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OUR MISSION: The Salt Spring Island Conservancy protects and enhances the natural values of the island and its surrounding waters by acquiring land or covenants, and by educating landholders and the public toward improved land and water stewardship.
Sunday, May 20 - Free drop-off for Scotch Broom & English ivy
Will be chopped up and used for goat feed and garden mulch. Call Jan or
Carol at 653-2024 for more information or to make arrangements.
Tuesday, May 22: Meet the Authors - Wayne Grady & Merilyn Simonds
Wayne Grady is a highly respected science writer, the author of 11 books of
non-fiction and a Governor General's Award-winning translator. Merilyn
Simonds has written 14 books, including her new book, A New Leaf, which uses
the garden as its central muse. Co-sponsored with the Salt Spring Island
Garden Club. Tuesday, May 22, 7 p.m., Community Gospel Hall, 147 Vesuvius
Bay Rd. $5 contribution suggested. (Event poster)
Thursday, June 7: Salt Spring Island Conservancy AGM
Inviting all Conservancy members to attend our brief Annual General Meeting
for a report about our work and budget and election of board members,
followed by a presentation from Christine Torgrimson, Executive Director:
"Conservation Connections: Yellowstone to Yukon and Isabella to Erskine." 7 p.m., Lions' Hall, 103 Bonnet Ave.
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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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