Gabriola Island Trust Area Includes:

Gabriola Island Local Trust Area includes 20 associated islands including:

  • DeCourcy Island
  • Link Island
  • Mudge Island
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Meetings and Events Around: Gabriola

Learn about upcoming Gabriola Island Local Trust Area meetings and events and plan to attend.

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Mar 30
2023

Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting

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Time: 10:30 am
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May 11
2023

Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting

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Time: 10:30 am
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Jun 08
2023

Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting

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Meeting Calendar

Meet Your Local Trust Committee

Tobi Elliott

Tobi Elliott

Gabriola Island Trustee, Executive Committee Vice-Chair

Susan Yates

Susan Yates

Gabriola Island Trustee

Peter Luckham

Peter Luckham

Thetis Island Trustee, Islands Trust Council Chair

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Island Profile

Gabriola Island Local Trust Area includes over 20 islands. It features critical habitat for the Marbled Murrelet seabird and is frequented by Double-crested Cormorants. Vital to salmon, 21% of the Gabriola Local Trust Area foreshore has eelgrass beds and many beaches are suitable spawning habitat for forage fish, the principal diet of Chinook salmon.

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About Conservancy

Recreation Opportunities

Hiking trails

170

kilometres

Parks and Woodland

12

%

protected

Population

Gabriola

4,500

Trust Area

Sensitive Ecosystems

12

%

protected

News Gabriola LTA

Find out what's happening in and around your local trust area

Islands Trust Conservancy’s Species At Risk Program gets federal funding boost

Lək̓ ʷəŋən, METULIYE/Victoria, B.C. –  Islands Trust Conservancy has received a three-year funding boost of $660,000 from Environment and Climate…

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In the foreground there is a yellow painted nail next to a small yellow montane violet plant with three flowers. In the background you can see a woman putting down bright pink flags to mark other threatened plants.

Public Safety Notice – Danger tree work in S’ul-hween X’pey (Elder Cedar) Nature Reserve in February – March

Danger tree work will be happening in the S’ul-hween X’pey (Elder Cedar) Nature Reserve throughout February – March. This is…

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Gabriola LTC 2023 Meeting Schedule – Now Available

The Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 2023 Meeting Schedule is now available and can be found here. To review the…

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Read the latest edition of the Heron

Island Trust Conservancy’s most recent edition of the Heron is out now. Read it online or download it here

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Cover of newsletter showing bright blue waters off Link Island and the Swift family in a small corner photo. Also has smaller feature photos of bright purple flowers and a couple in their yard next to a large tree.

Link Island donated to Islands Trust Conservancy – highest valued land donation in Conservancy’s history

For immediate release Lək̓ ʷəŋən, METULIYE/Victoria, B.C. – Late conservationist Betty Swift has donated Link Island, a 21.45 hectare (52.5…

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Cliffs spotted with over-hanging arbutus trees overlooking the Salish Sea on a rainy spring day. In the foreground little yellow wildflowers and lichens cover the cliff face.

Islands Trust Conservancy provides $5,400 Opportunity Fund grant to support a new nature stewardship program on Thetis Island

Lək̓ ʷəŋən, METULIYE/Victoria, B.C. – The Islands Trust Conservancy has granted $5,400 to Thetis Island Nature Conservancy for a new…

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Volunteers gather in the forest during a training session for THiNC's new Nature Stewards Program.

Introducing Moss Mountain covenant – one of Salt Spring Island’s newest protected areas

Lək̓ ʷəŋən, METULIYE/Victoria, B.C.  –  Islands Trust Conservancy celebrates the protection of nearly 50 hectares of land (112 acres) on…

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Moss Mountain covering with old leaves and naked trees

Islands Trust Announces New Director of Planning Services

Lək̓ ʷəŋən, METULIYE/Victoria, B.C. – Islands Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Stefan Cermak as the new Director…

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Headshot of Islands Trust Director of Planning Stefan Cermak

Islands Trust Conservancy gives $6,000 funding boost to support nature stewardship on Gabriola Island

Lək̓ ʷəŋən, METULIYE/Victoria, B.C.  – Gabriola Land and Trails Trust (GaLTT) has received a $6,000 Opportunity Fund grant from Islands…

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Nature Steward participant sign to encourage wildlife friendly gardens

Islands Trust Conservancy celebrates the protection of Woodpecker Forest on SDȺY¸ES/North Pender Island this Earth Day.

Lək̓ ʷəŋən, METULIYE/Victoria, B.C.  –   Islands Trust Conservancy (ITC) celebrates the addition of Woodpecker Forest, a new protected area that…

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Lisa Baile and Peter Pare in Woodpecker Forest