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 [...]
Dear TLC Members, Amidst Passport to Nature events, restoration activities, welcoming guests to Abkhazi Garden, and seasonal covenant monitoring, we are looking ahead to what is bound to be a fully scheduled fall. I’m writing today to ask that you mark your calendar with TLC’s 2022 Annual General Meeting on Saturday, September 24, at [...]
May 1, 2022 Dear Friends of Conservation, It might be spring, but this week in the Clearwater River Valley we witnessed hail and flurries, trails hidden knee-deep in snow, ice-covered bodies of water, and below zero temperatures. Despite the cold, small signs of spring’s arrival are sprinkled throughout TLC’s Clearwater Wetlands and Wildlife Corridors: [...]
This spring TLC is celebrating its 25th year of protecting critical ecosystems and vital habitats throughout B.C. Today the organization protects 250 conservation covenants covering a combined 12,868 acres, and a further 2,784 acres of habitat where we manage and hold title. What an accumulation of efforts and achievements! In my time with the organization, [...]
DENSITY TRANSFER PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ARYZE DEVELOPMENTS AND THE LAND CONSERVANCY PROPOSED TO PROTECT COMMUNITY AMENITY VICTORIA, BC – (March 1st, 2022) - A collaboration between Aryze Developments and The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) is seeking to officially protect valued greenspace at Abkhazi Garden in the form of a density transfer; preserving a community [...]
Seasons greetings! I hope this holiday season has been a joyful and restorative time for you; the uncertainties of the past year have highlighted the importance of caring for our communities. This year our small team has been struck by the generosity and level of care our volunteers and supporters have shown toward our [...]
TLC's 2020/21 Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements are now available online and in hard copy. Learn more about our conservation achievements from the 2020/21 fiscal year including the protection of 27 acres of critically imperilled Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystem in the Millstream Creek Watershed and SISȻENEM, a 9.67-acre island off the east coast of Sidney [...]
For Immediate Release MILLSTREAM CREEK WATERSHED PROPERTY PROTECTED Charity acquires 11.1 hectares of Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystem in the District of Highlands JANUARY 18, 2021, VICTORIA, BC – The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) is pleased to announce the successful fundraising for and acquisition of 11.1 hectares (27 acres) of Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) ecosystem in [...]