Brigade Bay Bluffs Management Plan

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Brigade Bay Bluffs Nature Reserve Management Plan  
Gambier Island, BC 
 
 
Photo 1. Brigade Bay Bluffs Nature Reserve in background, with Brigade Bay Marina in foreground  
PREPARED FOR: 
 
 
Brigade Bay Bluffs and Long Bay Wetland Nature Reserves  
joint management plan prepared: November 30, 2005 
 
REVISED February 2019 by: Carrina Maslovat, R. P. Bio. #1407 
and Laura Matthias, Consultant Biologist, Salt Spring Island, BC 
 
APPROVED BY: 
Islands Trust Conservancy, October 1, 2019: ITC-2019-037 
Gambier Island Conservancy, November 13, 2019 
 Sunshine Coast Conservation Association, October 24, 2019 

 
Brigade Bay Bluffs Nature Reserve Management Plan    
 
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i. Executive Summary 
Islands Trust Conservancy acknowledges and respects that Gambier Island is within the 
traditional territory of multiple Coast Salish peoples, whose historical relationship to the land, 
culture, and spirit of this place continues to this day. Islands Trust Conservancy is committed to 
honoring the rich history of Indigenous stewardship in the lands and waters of the Islands Trust 
Area and to building mutually respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous 
partners in conservation. Therefore, this Management Plan for Brigade Bay Bluffs Nature 
Reserve is a living document that will evolve as opportunities for knowledge sharing arise and 
understanding grows. 
In January 2005, the Islands Trust Conservancy (then the Islands Trust Fund) protected two 
parcels of land west of Brigade Bay on eastern Gambier Island. The Brigade Bay Bluffs (5.14 
hectares/12.7 acres) and Long Bay Wetland (38 hectares/94 acres) areas were transferred as 
part of the Brigade Bay subdivision development. Cascade Environmental Resource Group Ltd. 
prepared the initial joint management plan for the Brigade Bay Bluffs and Long Bay Wetland 
properties. In 2018, the Management Plans were updated as separate documents for each 
reserve. 
The Brigade Bay Bluffs Nature Reserve (BBNR) is located to the northwest of Brigade Bay. The 
reserve consists of a steep forested area with rocky bluffs and outcroppings. The elevation 
ranges from 60 to 240 m. The area has been selectively harvested, resulting in large deciduous 
species and pole/sapling-sized conifers. Some large veteran trees (bigleaf maple, Douglas-fir, 
and western hemlock) remain in areas with steeper terrain. Although the forests are young, 
they will mature into blue- and red-listed ecological communities. Some reforestation and 
protection of seedlings from deer browsing has been done within the reserve. BBNR is an 
important part of a large, contiguous natural area within the Coastal Western Hemlock Very Dry 
Maritime (CWHxm) subzone on Gambier Island. 
The management objectives for BBNR are to:  
 preserve and protect the natural ecosystems, biological diversity and natural values 
of the site;  
 restore plant and animal communities and ecological process at the site;  
 support ongoing inventory, mapping and m

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