The Salt Spring Island Conservancy was formed to help the community preserve natural habitats on Salt Spring Island and in surrounding waters.

Our functions are:

public education

holding conservation covenants

acquiring ecologically valuable land

helping land owners become good stewards of their own land

2009 Highlights:

• Our ‘Stewards in Training’ school program provided field trips for over 700 children in grades 1-8 to learn about island ecosystems.
• Our biologists contacted over 500 landowners about protecting species at risk on their own property and continued to collect detailed information about our local ecosystems.
• And, we organized over a dozen educational talks and nature walks for the public.

Since 1995, we have helped buy or protect 1052 hectares (2600 acres) on Salt Spring Island.

The Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystem covering Salt Spring Island is one of the rarest ecosystems in Canada and only 2% is protected by parks and nature reserves.

Over 45 species of rare or endangered plants and animals that live in this ecosystem have been found on Salt Spring.