Ballenas-Winchelsea Island Trust Area Includes:
Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands Local Trust Area includes 11 associated islands including:
- Ada Islands
- Mistaken Island
- Ruth Island
Meetings and Events Around: Ballenas-Winchelsea
See upcoming Ballenas-Winchelsea meetings & events and learn more about the Executive Committee for this area.
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Meet Your Trustees
Dan Rogers
Gambier/Keats Island Trustee, Vice-Chair for Executive CommitteeDan Rogers is serving his second term as Local Trustee for Gambier Island.
Sue Ellen Fast
Bowen Island Trustee and Municipal Councillor, Co-Chair for Executive CommitteeSue Ellen Fast is a Municipal Councillor in her second term as a Bowen Island Municipality Trustee.
Laura Patrick
Salt Spring Island Trustee, Vice-Chair for Executive CommitteeLaura Patrick is serving her first term as a Salt Spring Island Local Trustee.
Peter Luckham
Thetis Island Trustee, Chair for Executive CommitteePeter Luckham is serving as a Thetis Island Local Trustee since 2005, and Executive Committee Chair since 2014.
Island Profile
Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands Local Trust Area includes 19 islands and islets. This rugged archipelago is home to some of the world’s rarest ecosystems, including a glass sponge reef and protected marine areas. These islands and islets are blanketed with wildflowers vulnerable to human impacts.
Eelgrass Beds
2
%in shoreline areas
Woodlands
31.6
%on island
Sensitive Ecosystems
16
%protected
Carbon Absorbed by Forests
Emissions saved:
175
cars a year
News Ballenas-Winchelsea LTA
Find out what's happening in and around your local trust area
Gambier Island Official Community Plan and Land Use Bylaw Targeted Review – Check out “Have Your Say” below for online survey coming soon!
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Islands Trust Announces New Director of Planning Services
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Islands Trust Conservancy gives $6,000 funding boost to support nature stewardship on Gabriola Island
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Presentation to Hornby LTC on K’omoks First Nation Treaty negotiations
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Read the latest edition of the Heron
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Islands Trust Conservancy celebrates the protection of Woodpecker Forest on SDȺY¸ES/North Pender Island this Earth Day.
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Islands Trust Conservancy News Release
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