Grantee Profile: Salt Spring Island Conservancy

To secure stewardship agreements or conservation covenants to better protect habitat for rare species in the face of increasing urban development pressure.

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• British Columbia

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• Inactive Programs

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The grant supports work to conserve rare botanical resources on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.

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• British Columbia

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• Inactive Programs

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The grant supported a project to conserve open space and rare botanical resources, including Garry Oak ecosystems. The Conservancy mapped threatened Garry Oak on Salt Spring Island, and encouraged private landowners to adopt land management practices that will sustain and enhance these ecosystems.

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• British Columbia

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• Inactive Programs

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Salt Spring Island Conservancy is a community-based nonprofit organization whose purpose is to conserve, protect, and enhance the natural values on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia and its surrounding waters. The grant supports a program to protect the islandÍs freshwater resources and watershed environments, enhance wildlife habitat, and promote the sustainable use of land and water.

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• British Columbia

Program Areas

• Inactive Programs

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