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“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement, the greatest source of visual beauty, the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the great source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”

-David Attenborough

We Need Your Input: Developing A Management Plan For S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest

Last year, the Pender Island Conservancy and Raincoast purchased a 13-acre property on S,DÁYES or Pender Island. Now, we are seeking...

3rd Annual Ursula Poepel Broom Bash

Be Ursula for a day! She was passionate about this island and unafraid to share her thoughts on it. She was Pender's Broom Bash queen. ...

Meet the Conservancy Summer Staff!

Welcome to Pender Hannah and Cassidy! We are so excited to have these 2 amazing people joining the Conservancy this summer! You will see...

Pender Clean Up: Thanks to all who helped keep debris from our beautiful islands and the Salish Sea

Many thanks to the folks who scoured the beaches, shores, parks and roadsides of North and South Pender removing plastics, garbage and...

Career Opportunity: Education and Communications Coordinator

Pender Islands Conservancy invites applications for a full-time Education and Communications Coordinator, beginning April 18, 2022....

Earth Day Beach and Roadside Clean Up Saturday April 23, 2022, 9-12:30

Earth Day is a day to celebrate the wonders of our planet Earth and all the wild and wonderful life it supports. It is also a day to...

EXTENDED to June 8! Every dollar donated to KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest will be quadrupled!

UPDATE In mid-March, Pender Islands Conservancy and Raincoast initiated a $100,000 matching campaign toward the purchase and protection...

Job Opportunity: Ecological Technician

Pender Islands Conservancy invites applications for a 7-month Ecological Technician position, beginning April 5, 2022. Applicants must be...

Magnificent Mosses: Sat. Feb 19th

Join us for a natural history walk at KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest at 9:30 am. We'll discuss the Pender Conservancy's latest land...

Natural History Walk: Brooks Point Saturday January 22, 2022, 9:30 a.m.

Brooks Point has been described as an "ecological gem," with woodlands, meadows, rocky coastal bluffs, and a marine shoreline, rich with...

KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest fundraising campaign update

Less than 3 weeks into our campaign, we have reached our first fundraising checkpoint goal! On December 22, 2021, the Pender Conservancy...

Progress update on KELÁ_EKE Kingfisher Forest fundraising campaign

On December 22, 2021, the Pender Islands Conservancy and Raincoast Conservation Foundation announced the first step toward the purchase...

November Mushroom Nature Walk: Update

Mushroom Madness Saturday, November 6: Twenty two intrepid budding mycologists of all ages joined in the Conservancy Nature Walk along...

Bird and Birding Activities in December

Winter Bird Walk at Hope Bay: Saturday December 11, 2021 9:30: Meet at the Conservancy Centre at Hope Bay for a refresher on Winter Bird...

Saturday, November 19, 2021 7 p.m. Spotted Owls: Shadows in an Old Growth Forest with Jared Hobbs

After a long hiatus due to COVID-19, the Pender Islands Conservancy is happy to resume hosting educational presentations once again. We...

November Nature Walk Saturday November 6, 2021: Mushroom Madness

Fall is a great time to get outdoors and enjoy what nature has to offer on the trails of Pender Island. Please join us on Saturday,...

Volunteer opportunity: Help us heal the land at Flycatcher Forest Feb 6, 2022

Any and all volunteers interested in land restoration are welcome to join the Pender Islands Conservancy and Raincoast Conservation...

Nature Walk to Roe Lake: Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

For the first Conservancy Nature walk of the fall and winter season, a small but intrepid group hiked around Roe Lake. While mostly...

Kelp Surveys August 2021

Once again, Team Kelp volunteers headed out onto the waters around Pender Island mapping the kelp forests growing along our shores. ...

Hope Bay Salmon Stream Project: Rock on!

Stalwart Hope Bay Salmon Stream project volunteers spend 2 days hauling rock and shoveling gravel to enhance salmon habitat in the stream....