On April 30th, TLC took part in the annual Highlands May Day Broom Bash, working with 11 volunteers from the Greater Victoria Green Team to clear Scotch broom from Gowlland Tod Provincial Park. Approximately 30 cubic metres of invasive species were removed from the park path, opening up a large area for native species [...]
TLC continued the restoration work at Ayum Creek Regional Park Reserve on Saturday, April 8th, with the help of the Greater Victoria Green Team volunteers.Approximately 15 volunteers showed up with smiles on their faces despite the rain, and proceeded to make short work of a mountain of donated cardboard that needed all tape, staples and [...]
Happy Spring, Volunteers! I hope this post finds you basking in the warm sunshine with the smell of fresh flowers on the breeze. Or, if you have been in Victoria recently, the cold wind that never ends and the relentless pollen that reminds everyone of their allergies. Whichever spring you may find yourself in, we are [...]
Join TLC’s volunteer covenant monitoring and restoration program this summer and gain hands-on field experience. Learn GPS and plant ID skills while hiking in beautiful protected areas in Greater Victoria. Volunteers must be able to hike for at least 3 hours, carrying a full backpack with water, food, and data collection supplies. Carpooling is available [...]
On March 4, four volunteers joined TLC staff on a trip to the De Mamiel Creek covenants in Sooke. This winter monitoring excursion aimed to determine just how much water flows through De Mamiel Creek in the winter, as opposed to its almost dry state in the summer when regular covenant monitoring usually occurs.The winter [...]
On February 18, three UVic students and one lucky Kiwi joined TLC in monitoring the Barer and Kinghorn covenants, located at the CRD’s Mt. Work Regional Park. As monitoring usually occurs in the summer during our regional drought, TLC wanted to know how the wetter season might impact the land. So off they went [...]
Our restoration work this year kicked off on January 29th with 25 volunteers tackling invasive species at the Atkins covenant, located near Thetis Lake in Victoria. Volunteers from the Greater Victoria Green Team (GVGT) and the Capital Regional District (CRD) joined TLC volunteers to remove English ivy, English holly, Himalayan blackberry and daphne laurel [...]
On November 26th, six brave souls joined TLC’s Covenant Manager, Torrey Archer, on a perilous trek into the Sooke wilderness. Well, not entirely, but when immersed in 10 foot tall salal while on the side of a cliff it can certainly feel that way! Four UVic students, one recent transplant from Ontario and one brave [...]
On an early fall day, TLC staff Andrew MacKinnon and Torrey Archer joined CRD Conservation Specialist Todd Golumbia, CRD Park Volunteer Warden Rich Mably and Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT) staff member Barb von Sacken for a tour of the trails in the Sea to Sea Mt. Manuel Quimper park in Sooke. The hike started [...]
On November 5th, TLC once again joined forces with CRD volunteers to remove invasive species from the Atkins Covenant. Owned by the CRD, this small parcel was once a homestead and offers a surprising diversity of native, invasive and cultivated species. Unfortunately, some of the invasive species have been growing too well, so volunteers [...]