The Salt Spring Island Conservancy was formed to help the community preserve natural habitats on Salt Spring Island and in surrounding waters.
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Welcome Christine Torgrimson!
Our New Executive Director
We are welcoming Christine Torgrimson as our new executive director, beginning January 2.
“We feel very fortunate to have someone of Christine’s caliber join us at this juncture,” said Ashley Hilliard, SSI Conservancy president.
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Our functions are:
 public education
holding conservation covenants
acquiring ecologically valuable land
helping land owners become good stewards of their
own land
2010 Highlights:
- We succeeded in securing funding partners for the largest land acquisition project we have ever done and the final transaction was completed on April 28, 2011. Learn more about Salt Spring Island’s newest nature reserve and see a map of the location.
- We launched a long-term endowment fund in June, called the Acorn Fund.
- Our ‘Stewards in Training’ school program provided field trips for over 700 children in grades 1-8 to learn about island ecosystems.
- Our biologists continued to collect detailed information about our local ecosystems, including a new record for Sharp-tailed Snake found on the south part of the island for the first time.
- And, we organized over a dozen educational talks and nature walks for the public.
Since 1995, we have helped buy or protect 1181 hectares (3000 acres) on Salt Spring Island.
The Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystem covering Salt Spring Island is the rarest ecosystems in BC and one of the rarest in Canada.
Over 50 species of rare or endangered plants and animals that live in this ecosystem have been found on Salt Spring Island.
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