TLC Volunteer Sammy Kent Andrew MacKinnon tries to get his bearings Week eight found the TLC Covenant Monitoring team out at a privately-owned property on Sooke Road. There are no hiking trails through this lush forested area, but we set forth bravely through shoulder high salal and wove along whatever deer (or bear?) [...]
Saltmarsh area at the mouth of Ayum Creek (orange spot in the foreground is saltmarsh dodder) Common red paintbrush (Castilleja miniata), found at one of the covenanted areas at Highlands Estates View of scenic Ayum Creek This week TLC’s covenant monitoring team returned to finish our work at Ayum Creek Regional Park [...]
By far the largest covenanted area protected by TLC in Victoria, the Sooke Hills comprises over 1,300 hectares of wilderness area. Purchased with public donations and contributions from all levels of government, the Sea to Sea Green/Blue Belt extends from Gowlland Tod Provincial Park in the Highlands, down through Goldstream Park and across the Sooke [...]
This past Friday morning the Covenant Monitoring team visited two properties to carry out monitoring visits. On both sites the volunteers checked for any breaches of the covenant restrictions and confirmed the Owner’s reserved rights. The standard covenant restrictions involve not disturbing the natural ecosystems and native species. Specifically, not allowing for soil disturbance or [...]
The last two weeks of May have been busy for the covenant volunteer team. Taking advantage of the nice weather, we visited several covenanted properties to check on their ecological condition and to perform a little invasive species removal as well. On May 23rd, we visited Ayum Creek Regional Park and walked a small [...]
A dedicated group of volunteers at Abkhazi Garden have created the Friends of Abkhazi Garden Society. It is a not-for-profit organization, without charitable status, committed to the restoration and development of the garden. Their sole focus is to continue caring for and maintaining the garden, in partnership with TLC. Hundreds of hours a year have [...]
TLC holds over 100 covenants in the Greater Victoria region protecting important ecological areas. Week two of the Covenant Monitoring Program took TLC volunteers to Bear Mountain. We surveyed a covenant that protects a freshwater marsh that feeds into Millstream Creek and hiked a forested area that comprises the watershed called "River's Crossing". [...]
TLC holds over 100 covenants in the Greater Victoria region protecting important ecological areas, like Ayum Creek. TLC kicked off its 2014 monitoring program at the beginning of May with visits to covenants on properties donated to the Capital Regional District by landowners including a property off Atkins Road between the Galloping Goose [...]
Town Hall Meeting Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. University of Victoria Please join us in the Michele Pujol room of the Student Union Building, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, to hear the latest updates from TLC in regards to recent changes with our Board of Directors and progress in the CCAA process. We hope [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC’S EAGLE BLUFF SALE APPROVED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF BC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2014 The Supreme Court of BC has approved the sale of The Land Conservancy of BC’s Eagle Bluff in Oliver, B.C. TLC purchased the 5.6 acre property in 2004 for $193,000, and in [...]