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 be! The Hall was decorated with displays of our work over the past twenty years, Read more…
You may have heard us talk about the CAMAS Fund, or read about it in connection with one of the Conservancy’s land protection projects, and wondered, “What is it, really?” CAMAS stands for Conservation, Acquisition, Management And Stewardship. If you’ve ever donated on our website to Lands Protected in Perpetuity, Read more…
With the recent changes in the provincial government Cabinet, the Conservancy wrote to Nathan Cullen, Minister of Water, Land, and Resource Stewardship, on January 16, 2023 requesting that the government of BC take action on the fallow deer issue on Mayne by providing a funded solution. Here’s our letter: To: Read more…
Want to make a difference and help protect nature on our island? The Mayne Island Conservancy Society seeks a volunteer Director/Treasurer to join our volunteer Board of Directors. This is a financial oversight role. The Treasurer will work with our bookkeeper, who takes care of the day-to-day management of transactions, Read more…
At our April Annual General Meeting, two of our directors retired and three new directors were elected. Retiring were Alison Martin, our former Treasurer, and Don Enright. Our new directors are Jennifer Iredale, Michael Leeson and Robin Walsh. Alison came to us a few years ago when our previous Treasurer, Read more…
To follow up on previous posts in the Oystercatcher, in the fall of 2021 the Conservancy began to more actively advocate with the provincial government to live up to its responsibility to deal with the hyperabundant populations of introduced Fallow deer and the native Blacktail deer. The large numbers of Read more…
Are you passionate about nature and education? Do you have experience or interest in helping an organization meet its potential? The Mayne Island Conservancy is seeking candidates for our 2022 Board of Directors. Our Mission: to work with the community to conserve the ecology of Mayne Island and its surrounding water Read more…
In October, 2021 the Mayne Island Conservancy Board of Directors approved a policy regarding overabundant deer on Mayne Island. See the full policy here; below are some of its key points. The Mayne Island Conservancy has an important role to play by providing evidence-based information on the environmental impacts associated Read more…
On August 15 of this year, the Conservancy held its annual general meeting in Miners’ Bay Park. In spite of the sunny weather, the meeting was fairly sparsely attended compared to the previous year, presumably mainly due to the fatigue on the ongoing pandemic. We reported on the previous year’s activities, elected Read more…
The Mayne Island Conservancy is taking measures to ensure it can live up to its legal commitment to protect our conservation covenant on St John Point. This commitment is twofold: Monitoring the site at least annually to see that the owner (Capital Regional District) honours its commitment to preserve the ecological Read more…