TLC's Board of Directors and staff cordially invite you, TLC's Members, to join us to celebrate the completion of the first phase of our restructuring plan. 4:30 - 7:00 on Friday, October 2 The Teahouse at Abkhazi Garden 1964 Fairfield Road, Victoria Enjoy a festive evening in our beautiful garden. Welcome at 5 p.m. and [...]
TLC's Covenant Coordinator Torrey (left), with volunteers Melanie and Kristen. Photo Credit Sophia Malczewska. The Covenant Team with their pile of invasive English ivy. Photo Credit Sophia Malczewska. TLC staff and volunteers re-visited the Lampson covenant located in Esquimalt to help combat invasive species in the area that have been encroaching on the covenant. [...]
White-topped aster (Sericocarpus-rigidus).Photo Credit Torrey Archer. This week during TLC’s monitoring, Torrey and Sophia visited the Langvista Covenant located near Mill Hill in Langford. One area of the Langvista covenant is home to a restoration project started by the Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team (GOERT), developed to help bring back a species at risk associated [...]
The covenant conatins Garry oak rocky outcrops, Western red cedar wetland, and classic Douglas-fir forest. Photo Credit Torrey Archer. Last week TLC monitored the Packford covenant, located on Glinz Lake Road in Sooke. The Packford Covenant is just over 22 hectares in size and contains at least three different types of forest: Garry oak rocky [...]
Volunteers Milen and Sophia with TLC's Covenant Coordinator Torrey Archer (right). Photo Credit Andrew MacKinnon. Torrey and Milen working hard to rid the covenant of Scotch broom. Photo Credit Andrew MacKinnon. This summer, TLC has embarked upon an invasive species removal project based in the Highlands region. While monitoring the covenants in the Highlands [...]
NEWS RELEASE BC COURT APPROVES TRANSFER OF CONSERVATION PROPERTIES SETTING TLC ON PATH TO REALIZE RESTRUCTURING PLAN FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 28, 2015 Vancouver, BC – The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) received approval today from the Supreme Court of B.C. to transfer 27 conservation properties to The Nature Trust of B.C. (TNTBC) and The [...]
The dry bed of Ayum Creek.Photo Credit Torrey Archer. Ayum Creek Regional Park.Photo Credit Torrey Archer. Mushrooms found at Ayum Creek.Photo Credit Torrey Archer. Volunteer Melanie with mushrooms.Photo Credit Torrey Archer. Deer skeleton. Photo Credit Torrey Archer. Unidentified skeleton. Photo Credit Torrey Archer. Hedge nettle. Photo Credit Torrey Archer. [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC TO SEEK COURT SUPPORT TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON ALREADY APPROVED PLAN TLC will request permission to transfer conservation properties to the Nature Conservancy of Canada and The Nature Trust of BC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2015 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) will seek [...]
NEWS RELEASE MEMBER DONATION HELPS PAY DOWN ABKHAZI GARDEN MORTGAGE Sale of TLC’s Hardy Mountain Doukhobor Village furthers debt elimination goal FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 16, 2015 Victoria, BC –The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) has made further progress with its Plan of Compromise and Arrangement this week, paying off $577,000 in debt to secured [...]
Jul 08, 2015 Victoria, BC– The Capital Regional District (CRD) and T’Sou-ke Nation are pleased to announce the opening of the campground at Sooke Potholes Regional Park on Friday, July 10, 2015. The Sooke Potholes Spring Salmon Place campground will be operated by T’Sou-ke Nation under a pilot project with the Capital Regional District for [...]