Seasons greetings friends! It's hard to believe we're wrapping up another calendar year of programming at TLC. This year has been packed full of education and restoration events; covenant monitoring, enforcement, and creation; and land management and stewardship activities. Our partners, volunteers, and supporters have made every kilometer we've traversed in our stewardship activities [...]
I recently met with a landowner in Nanoose Bay to discuss options for protecting the forest in her backyard. As development in her neighbourhood is fragmenting local habitat, she reached out to learn how she could protect the land that she has called home for the last 20 years. With minimal alterations, the site [...]
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 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 [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC’S EAGLE BLUFF SALE APPROVED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF BC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2014 The Supreme Court of BC has approved the sale of The Land Conservancy of BC’s Eagle Bluff in Oliver, B.C. TLC purchased the 5.6 acre property in 2004 for $193,000, and in [...]
The Forbidden Fruit Winery, located in the southern Similkameen Valley of B.C., creates a unique blend of conservation, organic farming and artistry. Owners, Kim Brind’Amour and Steve Venables continue to be dedicated Conservation Partners and devoted TLC supporters. They have not only chosen to steward 110 acres of rare wildlife habitat, but they have [...]