Pender Islands Conservancy AssociationOrganization Mandate
"The purposes of the Society are:
a)To promote awareness and understanding of technological, demographic and cultural changes that may have an impact on the Pender islands' environment;
b)To provide leadership in responding to the above changes where it is deemed appropriate;
c)To promote knowledge of and participation in environmentally friendly land and resource use;
d)To support and assist community efforts to preserve and protect lands of significant importance in maintaining the natural environment;
e)To do everything incidental and necessary to promote and attain th foregoing purposes including obtaining funds and acquiring by purchase, donation or otherwise, land and personal property."
Locations
North and South Pender Islands Current Activities and Projects
Sponsoring Project "Eagle Watch", monitoring Bald Eagle nests on the South Gulf Islands.
Adding to a large inventory of property covenants.
Completed Activities and Projects
Hold covenants on wetland, a riparian area, etc
Speaker Presentations on Spiders, Mushrooms, Orcas
Participated in Salish Sea Mapping Project
Annual Beach Clean-ups and Broom Pulls
Lot 66 - Magic Lake
Medicine Beach
Brooks Point
Fundraising Initiatives
Requesting donations to support project "Eagle Watch". Partners
Pender Island Parks Commission
Gulf Islands Centre for Ecological Learning
Parks Canada
Islands Trust
All Gulf Island Conservancies
Publications
- Periodic Newsletters
- monthly articles in the Pender Post
Volunteers Required
- volunteers for our information booth at the Saturday morning Farmer's Market, broom pulls and beach clean-ups
- speakers on environmental topics
- monitors of Bald Eagle nests
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Box 52, RR1
Pender Island, BC V0N 2M0 Phone: (250) 629-6797
Email: pica@gulfislands.com
Main Contact
Sylvia Pincott
Phone: (250) 629-6797
Email: pica@gulfislands.com
Secondary Contact
Barrie Morrison
Board Member
Phone: (250) 629-3774
Email: pica@gulfislands.com
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