NEWS RELEASE CONSERVATION COVENANT CREATED TO PROTECT 90 ACRES WITHIN SQUAMISH Restored conservation area to expand and protect critical wetland and riparian habitat FOR RELEASE: February 21, 2023 Squamish, B.C. – The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) and the District of Squamish are pleased to announce the creation of a 36.69-hectare (90.66-acre) conservation area [...]
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 [...]
For Immediate Release MILLSTREAM CREEK WATERSHED PROPERTY PROTECTED Charity acquires 11.1 hectares of Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystem in the District of Highlands JANUARY 18, 2021, VICTORIA, BC – The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) is pleased to announce the successful fundraising for and acquisition of 11.1 hectares (27 acres) of Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) ecosystem in [...]
NEWS RELEASE TLC HITS 81% OF FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN GOAL TO PROTECT CLEARWATER ANCIENT SWAMP AND WILDLIFE CORRIDOR Land Trust aims to raise further $18,681 to protect the migratory wildlife corridor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 3, 2019 Clearwater, BC – This Giving Tuesday, The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) is pleased to announce that supporters have [...]
NEWS RELEASE FORT SHEPHERD CONSERVANCY AREA TO OPEN FOR RECREATIONAL USE The Land Conservancy to allow access for pedestrians, equestrians and boats FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 9, 2019 Trail, B.C. – The Fort Shepherd Conservancy Area will open to the public for the 2019 season for limited recreational use excluding motorized vehicles, ORV’s, and hunting. [...]
A new nature reserve--a forested 62-acre area near Ford Lake, including small streams flowing into the headwaters of Fulford Creek--is now in the hands of the Salt Spring Island Conservancy. The Howard Horel Nature Reserve has been created largely thanks to a generous anonymous donor, with some grant support from Environment and Climate Change Canada [...]