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Caring for the Land

Native Plants

Spring Plant Sale

The Conservancy’s native plant nursery has limited availability this spring due to persistent high demand over the past couple of years (thank you for your support!). We do have a small amount of about 25 different native species, and will be offering an email-based sale for members only this spring Read more…

By Rob Underhill, 6 monthsMarch 31, 2023 ago
Field Notes

Stinging Nettles: Nuisance or Nutritious?

During my youth growing up in north-western BC, my first physical encounter with stinging nettle was while ambling along a creek side close to where my friends Joy and June lived. Although I was still in elementary school, I had some knowledge of the native plants that grew in our Read more…

By Deb Foote, 6 monthsMarch 31, 2023 ago
Caring for the Land

Spring Landholder Consultations

Spring is a great time to identify the different plants on your property. While some plants such as trees and shrubs can be observed and identified any time of year, many herbaceous plants are annuals or go dormant during the dry summer and cold winter. For this reason, we encourage Read more…

By Rob Underhill, 6 monthsMarch 29, 2023 ago
News and Updates

Environmentally Friendly Transportation Options on Mayne

Although our island is small, there are times when transportation is required. Here are some green ways to get around Mayne. Community Bus After a hiatus during the worst of the COVID pandemic, the community bus is now back up and running year round. The bus usually parks near the Read more…

By Lisa Siddons, 7 monthsMarch 2, 2023 ago
Caring for the Land

Prioritizing Exotic Plant Management

Two hundred and thirty-five exotic plant species have been documented growing wild on Mayne Island, and it’s safe to assume there are more whose presence has not been recorded, since efforts to observe and document plant species on the island have been somewhat infrequent and patchy. Each new species added Read more…

By Rob Underhill, 7 monthsMarch 2, 2023 ago
Native Plants

Indigenous Relations and the Conservancy

I joined the Mayne Island Conservancy many years ago because their members are concerned about the land and the future of the earth, and take action where they live. When I joined the Conservancy Board in 2022, I did so because I believed the Conservancy would be a good organization Read more…

By Jennifer Iredale, 8 monthsJanuary 31, 2023 ago
Deer Problem Updates

Fallow Deer – Time to Act

The Mayne Conservancy decided over a year ago that we needed to engage with the provincial government on the overabundant invasive fallow deer problem on Mayne. Since then we have shared with you our letters and the one response from the government. We decided that with the recent change in Read more…

By Robin Walsh, 8 monthsJanuary 27, 2023 ago
Deer Problem Updates

Conservancy Letter on Invasive Fallow Deer

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…

By Malcolm Inglis, 8 monthsJanuary 20, 2023 ago
Caring for the Land

Canada Land Trust Summit – October 24-26, 2022

A report from the Alliance of Canadian Land Trusts conference held in October, 2022, and attended by two Conservancy board members.

By Adrienne Brown, 10 monthsDecember 4, 2022 ago
Birds

Attracting Backyard Birds

If you stand underneath a large Douglas fir this time of year, it may not be as quiet and still as you’d expect. Chickadees peck at the cones, chittering juncos scavenge fallen seeds, a nuthatch clings upside down on the trunk and regards you curiously, flickers hunt insects in the Read more…

By Justine Apostolopoulos, 10 monthsDecember 2, 2022 ago

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