Do you have bats on your property? Have you seen them entering or exiting their daytime roosts? The Mayne Island Community Bat Conservation Program is looking for roosting colony sites for our Annual Bat Count. 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 Read more…
A Community Resource Towering trees, feathery moss, chirping birds, and epic views. Together, Mt. Parke Regional Parke, Mary Jeffery Park, and Plumper Pass Community Park make up the largest public park on Mayne Island. With Read more…
This afternoon, the transfer of St. John Point from private to public hands was completed. The purchase has gone through, thanks to the hard work and generosity of our donors, volunteers, partners and friends. A Read more…
This has been the busiest year ever …for the Mayne Island Conservancy as we lead our first major land protection campaign to the finish line, successfully protecting St. John Point forever. Through this experience we Read more…
As you’ve probably heard by now, we have succeeded in protecting St. John Point forever. We talked to our Executive Director, Michael Dunn, about what the new partnership with Capital Regional District Parks means for Read more…
Time for some great news! We’re able to purchase St. John Point! CRD has joined as a major funding partner. We’re not quite finished fundraising, though. The final push is on. We need to raise another Read more…
by Michael Dunn The conservation covenant is one of the most useful and flexible land stewardship tools we have available to us. A conservation covenant is a legal tool created by Section 219 of the Read more…
The Conservancy’s second annual Community Bat Program has increased in size with several important milestones including: a celebrated Community Bat presentation by HAT wildlife biologists, 18 bat surveys across Mayne Island, and over 100 bat Read more…
