2006 Community Stewardship Award - Recipients

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Sustaining the Islands – Community Stewardship Awards Program 
 
 
 
2006 Award Winner Profile 
 
Winner:   Michelle Marsden and the BC Coastal Cleanup Campaign,  
Pender Islands 
 
Category: Group/Organization 
 
Project: Removal of marine wrecks and beach clean up on North and South 
Pender Islands 
 
Nominators: Pender Islands Trust Protection Society and the 
Pender Islands Conservancy Association  
 
Project Description:  The B.C. Coastal Cleanup Campaign is comprised of island 
volunteers, who band together each spring to clean up the beaches around the islands, 
document and remove all debris that has washed up on the shores during the winter 
high tides and arrange to truck it off the island to the appropriate disposal sites.  Starting 
in December, 2005, this dedicated group of volunteers also took on the onerous task of 
‘wreck removal’ in the Port Browning Harbour area and applied to the ‘Receiver of 
Wrecks’ to remove such pollutants and navigational hazards from Bedwell Harbour.  
The BC Coastal Cleanup Campaign is a strong example of the community working 
together to protect and preserve our marine waters and beaches.  Michelle Marsden is 
the coordinator and founder of the B.C. Coastal Cleanup Campaign. 
  

Sustaining the Islands – Community Stewardship Awards Program 
 
 
 
2006 Award Winner Profile 
 
Winner:   Salt Spring Island Conservancy, Salt Spring Island 
 
Category: Group/Organization 
 
Project: Mount Erskine Campaign to create Mount Erskine Provincial Park  
 
Nominators: Judi Stevenson and Nora Layard 
 
Project Description:  In the space of just a few months in 2005 a remarkable event 
took place on Salt Spring Island – the community came together to raise $650,000 to 
purchase the peak of Mount Erskine.  Now a provincial park, this represents an 
outstanding achievement by a band of volunteers who set out to engage the hearts and 
pocketbooks of the community. 
 
In early 2005 the owner of the summit of Mount Erskine offered the Salt Spring 
Conservancy the opportunity to purchase 100 acres of spectacular arbutus and 
Douglas-fir forest along the edge of a dramatic cliff.  The asking price was $650,000 and 
the completion date was August 31 or five months.  The conservancy’s goal was to 
conduct an effective fund-raising campaign, under challenging time constraints to 
secure the purchase. 
 
“In addition to securing the land for protection in perpetuity it demonstrated to our 
community that it has the capacity to rise to a challenge – to work effectively together in 
a very short time period to raise a large sum and protect a natural area that they love,” 
say the nominators. 
 
 
 
  

Sustaining the Islands – Community Stewardship Awards Program 
 
 
 
2006 Award Winner Profile 
 
Winner:   Ann Johnston, Mayne Island 
 
Category: Individual 
 
Project: Providing the recycling facility on Mayne Island 
 
Nominators: Marie Elliott 
 
Project Description:  Ann Johnston’s efforts to provide recycling facilities for

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