Islands Trust Conservancy Special Meeting Minutes

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Islands Trust Conservancy Special Meeting 
August 7, 2019 ADOPTED Page 1 
 
Islands Trust Conservancy 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Time: 
Location: 
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 
1:35 pm 
Teleconference 
Islands Trust Victoria Boardroom 
200-1627 Fort Street, Victoria, BC 
 
Board Members Present by 
Teleconference: 
Kate-Louise Stamford, Chair  
Linda Adams (joined teleconference at 1:37 pm)  
Sue Ellen Fast  
Doug Fenton  
Robin Williams  
   
Staff Present: Kate Emmings, Islands Trust Conservancy Acting Manager  
Crystal Oberg, Communications & Fundraising Specialist  
Jemma Green, Covenant Management & Outreach Specialist  
Wayne Bourque, Acting Ecosystems Protection Specialist  
Russ Hotsenpiller, Islands Trust CAO   
Alexandra Trifonidis, Acting Administrative Assistant  
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Stamford called the meeting to order at 1:35 pm and acknowledged that the meeting was 
being held in Coast Salish First Nations territory, specifically Lekwungen and Wsanec Saanich 
peoples.  
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent, the Islands Trust Conservancy Board approved the agenda as presented. 
3. BUSINESS 
3.1 Items for Discussion/Direction 
3.1.1 Islands Trust Conservancy strategies to address the Islands Trust climate change 
emergency 
The Islands Trust Conservancy (ITC) Acting Manager reviewed the purpose and 
background of the briefing to the Board. She also gave an overview of the six 
potential actions ITC could do to address the climate change crisis.  
 
Discussion ensued on the following: 
 
 Insuring communications to Trust Council around ITC climate change 
activities 

 
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 Potential need for outside expertise (staff position?) to focus on climate 
change work   
 Increasing property tax exemptions for property owners; NAPTEP  
 Climate change action is the nature of ITC work already and ITC is 
already addressing climate change in its core work.  
 Emphasizing ITC Climate Change work in communications and contact 
with landowners 
 Focus on future land acquisition priorities; mature old growth forest, 
wetlands, and aquifer recharge areas 
 Restoration areas – Broadening restoration to include ecosystems other 
than trees, i.e. coastal and wetland restoration  
 Research – What species will grow better on the islands in the future? 
Where will ecosystems and species move to in a future climate?  
 Working with First Nations and their ability to steward land  
 Literature on maintaining forest ground cover; fire protection and water 
levels 
 Great opportunity to showcase ITC work with the general public 
 Document climate change impacts in the Trust Area as they occur; list of 
what damage is happening as well as the identified part of it 
 Droug

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