Vancouver Island Region

Wetland Conservation Activities

Conservation Organizations & Stewards

Comox Valley Regional District

Cumberland Community Forest Society, Cumberland

Project Watershed, Comox Valley

Friends of Cathedral Grove (FROG) “Ribbits”, Cathedral Grove

Capitol Regional District

Friends of Tod Creek Watershed, Saanich

Rithet’s Bog Conservation Society, Victoria

Victoria Natural History Society, Victoria

The Galiano Conservancy Association is a community based non-profit society and registered charity dedicated to preserving and enhancing the human and natural environment on Galiano Island.

The Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT) is a regional land trust that conserves nature on south Vancouver Island and the southern Gulf Islands.

Cowichan Valley Regional District

Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society, Duncan

The Cowichan Community Land Trust is committed to conserving, protecting, and enhancing the quality of the human and natural environment of the Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia.

Nanaimo Regional District

The Nanaimo Area Land Trust works to support, promote and protect the natural values of land and water in the Nanaimo area.

Strathcona Regional District (includes the Discovery Islands archipelago)

Friends of Cortes Island Society works to monitor and preserve the health of local ecosystems, and to provide educational programs that foster a greater understanding of the natural environment. Through all of our projects, we work to promote environmental integrity through community responsibility.

Activities

Map our Marshes, Duncan (2013)

East Vancouver Island Wetlands Institute (2014)

Shawnigan Lake School Wetland Project, Shawnigan Lake

Resources for the Vancouver Island Region

The CRD Regional Map is an online mapping tool for Capitol Regional District residents who want to use mapping to learn and see the natural features, wetlands and habitats in the region.