The Heron Newsletter Fall 2020

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New 
Species 
at Risk 
Program! 
Injection of $597,000 to 
protect threatened species  
in the Islands Trust area p. 2
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Fall 2020 islandstrustconservancy.caA newsletter from the Islands Trust Conservancy, protecting islands in the Salish Sea
The Opportunity Fund
Linda Adams’  
Islands Trust journey
Climate Change Projections Report 
Response to COVID-19
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Infusion of Species 
at Risk funding 
What does this mean for the islands we all love?
Environment and Climate Change Canada has invested 
$597,000 in Islands Trust Conservancy’s new Species at Risk 
Program, enabling increased efforts in protecting species at 
risk on islands in the Salish Sea. 
• Do you know about the range of species where you live? 
And which of those might be at-risk species? We will be 
conducting surveys and monitoring.
• Can the land you live on support at-risk species, with a bit 
of help? We will be working to restore critical habitat.
• Do you need more information to better consider how 
you can contribute? We will be providing information, 
hosting events, and assisting if you wish to protect species 
at risk where you live.
• Indigenous Knowledge Holders and Traditional 
Ecological Knowledge Holders have understanding 
passed down over 10,000 years about how to live and 
care for the lands and waters. We want to work with 
Knowledge Holders to support species at risk, now and 
into the future. 
While these funds are not for land purchase, they can be 
used for costs associated with land purchases. Funding will 
run until March 23, 2023.
For more information, contact Kate Emmings, Manager,  
kemmings@islandstrust.bc.ca
Acknowledgement
Islands Trust Conservancy acknowledges that we work within the treaty 
lands and territories of the BOK
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EN, Cowichan Tribes, Halalt, 
Homalco, K’ómoks, Klahoose, Ts’uubaa-asatx, Lək̓ʷəŋən (SXIMEL
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Songhees, T’Sou-ke), Lyackson, MÁLEXEL
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, Penelakut, Qualicum, 
Scia’new, səl
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ilwətaʔɬ, SEMYOME, shíshálh, Snaw-naw-as, Snuneymuxw, 
Swwú7mesh, ST/ÁUTW, Stz’uminus, Tla’amin, scəẃaθən məsteyəxʷ,  
We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum, W̲JOL
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P, W̲SIK̲EM and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm. 
Canoe detail. Photo: Lisa Wilcox 
Below: Great Blue Heron are blue-listed, and Cover: Barn swallows are a red-
listed species at risk in B.C. photos: kristine mayes.
This project was undertaken with the financial support of:
Ce projet a été réalisé avec l’appui financier de :
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Conservation fieldwork just 
wasn’t the same this year  
We missed you all!
Islands Trust Conservancy fieldwork was very different  
this year.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work in the islands 
was postponed for several months out of respect for the 
communities who asked off-islanders to stay away to prevent 
virus transmission. 
Spring and summer are typically busy seasons of fieldwork: 
visiting prospective conservation lands, monitoring nature 
reserves and conservation covenants on private land. Each 
year we look forward to this fieldwork to reconnect 

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