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Adding the Last Piece
We Need Your Help to Save Antelope-brush
The Nature Trust of BC is working to acquire 34.6 hectares (85 acres) to create the largest private holding of rare Antelope-brush habitat in the South Okanagan. Fifteen years in the making, this fourth and final phase of the Antelope-brush Conservation Area project is underway.
Located at the south end of Vaseux Lake, between Okanagan Falls and Oliver, this acquisition along with The Nature Trust's adjoining property is home to more than 20 species at risk. Most notably, this land supports more than half of the Canadian population of the Behr's Hairstreak butterfly.
Good things happen with time, patience and collaboration. We are very grateful to the many individuals and organizations that have helped with this project to date. Now we are reaching out to ask for your support to add the last piece.
With the commitment of a partial Ecological Gift donation by the landowners, along with committed funds from other agencies, we need to raise $280,000 by March 31, 2015.
Your support will help us conserve a critical piece of the South Okanagan. Please know every dollar helps. We would be grateful to receive your donations online at www.naturetrust.bc.ca or by calling 604-924-9771 (toll free 1-866-288-7878).
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Brant Wildlife Festival
A Celebration of Nature on Vancouver Island
The Nature Trust of BC is delighted to be coordinating the 25th Brant Wildlife Festival in March and April on Vancouver Island. Join us on March 7 to celebrate this special anniversary at the Quality Resort Bayside in Parksville. You can enjoy dinner, music, a silent auction and a nature photo display by the Oceanside Photographers. Tickets are $35 per person and available from the Bayside or by calling 1-866-288-7878 or e-mailing [email protected]
The festival celebrates nature on mid-Vancouver Island, especially Brant geese as they stop to rest and feed during their migration to their northern nesting grounds. There are plenty of activities for all ages and interests including wildlife viewing, guest speakers and boat tours at VIU Deep Bay Marine Field Station, and a nature camp for kids at Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park. You can find all the details at brantfestival.bc.ca.
The Nature Trust is coordinating the festival with help from the Arrowsmith Naturalists, BC Ferries, Beach Club Resort, City of Parksville, Lohn Foundation, Pacific Rainforest Adventure Tours, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, VIU Deep Bay Marine Field Station, and other groups and volunteers.
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