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Islands Trust Conservancy 
Species at Risk Program  
Mid-term Evaluation  
March 2023  
 
Summary Report  
 

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Thank you to everyone who participated in the  
interviews and surveys! 
Wendy, Rachel and Judith 
 
 
 
 
 
This do cum ent was pre pared by   JCA  Jud ith C ul lingto n & As so ciates (R achel Busk ie and 
Jud ith Cu lli ngto n) o n  b ehalf o f the Is lan ds Tru st Co nserv ancy .  
 
Co v er P ho to: D elto id Balsam ro o t © Judith C ul lingto n  
Contents
Purpose ......................................................................................................................................................... 1
Summary ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
Comments Beyond the Scope of the ITC SAR Program ................................................................................ 6

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The Islands Trust Conservancy  
Species at Risk Program 
Mid-term Evaluation March 2023 
Purpose  
The Islands Trust Conservancy (ITC) Species at Risk (SAR) Program aims to enhance partnerships with 
those working with species and ecosystems at risk, and cultural species and ecosystems of significance.  
This six-year program is funded through Environment Canada and Climate Change Canada’s Nature 
Fund, Species at Risk Stream for Priority Places.  
Some of the SAR projects on ITC protected lands enabled through this new funding include: 
 Partnering with local island conservancies on SAR projects 
 Strategic SAR outreach activities  
 Surveying for SAR and critical habitat  
 Restoring SAR habitat and installing habitat structures, and 
 Invasive plant management in SAR critical habitat  
 
This report summarises the outcome of a mid-term program evaluation, to identify:  
 What is working well / not so well to date 
 Any gaps and missing elements  
 Ways the SAR program can improve support to partners  
 Opportunities to be more proactive with the SAR program and outreach  
 
The mid-term program evaluation (2023) consisted of a series of interviews with ITC and Islands Trust 
(IT) staff, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC, the project funders), the Canadian Wildlife 
Service (CWS), and staff from the Howe Sound Biosphere Region Initiative Society (HSBRIS). Local 
conservancies were also given the opportunity to respond to an online survey to provide input on the 
ITC SAR Program.  
Respondents provided valuable feedback on the SAR Program. The comments and suggestions in this 
document are the ideas and thoughts of the respondents, provided for the ITC’s consideration as they 
continue the impleme

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