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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

Volunteer opportunity: Help us heal the land at Flycatcher Forest

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....

Flycatcher Forest: Collaboration for Conservation September 24 and 25, 2021

Unfortunately, we had to cancel the Friday evening part of this event due to COVID-19. Hopefully, we will be able to reschedule it next...

New: Summer Day Camps

Secrets of the Forest August 4 Children aged 7 to 1o will be exploring the wonders of the forest and learn about the amazing web of life...

New: Summer day Camp

Wonders of the Ocean Friday July 23, 2021 A fun day in which children ages 8 to 12 will explore the intertidal zone, the amazing world...

Creating Habitat: Eelgrass Planting

June 1 - 4 2021, Divers planted 1700 shoots of eelgrass to create marine habitat in Hope Bay and in Bedwell Harbour off of Medicine...

Broom Bashing on Pender 2021

The Second Annual Ursula Poepel Broom Bash moved a mountain of broom out of our native habitats and into the chippers for composting. ...

The S,DAYES Flycatcher Forest Nature Sanctuary Purchase is Complete!

The Pender Islands Conservancy and Raincoast Conservation Foundation are thrilled to announce that our purchase of the S,DAYES Flycatcher...

Time to Bash the Broom: May 10th to 24th, 2021

The 2nd Annual Ursula Poepel Broom Bash is happening May 1oth to 24th. Broom is a highly invasive plant that engages in chemical warfare:...

Happy Earth Day: celebrate by planting a native plant

Come down to the Conservancy Nature Centre at Hope Bay pick up a native plant for your yard or garden. Plants are being sold at cost, to...

A clean start for Earth day

Thank you to all who participated in the Pender |Islands Conservancy Earth Day Clean-up On April 17, 2021. Over 100 people scoured the...

Earth Day Clean-up

Come out and help keep our island and its shores clean! Saturday April 17th is the annual Earth Day Beach and Roadside Clean-up. This...

You did it: 13 acres in 3 months!

S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest will be permanently protected to become the old-growth habitat of the future. Photo: Alex Harris | Raincoast...

Our goal is within reach to permanently protect S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest

Two months into our campaign, we are less than $20,000 away from our fundraising goal! When we launched our fundraising campaign in...

All we want for Christmas is an olive-sided flycatcher in a Douglas-fir tree

Help us unwrap a $100,000 pledge from the Sitka Foundation to close 2020 on a win! Photo by Sandy Proulx We're happy to report that we...

Explore S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest: Webinar, video and fundraising update

We are now only $12,000 away from unlocking the $50,000 gift Dec. 10, 2020 On December 1st Pender Islands Conservancy and Raincoast...

Christmas Bird Count for Kids: Saturday January 2nd, 2021

The dedicated organizers of the CBC4Kids and the Pender Islands Conservancy warmly invites families to join in Pender's annual kids and...

Christmas Bird Count: Saturday December 19, 2020

Calling Pender Bird Enthusiasts: Join us December 19 for the world's longest running citizen science wildlife survey, the 120th Annual...