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Please note, as of May 31, 2018 the Islands Trust Conservancy legally changed it's name through an amendment to the Islands Trust Act. All previous news releases refer to the former name, the Islands Trust Fund and the Trust Fund Board.
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September 18, 2020 - The federal government is recognizing the importance of species at risk on the Gulf and Howe Sound islands. The islands in the Salish Sea, near the urban areas of Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo, are a hotspot for species diversity and have one of the highest densities of species at risk in Canada. To support efforts to protect species at risk on the Gulf and Howe Sound islands, Environment and Climate Change Canada is investing $597,000 in the launch of the Islands Trust Conservancy’s new Species at Risk Program.
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June 8th, 2020 - Islands Trust Conservancy has released a climate projections report for the island region between the British Columbia mainland and southern Vancouver Island that will guide conservation as weather becomes increasingly volatile.
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December 20, 2019 - Dr. Susan Hannon, retired Ecology Professor appointed by Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, to the Islands Trust Conservancy Board.
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August 15, 2019 - The Islands Trust Conservancy and the Lasqueti island Nature Conservancy (LINC) have raised $250,000 to protect a ridgetop Coastal Douglas-fir forest on Lasqueti Island.
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March 28, 2019 - Thanks to the generosity of ecologists Luise Hermanutz and David Innes, the Valens Brook Nature Reserve on Denman Island is expanding by nearly three hectares (six acres).
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November 5, 2018 - An Islands Trust Conservancy pledge to match donations will boost a fundraising campaign to protect old-growth trees on Lasqueti Island. The Islands Trust Conservancy will match donations received by December 21, 2018 up to a total of $4,500.
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September 13, 2018 - The Islands Trust is pleased to announce the Province’s decision to rename the Islands Trust Fund to the Islands Trust Conservancy.
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August 16, 2018 - A joint fundraising campaign to raise $250,000 by December 21, 2018 to protect 11.6 hectares (28 acres) of spectacular Coastal Douglas-fir forest and ridge-top on Lasqueti Island has exceeded an important half-way milestone.
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May 3, 2018 - A joint fundraising campaign is underway to protect a spectacular 11.6 hectare (28 acre) property on Lasqueti Island featuring mature Coastal Douglas-fir forest and rugged cliffs.
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January 25, 2018 - Fairyslipper Forest on Thetis Island, B.C. is now permanently protected as a nature reserve.
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December 4, 2017 - A new voluntary legal covenant between the Islands Trust Fund and the Denman Conservancy Association protects the rich and diverse forest, meadow and wetland habitats of the Settlement Lands on Denman Island.
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July 26, 2017 - Long-time Salt Spring Island resident Basil Franey has permanently protected 2.15 hectares (5.3 acres) of his treasured property on historic Isabella Point on Salt Spring Island.
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March 3, 2017 - A unique unspoiled waterfront forest on the east coast of Thetis Island is now permanently protected.
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May 24, 2016 - A fundraising campaign to acquire Fairyslipper Forest on Thetis Island has received a much needed boost. An anonymous donor recently pledged to match donations up to $40,000.
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February 1, 2016 - The owners of Clam Bay Farms have signed a conservation covenant with the Islands Trust Fund protecting more than eight hectares of endangered forest ecosystems adjacent to Clam Bay Road on North Pender Island.
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January 8, 2016 - Ann and Michael Philpot have permanently protected the natural ecosystems of their Wallace Point property through a conservation covenant with the Islands Trust Fund.
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November 26, 2015 - At this time of year, many people want to give gifts to friends, family and colleague, but struggle to find gifts with meaning. Symbolic gifts can be a great fit, especially when you can support a local cause close to the heart of the recipient. This year you can give a gift of Coastal Douglas-fir forest!
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June 8, 2015 - The Islands Trust Fund and partners Thetis Island Nature Conservancy (ThINC) and Cowichan Community Land Trust have launched an online video to kick-start year two of the campaign to create the first publicly-accessible nature reserve on Thetis Island. |
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April 28, 2015 - The mature coastal Douglas-fir forest on the John Osland Nature Reserve on Lasqueti Island is now officially protected by the Islands Trust Fund and its partners, the Lasqueti Island Nature Conservancy (LINC) and the Nanaimo & Area Land Trust (NALT). |
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February 17, 2015 - Complete mapping of eelgrass beds in the waters surrounding Canada’s islands in the Salish Sea is now available online.
