CORTES ISLAND WETLAND AND WILDLIFE CORRIDOR FURTHER PROTECTED BY NEW CONSERVATION COVENANT Campus of Hollyhock Leadership Learning Centre now under permanent protection FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2018 Cortes Island, BC – The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) and Hollyhock Leadership Learning Centre (Hollyhock) are pleased to announce the protection of 4.1 acres of [...]
NEWS RELEASE SUPREME COURT OF BC APPROVES TRANSFER OF WILDWOOD ECOFOREST TO ECOFORESTRY INSTITUTE SOCIETY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 22, 2016 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) has received approval from the Supreme Court of B.C. to transfer Wildwood Ecoforest to the Ecoforestry Institute Society (EIS). The purchase includes a restrictive covenant, [...]
NEWS RELEASE SUPREME COURT OF BC APPROVES TRANSFER OF LOHBRUNNER FARM FROM THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC TO FARMFOLK/CITYFOLK SOCIETY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 26, 2016 Victoria, BC – The Supreme Court of British Columbia has approved the transfer of The Land Conservancy of B.C.’s (TLC) Lohbrunner Farm to the FarmFolk/CityFolk Society (FarmFolk/CityFolk). The Purchase [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC ACCEPTS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR WILDWOOD ECOFOREST FROM MERV WILKINSON’S APPRENTICE Previously accepted offers for the site unable to be completed by Ecoforestry Institute Society FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 23, 2016 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) has accepted an offer to purchase Wildwood [...]
The Spring Salmon Place Campground, previously known as the Sooke Potholes Campground, is owned by the Capital Regional District and operated by the T’Sou-ke Nation. The campground operates seasonally each summer on a first-come, first-served basis with no online or phone reservations. The campground opens this year for the May long weekend. The autumn 2016 [...]
TLC Supporter Jack Eldridge volunteering at Abkhazi Garden. Just in time for the holidays, TLC has received a wonderful gift in the mail. TLC’s Abkhazi Garden received a very special boost this holiday season when prominent volunteer Jack Eldridge showed his support of the beautiful heritage garden by donating $40,000 towards the mortgage. [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC SIGNS SALE AGREEMENT WITH ECOFORESTRY INSTITUTE SOCIETY FOR WILDWOOD ECOFOREST FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 9, 2015 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) and the Ecoforestry Institute Society (EIS) have now signed an agreement to transfer ownership of Wildwood Ecoforest to EIS in exchange for a [...]
VICTORIA - The Province of British Columbia and the Nature Conservancy of Canada have partnered to ensure the continued protection of several ecologically sensitive properties formerly owned by The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC). The Province has committed $1 million and will assume ownership of several of the 26 conservation properties transferred from TLC to [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC SELLS HISTORIC ROSS BAY VILLA TO VOLUNTEER SOCIETY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 23, 2015 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) sold its historic Ross Bay Villa to the Ross Bay Villa Society for its continued restoration and protection on October 23. The Supreme Court of [...]
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 [...]