What’s been happening at GaLTT
Be generous on trails
Recently GaLTT’s Facebook page got a comment asking cyclists to consider using bells more when approaching from behind, because the writer is hard of hearing and is unlikely to hear them coming. The use of bells is recommended by most sources, including on our Share [...]
Volunteer profile – Carol Chislett
Don't live here full time? You can still have an impact on GaLTT! Carol Chislett likes theme vacations and in 1995, finding light houses was the mission. When she got off the ferry to find the view of Entrance Island, she took a wrong [...]
Check out our new Cycling page!
Check out the new Cycling page on this site! Not only do you get some tips about cycling on Gabriola, you can access GPS tracks for 8 routes that GaLTT member (and former board member) Tom Wojcik has ridden. These routes are of varying [...]
Support conservation with a BC Parks licence plate
You've probably noticed those special BC Parks licence plates around—but did you know that they help pay for the work GaLTT does? The BC Parks licence plate program was created in 2017, and in the past few years it has [...]
2025 End to End – report and map
Under clear skies, 70 walkers set out from the log church at Silva Bay on GaLTT's thirteenth End to End hike. Our destination, the Haven, was 17 km ahead. (Download a pdf of the route map by clicking.) GaLTT has long had the goal of [...]
Restoring Goodhue Creek
New plantings along Goodhue Creek help filter winter runoff and improve riparian habitat Gabriola Land and Trails Trust volunteers were at the Golf Course on April 25th and planted a variety of native shrubs and small plants along the south bank of [...]
2025 AGM Report
More than 95 people attended GaLTT’s AGM, held at the Golf Course on Saturday March 29th. Ken Gurr introduced video presentations about three of GaLTT’s 118 Nature Stewards. In the videos each landholder explained their particular approach to rewilding and keeping their land wild. They [...]
End to End 2025
Join us for GaLTT’s annual End to End hike, Saturday, June 7, 10 am to 4 pm, from Silva Bay to the Haven (17 km total). 10 am: meet at the log Catholic Church at Silva Bay (park on site) 12 pm: picnic lunch stop [...]
Why Native Plants?
Featured image: prunus miner bee on Oregon grape, by Carol McDougall. Pollinating insects transfer pollen from male to female plants, resulting in the development of fruits and seeds. More than 1/3 of the food we and other creatures eat is created by the work [...]
There are different bank accounts in life
Photo: Dean Gaudry (L) at a 2020 GaLTT conservation planning workshop with GaLTT members Kerry Marcus, Tom Cameron, and John Peirce. Dean attended as a representative of Nanaimo & Area Land Trust. Article by Trish MatsonIn October of 2024, RDN director Vanessa Craig and GaLTT [...]
Earth Day Invasives Blitz!
Earth Day - a worldwide event celebrated annually on April 22nd - is an opportunity for us to take action to support the natural environment. Though many threats to the health of Planet Earth are global challenges, there are things we can do to [...]
A call from the Gabriola Museum
Although GaLTT and the Gabriola Museum work in different areas, there are also important ways in which our work overlaps. Both organizations contribute to the health of the lands and living things that reside on our island, and the Museum is an important resource [...]
