Horton Bayviary Management Plan

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Management Plan for 
 
HORTON BAYVIARY NATURE RESERVE 
 
Mayne Island, BC 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prepared for: 
Islands Trust Fund 
#200 – 1627 Fort Street 
Victoria, BC 
V8R 1H8 
 
 
Prepared by: 
Mayne Island Conservancy Society 
478 Village Bay Rd. 
Mayne Island, BC 
V0N 2J0 
 
 
Approved by 
Trust Fund Board, November 17, 2015 
Resolution # TFB-2015-088 
Habitat Acquisition Trust, December 3, 2015 
Mayne Island Conservancy Society, Author  
 
 
 
 
 

 
  
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This document has been prepared exclusively for Islands Trust Fund and no third 
party may make use of the information contained herein without the express 
written permission of Islands Trust Fund. 
 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
 
Horton Bayviary Nature Reserve is an Islands Trust Fund nature reserve on 
Mayne Island consisting of one lot, Lot A Section 2, Mayne Island, Cowichan 
District, Plan VIP64282.  It is of regional significance by virtue of protecting 0.52 
hectares of maturing Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) ecosystem and an important First 
Nations cultural site.  Burial cairns and a midden are located on the Nature 
Reserve indicating significant First Nations use. The CDF ecosystem is one of 
the most threatened in B.C. with less than 1% protected.  
 
The previous landowners wished to donate the property for the purpose of 
conservation, especially in providing habitat for a number of bird species living in 
the area.  The Islands Trust Fund (ITF) worked with the American Land 
Conservancy to ensure the landowner’s wishes could be met. 
 
It is ITF’s policy to develop management plans for all properties it owns, and 
Searle & Associates were retained in May 2002 to provide an overview site 
inventory, receive public comment and develop a management plan for this 
property. In 2015 the Mayne Island Conservancy Society was contracted to 
update the management plan, site inventory, and monitoring protocol. 
 
The principal objectives of this plan are to: 
 
 Provide an overview of environmental features and values of the 
property; 
 
 Identify management issues; and 
 
 Make recommendations for management strategies and actions 
to address the identified issues and the long-term protection of 
environmental values and natural character of the site. 
 
The purpose of the Nature Reserve is to protect a site with natural and cultural 
significance.  The management objectives for the reserve are to: 
 
 Allow natural ecological processes to function without human 
interference, except in the case of fire;  and 
 

 
  
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 Ensure that permitted uses will not significantly impair the 
natural condition of the site or impact the unique natural and 
cultural features and resources. 

 
  
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................... iii 
Table of Tables .................................................................................................... vi 
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