Trincomali Management Plan

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Management Plan for 
TRINCOMALI NATURE SANCTUARY, 
Galiano Island, BC 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Prepared for:  
  Islands Trust Fund 
  #200 – 1627 Fort Street 
  Victoria, BC 
  V8R 1H8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Updated and Approved by 
the Trust Fund Board,       2013 
 
 
 
 
 
  
2002 Original prepared by: 
   Searle & Associates 
   747 Falkland Rd. 
   Victoria, BC 
   V8S 4L9 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
2013 Update prepared by: 
  Habitat Acquisition Trust 
  827 Broughton Street 
  Victoria, BC 
  V8W 1E5 
 
  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. 

 
Searle & Associates (2002)                                                               Habitat Acquisition Trust (2013) ii 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
 
In February 2001, Islands Trust Fund (ITF) acquired 12 hectares of partially forested land 
on Galiano Island, for the purpose of establishing a nature sanctuary. It is ITF’s policy to 
develop  management  plans  for  all  properties  it  acquires  and  update  the  management 
plans  every  10  years.  Searle  &  Associates  was  retained  in  April  2001  to  provide  an 
overview  site  inventory,  conduct  a  stakeholder  charette,  receive  public  comment  and 
develop the management plan for this property.  
 
This  document  is  the 2013  updated Management  Plan for Trincomali  Nature  Sanctuary 
(TNS),  submitted  by  Habitat  Acquisition  Trust  (HAT),  the  Management  Group  for  TNS, 
and approved by the Islands Trust Fund Board (the Board). 
 
The principal objectives of this plan are to: 

 provide an overview of environmental features and values of the property; 
 identify current and long-term management concerns; and 

 make  recommendations  for  management  strategies  and  actions  to  address  the 
identified  concerns  and  the  long-term  protection  of  environmental  values  and 
natural character of the site. 
 
This   management  plan   was   compiled  from   existing   data   sources,   field   visits   and 
discussions with experts.  The principle findings are: 
 

 The  Coastal  Bluff  ecosystem  on  TNS   is  of  extreme  importance  within  the 
Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory Study Area (Eastern Vancouver Island and the Gulf 
Isl
ands)  and  is  sited  in  the  ITF  2011-2015  Regional  Conservation  Plan  as  a 
sensitive  ecosystem,  due  to  its  rarity  and  susceptibility  to  disturbance,  and  is  a 
biodiversity priority for the region;  

 Red and blue-listed species occur within the property; and 

 Trincomali Nature Sanctuary contributes to conservation planning in the region, 
as  part  of  the  Regional  Green/Blue  Spaces  Strategy  and  highlighted  as  an 
important property in the ITF 2011-2015 Regional Conservation Plan 
 
The plan addresses management of landscape components including:  
 
Coastal bluff and Wo

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