Please welcome Alistair Marr-Paine to the Conservancy staff team! Alistair will be working with us in the position of Ecosystems Technician from May 6th until the end of August. He will be involved in many Read more…
If you were to ever invite a turkey vulture to dinner, it’d be a long, drawn out, rather repelling affair: The meal would begin by not beginning, as turkey vultures don’t have very sharp beaks Read more…
This month we’re shining the spotlight on a very popular plant called great camas. You may have heard of this sun loving native perennial bulb or seen its showy purple flower. If you haven’t seen Read more…
While May Day is a fundraising event for the Mayne Island Conservancy Society, it is much more than that. It’s when we get together to celebrate and cherish this unique little corner of the world Read more…
On Saturday afternoon, April 22, the Conservancy held an open house at the Agricultural Hall to celebrate our 20th anniversary, including a brief Annual General Meeting (AGM). What a wonderful event this turned out to Read more…
Thank You to All Cleanup Volunteers! A hearty thank you to all beach captains, cleanup teams, recycling depot volunteers, and supporting businesses who helped make the 2023 beach cleanup a success. Even mother nature helped Read more…
Twenty-eight people took the ferry to Swartz Bay on March 23 to participate in the Conservancy’s W̱SÁNEĆ day long field trip. The day began with a land acknowledgement: “With gratitude, we respectfully acknowledge that we Read more…
By Robert Anthony, monthly donor. The Mayne Island Conservancy has made it a priority to double the number of monthlydonors in 2023. Why is this an important goal? The primary reason is that a larger Read more…
Community Meeting: Sunday, May 21 at 1:00 pm at the Ag. Hall grounds If you’ve lived on Mayne Island for any length of time, you know we have a deer problem. In addition to the Read more…
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