SAR Workshop Complete Summary Package - Report & Presentations
· Islands Trust Area · Miscellaneous · 2022
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Topics: Climate & environment · First Nations & reconciliation · Marine & foreshore · Fresh water & aquifers — our classification, not the Trust's.
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ITC_2022-04-11_SAR-Workshop_March17-2022_Summary- Notes_FINAL.docx 18 Appendix C: Presentations 1. ITC’s Species at Risk Program: Wendy Tyrrell (Islands Trust Conservancy) 2. Strengthening collaboration in A Ƕ tl'ka7tsem / Howe Sound Biosphere Region: Ruth Simons (Howe Sound Biosphere Initiative) 3. Species at Risk Restoration and Monitoring and Sharp-tailed Snake eDNA research Mount Tuam: Carinna Maslovat (Maslovat Consulting) 4. Collaborative SAR Conservation - Linking Landscape and Site Chris Currie (Coastal Partners in Conservation) 5. PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW ̱ Foundation: Relational Restoration Judith Lyn Arney and Sarah Jim (PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW ̱ Foundation) ITC’s Species at Risk Program Wendy Tyrrell Species at Risk Program Coordinator Islands Trust Conservancy 2022-03-23 1 ITC’s Species at Risk Program © D’Arcy Island, K. Mayes Species at Risk Program •3-year grant awarded by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) from the Canada Nature Fund’s Priority Places Species at Risk Stream. •The goals of the ITC SAR Program are: ➢Coordinate the compilation & analysis of SAR data for the Islands Trust Area (ITA) ➢Inventory, monitor & manage SAR & SAR habitat in ITC’s protected areas ➢Deliver SAR outreach to the Islands Trust staff, officials and the public ➢Develop relationships and collaboration with First Nations for more effective SAR Program delivery ➢Increase land conservation with a focus on SAR protection & recovery 1 2 2022-03-23 2 Gambier Island Restoration-Long Bay Wetland Nature Reserve •Partnering with local Island Conservancies on SAR projects. •Surveying for Species at Risk and Critical Habitat •Restoring SAR Habitat •SAR Surveys and Ecological baseline studies for new conservation lands •Invasive plant management in SAR Critical Habitat •Installation of habitat structures SAR Habitat Restoration, Surveying & Monitoring Projects on ITC’s Protected Lands Gambier Island Restoration-Long Bay Wetland Nature Reserve Mt. Tuam Pollinator and SAR Project •Led by SAR Biologists Carrina Maslovat & Laura Mathias •More than 20,000 meadow species installed, and 2 million seeds distributed •Part of the larger Mt. Tuam Special Management Area Resource Team’s (SMART) SAR habitat restoration efforts •Coastal Scouler’s Catchfly (Silene scouleri ssp. scouleri) •Yellow Montane Violet (Viola praemorsavar. praemorsa •Zerene Fritillary (Speyeriazerenebremnerii) 3 4 2022-03-23 3 Pre-workshop Survey Survey Highlights: Top Challenges ➢Insufficient funding ➢Capacity ➢Expertise Collaboration & Data Sharing ➢99% polled said YES! Islands-wide Working Group ➢98% polled said YES! Zerene Fritillary Butterfly ©Laura-Matthias “More data = more knowledge = more informed decisions.” Pre-Workshop Survey •Was there something missing? –Is there a question that you would have liked to have seen on the survey? •Put ideas in the chat. –we can come back to them in future gatherings
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