Members enjoy the BBQ meal after the EGM. Photo by Justine Apostolopoulos. On Sunday, September 27th, the Conservancy held an All Members BBQ and Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM). It was lovely to see so many friendly faces turn out for the event to enjoy the good weather, good food, and Read more
Planning is in the works for “Maynely Mushrooms,” one of the Conservancy’s long-standing annual events. This year’s event will be held the weekend of November 14th. Featured Speaker and Mushroom Walk Guide With 2026 being the year of the Coastal Douglas Fir Bioecological Zone, we have invited research sceientist Dr. Read more
Photo by Donna Wood, Native Creatures Category, 2025. Calling all photography and nature enthusiasts! The Conservancy is pleased to announce our 13th Annual Nature Photography Contest, featuring plants, animals and landscape from SḴŦAḴ | Mayne Island. Share your sunset photos, “planet Earth” moments, and the beauty of the Coastal Douglas Read more
Join us at the 2026 National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebrations on SḴŦAḴ / Mayne Island At the time of writing this it is PENÁW̱EṈ, the W̱SÁNEĆ Moon of the Camas Harvest, when plants and flowers are full of growth and blooming. On the island, the SḴŦAḴ Ethnobotany Garden, dedicated to Read more
A landscape in New Zealand, where similar invasive species to BC are being managed. Photo by Ethan Heckrodt. I knelt to tie my boots, leather shining from the rain. It was a soggy morning in Bluff. A small fishing village at the bottom of Aotearoa | New Zealand, Bluff is Read more
Sunday February 22, 2026 On February 22, the Mayne Island Conservancy hosted a pot luck lunch and conversation focused on common interests in wild harvesting. About 25 people gathered together over an array of delicious food, the centrepiece being a venison stew. In attendance were knowledge keepers and hunters from Read more
As the frost recedes (OK, not so much of an issue this year) and the first green shoots begin to peek through the soil, our community is preparing to awaken. This year, we are hosting the 20th May Day celebration on Saturday May 16th: a celebration of the earth’s renewal, Read more
Joni Olsen on the Importance of the Island to the Tsartlip Nation and the Role of Traditional Knowledge in Preserving the Integrity of the Landscape On November 8th, the Conservancy is pleased to welcome Joni Olsen to the Mayne Island Agricultural Hall as the second speaker in this fall’s Speaker Read more
Join Thomas Homer-Dixon at the Mayne Island Agricultural Hall on November 29th, 7:00pm for his presentation on the “Polycrisis.” It is increasingly clear that humanity is facing a combination of powerful and steadily worsening global stresses. These include climate change, outbreaks of disease, economic inequalities, the impacts of social media, Read more
In October 18th, the Conservancy is pleased to welcome Dr. Nancy Turner to the Mayne Island Agricultural Hall as a part of our Speaker Series this autumn. “My work has always been as a student to learn about people’s knowledge and relationships with plants and their environments and to highlight, Read more