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 [...]
TLC volunteers Sophia and Kristi.Photo Credit Torrey Archer. Tiny orchid in the Kinghorn covenant area.Photo credit Torrey Archer. TLC returned to the Mt. Work region this week, covering both the Kinghorn and Mt. Work-Thetis Connector covenants. The crew hiked through classic Douglas-fir forest, riddled with arbutus trees and towers of oceanspray in full bloom. [...]
LifeCycles' Pollinator Garden. Photo Credit Torrey Archer. Volunteers Nathan, Jonah and Kristen.Photo Credit Torrey Archer. TLC staff and volunteers joined together for a work party at the Welland Legacy Park and Community Orchard last week. Confronted with a 5 foot high pile of woodchips, they took it down with gusto and used it [...]
Kristi and Sophia with Oceanspray.Photo Credit Torrey Archer. Harvest Brodiaea Brodiaea elegans.Photo Credit Torrey Archer. TLC visited covenants at Bear Mountain this week. Most of the areas are not used, but a few trails exist here and there. We repeated our tracks from 2014 and noted any changes to the land, especially if [...]
Catch up on TLC's 2014 covenant monitoring program with this slideshow of our favourite pics from the season. Keep up to date with this seasons volunteers progress on our blog at conservancy.bc.ca. Interested in volunteering for TLC? Visit our Volunteer page for the latest opportunities. Check out our posts from last years monitoring season: Week [...]
Mauve rhododendron. Photo credit Jeff de Jong. Abkhazi Garden will remain open this week despite work beginning on the front fence. We encourage TLC Members and the public to stop by and check out our progress. Stay tuned for images upon completion the fence project! During the summer season Abkhazi Garden is open [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC AND ECOFORESTRY INSTITUTE SOCIETY TO CREATE COMMITTEE REGARDING FUTURE OF WILDWOOD FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 8, 2015 Victoria, BC –The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) and the Ecoforestry Institute Society (EIS) have agreed to create a committee to review the options regarding Wildwood Ecoforest and present recommendations to [...]
TLC’s Covenant Coordinator Torrey Archer with monitoring volunteer Jonah in head-high salal. Photo Credit Andrew MacKinnon. While monitoring the Sooke Hills covenant, Nathan, Torrey, Jon, Kristi and Jonah take a well-deserved break. Photo Credit Andrew MacKinnon. Nathan, Jonah, Jon, Torrey, and Kristi on their first covenant monitoring visit of the season. Photo Credit [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC TRANSFERS 29% OWNERSHIP OF MALTBY LAKE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 5, 2015 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of BC has sold a portion of its undivided interest in Maltby Lake in Saanich. The transfer was completed on May 1, 2015. The sale was approved by the Supreme [...]
Media Release For Immediate Release April 21, 2015 TLC To Transfer Sooke Potholes Campground to the CRD Victoria, BC - The Capital Regional District (CRD) Board is pleased to announce the pending transfer of Sooke Potholes campground to the Region, with the support of The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) in consideration of their [...]