The Pender Islands Conservancy (lead by Lisa Baile), with permission from Transition Salt Spring, has revised their brochure entitled “How do Healthy Forests Reduce the Risk of Wildfires?”, to make it specifically applicable for Pender Island. This visually striking and informative brochure provides information about the pathways through which healthy forest cover helps to protect soils, groundwater, and surface water, stores and absorbs carbon, buffers against drought and flooding, reduces...

Click on the image above to go to the survey! Thank you for your support and ideas! What do we do? The Pender Islands Conservancy Association is a group of people who value and appreciate the natural beauty of the Pender Islands and the surrounding Salish Sea, and understand the importance of preserving the varied habitats found here. Our mandate is to endeavour to safeguard the evolution of our natural environment in balance with increasing human presence. Pender Islands Conservancy...

David Manning Image by David Manning Trailheads: South Pender—Ainsley Pt. Road and Canal Road Both these trails end at the summit of Mt. Norman . With spectacular views, this hike is worth the effort and best done on a clear day. For our walk here we will begin at the Ainsley Point Road Trailhead. This 2.4 km round-trip trail in Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, mostly an invigorating uphill trek, climaxes at a lovely bluff viewpoint, the highest point on Pender at 244 meters. Bring lots...