What’s been happening at GaLTT
WW8: Heavenly Haven Woods
This walk includes street walking and travels through the mixed forest of Haven Woods. Access to this trail is generously made available to the public through a GaLTT trail licence. Approx Time: 80 minutes Approx Distance: 4.2 km Difficulty: easy, some street walking Begin: [...]
WW Walk 7: Champain Trail
The lovely seventh walk offers travels through both mixed new growth and more mature mixed-wood forests. Approx Time: 1 hour Approx Distance: 4.5 Difficulty: Easy with some surface roots Begin: End of Degnen Road South. Please note that there is very limited parking approx [...]
Conservation survey results
In July 2021 GaLTT surveyed Gabriolans to find out how much they were aware of our conservation work. Over 320 people participated, which delighted us—thank you to all who contributed. Demographics of respondents First we asked people to let us know what general categories [...]
Small-scale ecosystem restoration
UPDATE: the Zoom recording of the Small-scale ecosystem restoration webinar is now available. ...through invasive plant control, wildlife habitat enhancement, and wildfire risk reduction. Friday, February 25, 7 pm, Zoom Mark your calendar for this Zoom event with Chris Drake, ecologist and owner/operator of [...]
Land stewardship and density donations
UPDATE: if you missed this event, the recording of the Density Donation and Land Stewardship webinar is available on the ITC site. Housing, density transfers, land stewardship... they all interact and there are few issues on Gabriola that get people so roused. [...]
GaLTT AGM—mark your calendar
GaLTT’s AGM will be held by Zoom on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. We'll be reporting on our 2021 activities and electing new Directors for two-year terms. Member registration will start at 6.30pm. The formal meeting will start at 7pm. Please mark your calendars. GaLTT members [...]
WW Walk 6: Sandwell Climb
Our sixth walk travels through the cliff ecosystem of Sandwell Provincial Park, with opportunities to enjoy the pebble and low-tide sandy foreshore at Lock Bay and views of the Strait of Georgia, Entrance Island and the Sunshine Coast. Approx Time: 45 mins Approx Distance: [...]
WW Walk 5: Decourcy Views
Walk #5: check out the big trees in Gabriola Sands Provincial Park, then walk the forested Decourcy loop, visiting viewpoints along the way. Approx Time: 45 mins Approx Distance: 2.3 km Difficulty: easy with one short steep hill Begin: parking area at Gabriola Sands [...]
WW Walk 4: Trees and Benches
Walk #4 offers clear day views of Vancouver Island and travels through mixed-wood forest in which are situated three benches beautifully crafted by volunteer Jamie Doig, with maple wood donated by Charlotte and Tom Cameron, and installed by GaLTT work crews. Approx Time: 1.5 [...]
WW Walk 3: Entwined Trees
Our third walk offers quiet roads, a forest trail, ocean views and a diverse range of trees in the Berry Point area. Approx Time: 30-40 mins Approx Distance: 2 km Difficulty: moderate (includes hills) Begin: Berry Point Road at Haig (Alternative: use the parking [...]
WW Walk 2: Drumbeg Garry Oak Ecosystem
Our second walk offers forest and Garry oak meadow trails with lovely shoreline views towards Saturnina, Breakwater and Valdes islands. Approx Time: one hour Approx Distance: 2.5 km return (a figure-eight loop route) Difficulty: easy to moderate (a few short steep sections with tree [...]
Workparty: restoration prep
After all the work our volunteers did last year clearing Daphne from Queequeg Community Park and adjoining trails, we are excited to be moving to Step 2—Restoration. The RDN is providing shrubs that we will plant to prevent Daphne re-establishing. Before we plant, we [...]
