The Heron Newsletter Summer 2021

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Lisa Baile of SDȺY ̧E S/ 
North Pender Island donates 
four hectares to expand network 
of protected places p.3
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A newsletter from the Islands Trust Conservancy, protecting islands in the Salish Sea | islandstrustconservancy.ca
Protecting
islands in the 
Salish Sea
summer 2021
Remembering
Conservation Superheroes  
that made their mark p. 4
Species at Risk  
projects underway  
across the region p.
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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Acknowledgement
Islands Trust Conservancy acknowledges that we work within the treaty 
lands and territories of the BOK
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Drum detail. photo: lisa wilcox
Zerene Fritillary Butterfly, Yellow Montane Violet. Cover: Coastal Scouler’s Catchfly. photos: Laura Matthias
Cover: Lisa Baile pictured with old-growth Douglas-fir tree. photo: Taeven Lopatecki
You have made a difference!
Supporters of the Opportunity Fund have helped to create a 
$47-million-dollar (assessed value) conservation legacy in the 
islands of the Salish Sea. Kick-start grants were delivered to our 
partners at critical times — just when they were starting up a 
land acquisition project, or making the decision to place  
conservation covenants on sensitive land. (details online) feather-alt
Species at Risk – we’ve got your backs!
Islands Trust Conservancy has a new program dedicated to protecting and fostering species at risk within the Islands Trust 
Area. We’ve begun by searching for the elusive Sharp-tailed Snake, rare lichens, and Western Screech-owl throughout the 
Trust Area, and by beginning habitat restoration for Yellow Montane Violet and Scouler’s Catchfly on Mount Tuam, Salt 
Spring Island. In July, Wendy Tyrrell began as our Species at Risk Program Coordinator. We are looking forward to growing 
Islands Trust Conservancy’s Species at Risk work with Wendy’s help! (details online) feather-alt
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Nature Reserve
Lisa Baile Nature Reserve on SDȺY ̧ES   
(North Pender Island), is the most 
recent protected place to come under 
the care of Islands Trust Conservancy. 
It is home to a mixed mature forest of 
largely Douglas-fir and western redcedar, 
and rises steeply to a ridge with small 
rocky bluffs and Garry oak and arbutus 
woodlands, with patches of native 
wildflowers such as fairy-slipper, camas 
(a lily), chocolate lily, and fawn lily. 
Several veteran, old-growth Douglas-fir 
trees – including one measuring almost 
four metres in diameter – were previ-
ously protected under a small conserva-
tion covenant along Clam Bay Road. 
The Lisa Baile Nature Reserve expands 
an existing nine-hectare grouping of 
conserved lands, increasing this network 
of protected places in the

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