On May 28th TLC Covenant Manager Torrey and summer intern Karen took a crew of volunteers down to the Atkins Road Covenant, a little gem in the middle of a very busy neighborhood, bordered by residential homes, industrial businesses and the Galloping Goose. However, it only takes a few steps into this little 1.67 ha [...]
On June 4th TLC staff member Torrey, summer intern Karen and volunteer Mitch monitored two covenants: the Thetis-Mount Work Connector and an upstream portion of Ayum Creek in Sooke. The trio strolled though the Thetis-Mount Work Connector and noticed clusters of dead Western red cedars along the trail. In recent years Victoria has experienced [...]
On June 21st, TLC staff members Torrey and Andrew, summer intern Karen and volunteer Liam trekked to Duncan to visit the Caromar Covenant for its annual monitoring. The team was armed with the mission to find the wetland that was documented the previous summer, in order to conduct repeat photography. The group followed along old [...]
On July 20th TLC staff Torrey, Andrew and summer student Karen met with Nanaimo & Area Land Trust (NALT) staff Paul, Vancouver Island University (VIU) Geography Chair Hannah, VIU professor Wendy and her Environmental Science students at the Witchcraft Lake parking lot to warm up for the daunting hike up Mount Benson which stands 1023 [...]
Sea to Sea Regional Park is a beautiful protected section of the Sooke Hills, owned by the Capital Regional District (CRD) and covenanted by both TLC and Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT). Recently, the CRD created a fabulously marked trail network including trails for mountain bike use only, as well as multi-use trails for hikers and [...]
The truth and how-to-remove behind English ivy, periwinkle and more Originally posted by Morgan Cross in Oak Bay News on July 18, 2017. Photo: Covenant Manager Torrey Archer shows the black seeds Scotch broom bears in summer. The plant is best cut when flowering in the spring or finished seeding in the fall. Credit Morgan Cross. [...]
Join Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT) in restoration efforts on our Ivan Island Covenant July 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Gloves, tools and lunch will be provided - but please RSVP to volunteers@hat.bc.ca.
On May 17, six volunteers joined TLC in monitoring the Barer / Kinghorn Covenants located within Mt Work Regional Park. It was a mild cloudy spring day; comfortable hiking weather. We were interested in the wetland sites we had monitored in the winter to compare their hydrological states.Upon entering the covenant, everyone noticed how lush [...]
On May 31, seventeen people armed with six wheelbarrows and eight shovels moved approximately 54 cubic yards of wood chips from point A to point B. Point B happens to be an experimental restoration site aimed at removing periwinkle (Vinca minor), an invasive species that is covering the forest floor at Ayum Creek Park [...]
On May 13th TLC joined forces with the Greater Victoria Green Team (GVGT) at the Langvista Covenant near Mill Hill for the spring Blooming Broom Removal work party. Nine volunteers climbed the rocky Garry Oak outcrop towards Mill Hill to remove six cubic meters of broom from an area of 2,000 square meters! Spring [...]