Conservation Status of Salt Spring Island

Extracted text (beginning)







etis
South Pender
Saturna
Salt Spring
North Pender
Mayne
Lasqueti
Hornby
Gambier
Galiano
Gabriola
Executive
Denman
Bowen
Natural Areas Converted for Human Use in the Islands Trust Area
    

Once land is converted for human use, that land is less available for nature. As land 
conversion reaches or goes above a 30-40% threshold, the number of species in a 
given habitat decline more rapidly.
23% PROTECTED
Species at riskParks & protected areas
Conservation status of 
Salt Spring Island Local Trust Area
The Salt Spring Island Local Trust Area is one of 13 local trust 
areas and island municipalities that make up the Islands 
Trust Area. The Salt Spring Island Local Trust Area is located 
between mainland Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island 
and includes many associated islets. It is within the traditional 
territories of numerous First Nations who have cared for these 
lands and waters since time immemorial.  
The Salt Spring Island Local Trust Area’s beautiful and vibrant 
islands, home to some of the rarest ecosystems in the world, 
are under threat from development, climate change and 
habitat degradation.  The Islands Trust Conservancy does 
“nature check-ups” to measure the state of island ecosystems 
to see how well we are meeting the Islands Trust’s mandate 
to “preserve and protect”. Guided by a science-based Regional 
Conservation Plan, our work is important because, like the 
species and habitats that support us, the quality of human 
life depends on ecosystem health. We all have a part to play 
in protecting these fragile islands in the Salish Sea for future 
generations. 
Learn more at islandstrustconservancy.ca
There are 48 species at risk found in the Salt Spring Island LTA
Land Converted to Human Use in the Islands Trust Area
Sharp-tailed snake
(Contia tenuis)
Endangered (Federally), 
red listed (Provincially)
Killer Whale
(Orcinus orca)
Northern Pacific southern resident population 
Endangered (Federally), red listed (Provincially)

    
S S  
Sensitive ecosystems 
How do forests help us?
Portion 
protected


Marine health starts at the shoreline. Your actions can make a dierence!

	   
   	 

Sensitive ecosystems are fragile and 
are often home to at-risk or 
endangered species.   
e forests on Salt Spring Island sequester 49,514 tonnes of 
carbon/year which equates to removing the emissions of 10,459 
passenger vehicles per year. at’s nearly the equivalent of every SSI 
resident giving up their vehicle! 
= , tonnes of carbon
=  vehicles
	

  





 
<

	
<
  
, ha
Mature Forest .
Woodland 
.
Rest of Local 
Trust Area
Modified, 
protected areas, 
forests
Riparian .
Wetland .Cli .
Old Forest .
Freshwater .

Herbaceous 
.

<
More tha

First 3,000 characters. Open the original for the whole document.