The Islands Trust Policy Statement, and how it’s veering off-course
In July 2025, the Islands Trust Council gave the first reading of the draft Trust Policy Statement. This reading was…
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Delegating to the Islands Trust: The 30×30 challenge
On March 7, 2023, Forest Conservation Program Director Shauna Doll made a delegation to Islands Trust Council urging them to…
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Local engagement: letters to elected representatives can help make change
As a science-based organization focused on habitat and wildlife conservation on the vast coastline of BC and a land trust…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: The natural environment is why people come here
This installment is the second of several articles seeking to explore the ways ecosystems differ between the islands within the…
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Synthesis of the Gulf Islands Webinar Series
In November of 2021, a team of scientists, conservationists, and other experts shared their research and knowledge on issues such…
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KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest matching campaign update
It has been three months since Raincoast and the Pender Islands Conservancy launched a $200,000 matching campaign toward our latest…
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Project TEACH Solutions Session
In an effort to bring experts, advocates, and decision makers together to better understand how to better protect intact ecosystems…
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Advancing urgently needed tree protection policy in the Islands Trust
This summer, I had the privilege of working with Raincoast as their Tree Protection Policy Intern. The main focus of…
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Report: Tree Protection Bylaws in British Columbia
Tree bylaws protecting trees on private property exist in many municipalities throughout BC. The Gulf Islands, governed by the Islands…
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Webinar: Tree Protection in the Islands Trust
The Islands Trust is a unique form of local governance in British Columbia. Upon recognizing the ecological significance of the…
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Raincoast has welcomed five new team members!
We are very pleased to have four passionate students joining our team for the summer. Over the summer, these four…
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Welcome to Pender Island, where the destruction of a globally rare ecosystem is ongoing
In the Sunday edition of the Times Colonist, Raincoast ran a full page advertisement asking people to call and email…
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Islands 2050: What will the Gulf Islands look like in 25 years?
The preservation and protection of BC’s Gulf Islands “for the benefit of residents of the trust area and of the…
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Islands in Trust – GIA’s new video
Click here to watch GIA’s new video Source
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GIA video celebrates the Trust
Press Release: ‘Islands in Trust’ film by GIA extols importance of protecting BC’s Gulf Islands Source
