Ballenas-Winchelsea Island Trust Area Includes:

Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands Local Trust Area includes 11 associated islands including:

  • Ada Islands
  • Mistaken Island
  • Ruth Island
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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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Oct 13
2021

Ballenas-Winchelsea Local Trust Committee

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Time: 11:00 am
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Jun 25
2021

Trust Programs Committee

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Time: 9:00 am
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Jul 07
2021

Trust Council Special Meeting

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Time: 7:00 pm
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Meeting Calendar

Meet Your Trustees

Dan Rogers

Dan Rogers

Gambier/Keats Island Trustee, Vice-Chair for Executive Committee

Dan Rogers is serving his second term as Local Trustee for Gambier Island.

Sue Ellen Fast

Sue Ellen Fast

Bowen Island Trustee and Municipal Councillor, Co-Chair for Executive Committee

Sue Ellen Fast is a Municipal Councillor in her second term as a Bowen Island Municipality Trustee.

 

 

Laura Patrick

Laura Patrick

Salt Spring Island Trustee, Vice-Chair for Executive Committee

Laura Patrick is serving her first term as a Salt Spring Island Local Trustee.

Peter Luckham

Peter Luckham

Thetis Island Trustee, Chair for Executive Committee

Peter Luckham is serving as a Thetis Island Local Trustee since 2005, and Executive Committee Chair since 2014.

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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.

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About Conservancy

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

June 18, 2021 – July 7-8, 2021, Special Trust Council Meeting to Consider First Reading of the Draft of the New Policy Statement

Islands Trust Council invites the public to participate in a special meeting being held electronically July 7-8, 2021, to consider…

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News Release

June 3 – Gabriola, Salt Spring and Victoria Offices Open

Islands Trust offices are open with limited hours at the Gabriola and Salt Spring locations. Social distancing and masks are…

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A surge of development applications slows processing times at Islands Trust

The pandemic trend of home improvement, property development, and purchases are resulting in longer development application processing times.

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News Release

Freshwater Sustainability Grant

The Islands Trust is thrilled to be receiving $190,000 from the Real Estate Foundation of BC as part of the…

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Salt Spring Island Waterfall

Islands Trust Response to COVID-19

Islands Trust has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by adjusting its operations.

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Islands Trust Council Approves 2021/22 Budget

The Islands Trust Council has approved the 2021/22 budget.

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30 Nature Reserves in 30 Years – The Heron Newsletter, Spring 2021

The Islands Trust Conservancy’s Spring 2021 Heron newsletter is special. It marks their 30th anniversary at the close of March…

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