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November 5, 2014 - The McFadden Creek Nature Sanctuary on Salt Spring Island has joined the Islands Trust Fund’s network of over 90 protected places in Canada’s islands in the Salish Sea. |
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October 8, 2014 - Larry Appleby is Salt Spring Island’s 10th landowner to permanently protect private land with a Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Program (NAPTEP) covenant. |
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September 15, 2014 - The namesake tree of the Elder Cedar (S’ul-hween X’pey) Nature Reserve, a frequently visited giant Western redcedar on Gabriola Island, is showing signs of distress. |
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September 9, 2014 - A joint fundraising campaign is underway to create the first community nature reserve on Thetis Island. |
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| June 2, 2014 - A new report finds that forests in the Islands Trust area store and sequester more carbon than Coastal Douglas-fir zone forests outside the Trust area. |
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| May 27, 2014 - Marine biologists and volunteers travelled the coastlines of Thetis, Hornby and Denman Islands over the last year to find 196 beaches capable of supporting forage fish spawning. |
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| February 3, 2014 - New maps of eelgrass habitat in the Islands Trust area will provide baseline information that marine scientists, conservation organizations and local governments can use to monitor the health of marine habitat of the Salish Sea. |
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| January 29, 2014 - The Islands Trust offers island property owners a way to keep money in their pockets in exchange for preserving natural habitat and the benefits green space provides communities. |
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| November 27, 2013 - The Islands Trust Fund has teamed with two local land trusts to reinforce the protected status of three nature reserves on Gambier Island. |
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| October 1, 2013 - A donation from the Islands Trust Fund tips a campaign to save an iconic island waterfront into the homestretch. |
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| September 10, 2013 - The Islands Trust Fund has signed an agreement with the Lasqueti Island Nature Conservancy and the Nanaimo and Area Land Trust to share responsibility for protecting Mt. Trematon on Lasqueti Island. |
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| August 26, 2013 - Mud boggers and ATV drivers are jeopardizing the future of a Bowen Island nature reserve that only three years ago was one of the least disturbed and ecologically rare fens in southern BC. |
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| May 21, 2013 - The Islands Trust Fund, Galiano Conservancy Association and the Nature Conservancy of Canada have secured 40 hectares of forestland on Galiano, completing the 500-hectare Mid-Galiano Conservation Network. |
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| May 14, 2013 - The Islands Trust Fund will match the next $5,000 it receives in donations to protect Brooks Point, a headland jutting out into Boundary Pass. |
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| December 18, 2012 - In time for the holiday season, Andy Nowak and Mary Reher have given unique species a significant gift - a permanently protected home. The North Pender couple donated a conservation covenant through the Islands Trust Fund's NAPTEP program, protecting the forest on their land forever. |
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| November 20, 2012 - Hornby resident Tom Knott has become the first on his island to use a tax-saving program to protect his land, with the assistance of the Islands Trust Fund and Conservancy Hornby Island. |
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| November 14, 2012 - Dr. Kal Holsti and Marilyn Wan's generous donation of land to the Islands Trust Fund has become Denman Island's newest nature reserve. |
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| February 9, 2012 - With mounting development pressures, the need for permanent land protection on Thetis is bigger than ever. |
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| January 18, 2012 - From the time John Osland moved to Lasqueti Island in 1948, he lived lightly on the land, leaving only his bicycle tracks along his grassy driveway. |
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| December 6, 2011 - Bob and Fran's love affair with their land started more than twenty years ago, when they began creating a sanctuary for native species by removing invasives from the lot. Today, the Roses are delighted by the camas, fairy-slippers, buttercups and blue-eyed Mary that carpet the meadow where the broom once stood. |
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| February 18, 2011 - Join us March 18th, 2011 for a NAPTEP Open House on Lasqueti Island. Learn about this conservation program, new to Lasqueti. |
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| February 17, 2011 - The Kikuchi family, of North Pender Island, have permanently protected their property with a conservation covenant. |
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