Veteran Western red cedar.Photo Credit Torrey Archer. Over the August 22nd weekend, TLC staff member Torrey had the pleasure of visiting Clayoquot Island, located just North of Tofino. Clayoquot Island used to have three hotels on it, but is now the home of a wilderness resort. Seventy percent of the 255 acre island [...]
TLC's Covenant Coordinator Torrey on the massive pile of broom collected in the Highlands.Photo Credit George Van. TLC’s Scotch broom removal project has continued with gusto during the past few weeks. Whether there are three volunteers or ten, the broom is no match for our tenacious volunteers! Working in the Highlands region, TLC staff and [...]
TLC's DeMamiel Creek Covenant, located off of Otter Point Road in Sooke. Photo Credit Torrey Archer. One of the most beautiful covenants visited this summer was DeMamiel Creek, located off of Otter Point Road in Sooke. Multiple covenants along the creek comprise approximately 8 hectares in total, which covers portions of both DeMamiel 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 [...]
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 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 [...]
TLC volunteers Sophia and Melanie with the Culturally Modified Tree. Photo Credit Torrey Archer. Fruit on the hazel tree. Photo credit Torrey Archer. TLC’s White Covenant is a small covenant located in the Highlands, just off Finlayson Arm Road. Bought by the owners in 1969, it was logged once in the 1990’s and left [...]