Hungry and searching for that which sustains them, grizzly bears in the Clearwater River Valley are waking from a winter of hibernation. While grizzlies can sprint up to 55 km/hr, they are slow moving after six months of living off their food stores. Young cubs are getting antsy and ready to feed; mothers without food won’t be [...]
In the Spring 2018 edition of TLC's LANDmark newsletter you'll read all about the new wetland parcel TLC protected in the Clearwater River Valley, how we are working with other land trusts and groups to protect special places through conservation covenants, and about TLC's latest initiative, our Passport to Nature. Filled with events designed [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Trevor and his dog, Orca, in the wetlands just outside of Wells Gray Provincial Park. TLC caught up with Trevor Goward, life-long naturalist and renowned lichenologist, at his home near Wells Gray Provincial Park. We asked him to share with us his thoughts on the Clearwater Wetlands and Wildlife Corridor campaign and why [...]