What’s been happening at GaLTT
Zoom AGM
We held a very successful AGM by Zoom at the beginning of February, with over 50 members participating and no technical glitches! Board reported a successful year of achievements in 2020 despite Covid restrictions to some of our activities. We were delighted to welcome [...]
Improving accessibility
In mid January our wonderful volunteers were on their knees or bending low to carefully excavate (supervised by an archeologist) beside the trails on the Pilot Bay side of Twin Beaches. This was followed by some salal clipping as they prepared to [...]
Starting the year off right
Libby's sturdy invasives removal crew saw January out on the 31st with a very successful, carefully distanced work party that removed huge piles of Daphne laurel from the Whalebone Community Parks. RDN will carry those piles away for disposal in Nanaimo. Local disposal options [...]
707 Park Expansion
In October 2020 the RDN announced its purchase of 3.6-hectare (9-acre) property abutting 707 Community Park and immediately east of Coats Marsh Regional Park. This was the omitted "remainder parcel" in the rezoning proposal which enlarged 707-Community Park by 136 hectares (336 acres) a couple [...]
2020 Planning
It's not as bad as the photo suggests, but some days it feels like it! The Board continued with a different kind of slog than walkers experience—bringing our Policies and Procedures up to date and in line with the Standards and Practices of the [...]
2020 Invasives
JANUARY On January 5th a large joint gathering of volunteers from our trail work and invasives teams tackled the young hand-pullable broom in the Drumbeg Park meadow, and used the Extractigators to pull some of the mature Daphne laureola in the shady areas. [...]
2020 Events
JANUARY On Saturday January 4, an adventurous group of walkers joined GaLTT board member Rebecca for the third in our series of guided walks "The A,B,Cs of Gabriola Trails". They started at the Wilkinson Way trailhead on South Road, walking up into 707 [...]
2020 AGM
AGM & SPEAKEROn March 3, before our AGM, Dr Richard Hebda frightened us and entertained us speaking about Climate Change and the Gulf Islands Environment. He first depressed us with data confirming that rapidly changing climate is raising sea-levels significantly and will greatly change [...]
2020 Accessibility
FEBRUARY Since our beach and trails accessibility survey, GaLTT had been negotiating with RDN parks department about the lack of flattish trails in 707 for walkers with limited mobility. At our request, they removed the steep berm at the Jeanette entrance to [...]
2020 Trailwork
FEBRUARY Throughout February, our hardy crews dug ditches in an attempt to improve drainage on the regularly-flooding Keith Road right-of-way trail—neighbours reported great improvement. If any very wet patches persist, they will be boardwalked. MARCH Peter's crew brought March in [...]
2019 Planning
NOVEMBER On November 23, 27 GaLTT members gathered at The Commons under the guidance of Wave Consulting to assess how well GaLTT has performed in completing the objectives of our 2015-2020 Strategic Plan. Board President summarized our activities and achievements in that period. [...]
2019 Invasives
APRIL-MAY BROOM-BASH: On April 28 GaLTT and the Lions Club held their annual kick-off broom-bash in Drumbeg Park. A grand total of 64 volunteers turned up to help clear a large area near the trees, revealing some camas lilies still bravely blooming. [...]
