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TLC’s Spring 2023 LANDmark is here!

In the Spring 2023 edition of TLC's LANDmark newsletter you'll read about TLC's latest projects including our partnership with the District of Squamish to protect a restored riparian area, steps to implement a restoration project in your backyard, how you can get involved with TLC this year, and much more! View current and previous editions [...]

By |2023-03-16T11:18:07-07:00March 17th, 2023|Board of Directors, Covenants, Events, Lower Mainland, Millstream Creek Watershed, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Area|Comments Off on TLC’s Spring 2023 LANDmark is here!

Using Permaculture to Restore Your Backyard

“Form follows function” is a famous axiom in architecture from Louis Sullivan where the purpose of a building should be the starting point for its design. This can also be applied to ecological restoration where we identify what a functional landscape would look like and support the components to help make that happen. A restoration [...]

By |2023-03-15T11:57:52-07:00March 15th, 2023|Lohbrunner, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Area|Comments Off on Using Permaculture to Restore Your Backyard

Creating a Pollinator Meadow with Lisa Cross

Two years ago, I moved to a small acreage on the Saanich Peninsula, previously used for various agricultural ventures, including a sunflower farm. While there is a forested area at the back of the property, the entire front section has transitioned from a farm field into a sprawling lawn. I’m not a fan of [...]

By |2022-09-22T16:15:51-07:00October 4th, 2022|Community Action Hero, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Area|Comments Off on Creating a Pollinator Meadow with Lisa Cross

Now Available: The Fall Edition of the LANDmark Newsletter

In the Fall 2022 edition of TLC's LANDmark newsletter you'll read about two local legends leaving legacies in conservation, our project with the Salt Spring Island Conservancy, and much more! View current and previous editions of the LANDmark on TLC’s website at http://conservancy.bc.ca/about/landmark/.

By |2022-09-26T15:07:16-07:00September 29th, 2022|Activity Book, Board of Directors, Covenants, Fort Shepherd Conservancy Area, Lohbrunner, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Area|Comments Off on Now Available: The Fall Edition of the LANDmark Newsletter

NEWS RELEASE: TLC RECEIVES BEQUEST VALUED AT OVER $8.8 MILLION

NEWS RELEASE TLC RECEIVES BEQUEST VALUED AT OVER $8.8 MILLION Donation includes 8 acres of urban greenspace in the Blenkinsop Valley FOR RELEASE: September 10, 2022 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) is honoured to announce the receipt of a bequest of three adjacent properties in the Blenkinsop Valley, funds to maintain [...]

By |2022-09-09T19:05:45-07:00September 10th, 2022|Board of Directors, British Columbia, Lohbrunner, Press Release, Public Service Announcement, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Area|Comments Off on NEWS RELEASE: TLC RECEIVES BEQUEST VALUED AT OVER $8.8 MILLION

News Release: New community park land acquired for Juan de Fuca Electoral Area

New community park land acquired for Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Sep 09, 2022 Victoria, BC — The Capital Regional District (CRD) Board has approved the purchase of 23.5 hectares of land in Otter Point as a new Juan de Fuca Electoral Area community park. The property has been identified as a prime candidate for purchase as [...]

By |2022-09-09T19:21:43-07:00September 9th, 2022|Press Release, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Area|Comments Off on News Release: New community park land acquired for Juan de Fuca Electoral Area

Cleanup and BBQ at the Millstream Creek Watershed

Join us on Saturday, September 17 at 9:30 a.m. for a work party at our conservation area next to Mary Lake Nature Sanctuary! We will be disposing legacy garbage. Tools and safety gear will be provided - you bring the enthusiasm and muscle! After the clean up, we will give a tour of Mary [...]

By |2022-09-07T11:22:49-07:00September 7th, 2022|Millstream Creek Watershed, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Area|Comments Off on Cleanup and BBQ at the Millstream Creek Watershed

Erin in the Field: Thanks for Spending the Summer with Me!

Goodbye TLC! My time as intern has finished, and I just wanted to share my appreciation for the great team who work at TLC and have the passion for conservation. I’ve had an awesome experience as a summer intern: learning covenant monitoring, learning the perspective of a biologist in relation to my geography point [...]

By |2022-08-22T11:33:27-07:00August 22nd, 2022|Covenants, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Area|Comments Off on Erin in the Field: Thanks for Spending the Summer with Me!

Erin in the Field: Malahat Estates

As my co-worker and I were hiking along an old logging road while monitoring a covenanted forest behind the Malahat, we spotted a Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) sitting on an old log. Before I could get a picture, it scampered away, but it was amazing to see this native squirrel because it is usually [...]

By |2022-08-11T16:12:20-07:00August 15th, 2022|Covenants, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Area|Comments Off on Erin in the Field: Malahat Estates

Erin in the Field: Langvista Covenant

Last week TLC was joined by two volunteers to conduct White-top aster (Sericocarpus rigidus) counts in our Langvista covenant near Mill Hill Regional Park. The White-top aster is a blue-listed at-risk species that are found in Garry oak meadow ecosystems on Vancouver Island. Asters are a family of flowering plants that look very similar [...]

By |2022-08-11T09:10:49-07:00July 26th, 2022|Covenants, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Area|Comments Off on Erin in the Field: Langvista Covenant
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