Islands Trust Conservancy Annual Report 2021-2022

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Annual
report
2021/22
Protecting Islands in the Salish Sea

Reconciliation Declaration
Islands Trust Conservancy acknowledges that the lands and waters that encompass the 
Salish Sea have been home to Indigenous Peoples since time immemorial. We recognize 
that we are all intertwined in the ecosystems that are the lands, waters, culture, and 
ecology that embody this place.
Islands Trust Conservancy will strive to create opportunities for knowledge-sharing, 
understanding, and collaboration as people come together to preserve and protect the 
special nature of the islands within the Salish Sea.
Islands Trust Conservancy is committed to the protection and preservation of this 
place through processes that respect and honour reconciliation and mutually respectful 
relationships with Coast Salish Indigenous Peoples. We express our recognition for the 
past, present, and future stewardship and knowledge that has been shared by Indigenous 
Peoples and are humbled and grateful.
Adopted: July 16, 2019 Islands Trust Conservancy Board in METULIYE (Victoria)
We acknowledge with respect that we live and work as guests in the treaty lands and territories 
of the BOḰEĆEN, K’ómoks, Lək
̓
 ʷəŋən, Lyackson, MÁLEXEȽ, Qualicum, Quw’utsun Tribes, 
scəẃaθən məsteyəxʷ, Scia’new, səl
̓
ilwətaʔɬ, SEMYOME, shíshálh, Sḵwx̱  wú7mesh, Snaw-naw-as, 
Snuneymuxw, Spune’luxutth, SȾÁUTW̱  , Stz’uminus, ɬaʔəmen, toq qaymɩxʷ, Ts’uubaa-asatx,  
Wei Wai Kum, We Wai Kai, W̱  JOȽEȽP, W̱  SIḴEM, Xeláltxw, Xwémalhkwu/ʔop qaymɩxʷ,  
and xʷməθkʷəy
̓
əm.
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Contents
 4 Who We Are
 5 How We Work
 6 Our People
 8 Message from the Board Chair 
10 Protected Places added to the Islands Trust Area in 2021/22
14 Regional Conservation Plan
15 caret-right Goal 1: Knowledge-based Conservation Planning
16 caret-right Goal 2: Collaboration with First Nations  
 and Relationship Building
18 caret-right Goal 3: Protect Core Conservation Areas
27 caret-right Goal 4: A Strong Voice for Nature Conservation
30 Looking Ahead
31 Financial Statements 
Cover image: Mount Tuam Garry Oak enhancement Project on Salt Spring Island. photo: carla funk
Opposite page: drum detail. photo: lisa wilcox 
This page: mossy tree, Salt Spring Island. photo: kristine mayes
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Who We Are
Established in 1990, the Islands Trust Conservancy 
is a land trust dedicated to preserving and 
protecting the fragile and unique ecosystems of 
the Islands Trust Area in the Salish Sea. This region 
covers approximately 79,000 hectares of land and 
over 482,000 hectares of water on the southern 
coast of British Columbia. It includes 450 islands 
between southern Vancouver Island, mainland 
British Columbia and Howe Sound.
Our mission is to protect these very special 
places by encouraging, undertaking, and assisting 
in voluntary conservation initiatives across the 
Islands. We work with many allies including:  
private landholders and donors, local conservan-
cies, environmental organizations, charitable 
foundations, academic institutions,

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