Islands Trust Annual Report 2019-2020

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2019/ 
20
Annual
Report
Preserving and protecting over 450 islands in the Salish Sea

Reconciliation Declaration
The Islands Trust Council acknowledges that the lands and 
waters that encompass the Islands Trust Area have been home 
to Indigenous peoples since time immemorial and honors the rich 
history, stewardship, and cultural heritage that embody this place 
we all call home. 
The Islands Trust Council is committed to establishing and  
maintaining mutually respectful relationships between Indigenous 
and non-Indigenous peoples. Islands Trust states a commitment  
to Reconciliation with the understanding that this commitment is a 
long-term relationship-building and healing process.
The Islands Trust Council will strive to create opportunities for 
knowledge-sharing and understanding as people come together  
to preserve and protect the special nature of the islands within  
the Salish Sea. 
Adopted: March 14, 2019 Trust Council on Gabriola Island

Table of Contents
5 Message from the Islands Trust Council Chair
8 Message from the Chief Administrative Officer
14 The Islands Trust Area
18 2019/20 Key Accomplishments
19 Islands Trust Council 
34 Islands Trust Council Committees
42 Local Trust Committees and Bowen Island Municipality
53 Reconciliation and Relationship Building
56 Climate Change Action
58 Legislative  Services — Administrative  Fairness  
 and Freedom of Information
59 Enforcement and Legal Action
62 Appendix A: Strategic Plan 2018 –   2022
78 Appendix B: Islands Trust Financial Statements
101 Message from the Islands Trust Conservancy Board Chair
104    Acknowledgement
105 Reconciliation Declaration
108 Islands Trust Conservancy 
113 Regional Conservation Plan
125 Appendix C: Islands Trust Conservancy  
 Financial Statements
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cover photo: Portier Pass, Galiano Island. credit: martin dale

White-tailed deer, Blackberry Point, Valdes Island. 
credit: martin dale

Message from the 
Islands Trust  
Council Chair
On March 11, 2020, the same day Trust Council was in session 
on Salt Spring Island, the World Health Organization declared a 
global pandemic. The next day, in response to the news, Council 
directed staff to prepare a business continuity plan detailing how 
Islands Trust would adapt to the unfolding coronavirus pandemic. 
The public received information about our new way of doing busi-
ness and credible sources of Covid-19 communications through a 
subscriber information notice, news release, media interviews and 
social media posts.
I am grateful to Council for the decision to create a business continuity 
plan. Through the plan, we have transformed how Trust Council governs, 
and like the Islands Trust staff, trustees began to work from home  
and online. 
In March 2019, Islands Trust joined other governments around the 
world and declared a climate emergency. We committed to intensifying 
our climate action work, and we explored holding electronic meetings to 
reduce our carbon fo

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