOR FURTHER PROTECTED BY NEW CONSERVATION COVENANT Campus of Hollyhock Leadership Learning Centre now under permanent protection FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2018 Cortes Island, BC – The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) and Hollyhock Leadership Learning Centre (Hollyhock) are pleased to announce the protection of 4.1 acres of [...]
NEWS RELEASE TLC EXPANDS PROTECTED CLEARWATER WETLAND AREA Land Trust launches campaign to raise $75,000 to protect migratory wildlife corridor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2018 Clearwater, BC – Just in time for World Wildlife Day, The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) announces the protection of 11.2 hectares of wetland in the Clearwater River Valley [...]
Purchase your tickets today by calling 1-877-485-2422 or reserving online at conservancy.bc.ca. Ticket price of $125: • Includes entrance to Abkhazi Garden • Includes tea and cofee • Includes tea sandwiches, scones and desserts Wine, beer and themed cocktails available for purchase Gates to TLC's magical Abkhazi Garden will open at 6 p.m. on [...]
On a brutally hot day in late August, TLC and Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT) staff climbed a mountain in search of clues on how a forest naturally regenerates after a fire. Unfortunately, a fire broke out in July in the Sooke Hills Wilderness Regional Park, owned and managed by the CRD and co-covenanted by TLC [...]
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Dear Friends of Conservation, This summer we climbed 600 metres up Mount Benson in Nanaimo to teach Vancouver Island University (VIU) students about ecological data collection, repeat photography and plant identification techniques. On a quest for knowledge of how the landscape had changed over the years, we thought this would be [...]
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On a brisk, beautiful sunny September day, TLC staff took a trip to Tofino to monitor the exquisite Clayoquot Island Preserve. The island has seen many changes, having once been the major town complete with post office and hotel before Tofino’s population grew. Thankfully, for nature lovers, Clayoquot Island (aka Stubbs Island) was bought [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR OF GEORGIA TO ABKHAZI GARDEN FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2017 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) was honoured to welcome His Excellency Konstantine Kavtaradze, Ambassador of Georgia to Canada, for an on-site ribbon-cutting ceremony at Abkhazi Garden on November 10, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. to [...]
MEDIA ADVISORY November 7, 2017 VICTORIA, BC - The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) will welcome His Excellency Konstantine Kavtaradze, Ambassador of Georgia to Canada, for an on-site ribbon-cutting ceremony at Abkhazi Garden on November 10, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. to recognize the Georgian connection to Abkhazi Garden and officially reveal the new entrance [...]