Land Stewardship

The Second Annual Ursula Poepel Broom Bash moved a mountain of broom out of our native habitats and into the chippers for composting. Roadways, parks, and private land up and down north and south Pender were cleared of this noxious and highly flammable plant that is turning natural and diverse habitat all over the Pacific Coast into monocultures where nothing else can grow. Our staff and volunteers, landowners, and concerned citizens, spent many long hours over the two wee

The Pender Islands Conservancy and Raincoast Conservation Foundation are thrilled to announce that our purchase of the S,DAYES Flycatcher Forest is complete and Pender has a beautiful new nature Sanctuary. Heartfelt thanks to our many donors from Pender Island and all across the country who made this a dream come true. We will be busy over the next few months doing restoration work and developing our management plan. Until these are complete we are asking that the public no

S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest will be permanently protected to become the old-growth habitat of the future. Photo: Alex Harris | Raincoast Conservation Foundation Thursday, February 18, 2021 We are excited to announce that together with Raincoast Conservation Foundation, we have raised the funds required to purchase and permanently protect S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest on North Pender Island! It was just in November that we officially submitted an offer to purchase this 13 acre prope

We are now only $12,000 away from unlocking the $50,000 gift Dec. 10, 2020 On December 1st Pender Islands Conservancy and Raincoast Conservation Foundation announced a match funding campaign in support of protecting S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest on North Pender Island: we will be gifted $50,000 if we can raise the same amount with individual donations. We are now only $12,000 away from unlocking this $50,000! Can you help bring us to this goal? We are inviting you to learn more:

Photo by Alex Harris The Pender Islands Conservancy and Raincoast Conservation Foundation are partnering in an exciting campaign to purchase 13 acre property on North Pender Island as part of a larger effort entitled “Forests for the Future,” aimed at helping to protect the threatened habitats of the Coastal Douglas-fir forests. This beautiful property is unique in that it supports several ecologically important features in a relatively small area. The wetland is an oasis for

The First Annual Ursula Poepel Broom Bash received a great deal of support from the Pender Islands Community!