What’s been happening at GaLTT
On Being a Nature Steward
By Ken Gurr, Program Coordinator Since the Nature Stewards program began a few years ago, our team of volunteer guides have visited the properties of close to 150 islanders. And one of the most common questions, or even advance apologies, we get is: “We [...]
Tour de Terre 2024
Sunday April 21st • 1-4 pm Enjoy GaLTT's SELF-GUIDED Nature Stewards "Tour de Terre" on Sunday afternoon, April 21st (the Earth Day Weekend). Visit 7 island properties and learn more about land stewardship and gardening with nature and biodiversity in mind. Admission: FREE—but please [...]
Small scale ecological restoration tips
GaLTT's 2024 AGM began with a presentation on "small scale ecological restoration" by Chris Drake, owner/operator of Coast Alive Stewardship Services on Salt Spring Island. He shared techniques for small landholders to prioritize ecosystem restoration activities that increase biodiversity and enhance wildlife habitat [...]
GaLTT’s Presidents—Tom Cameron
“A fundamental of community building.” When he retired to Gabriola twenty years ago, Tom Cameron brought with him experience in conservation and the planning and management of trail systems. Trained as a plant ecologist, Tom worked as a park planner both provincially and nationally, [...]
2024 AGM report
77 people attended GaLTT’s 20th AGM held at the Golf Course on Sunday March 10th. We began with a presentation by Chris Drake, owner/operator of Coast Alive Stewardship Services from Salt Spring Island, who had taken some GaLTT leadership volunteers on a walk in Sul [...]
GaLTT’s Presidents—Dyan Dunsmoor-Farley
"That's something I could get behind!" In the fall of 2004, Dyan Dunsmoor-Farley saw a notice in The Sounder announcing the first AGM of a new organisation, the Gabriola Land and Trails Trust. Having recently settled on Gabriola, she was keen to get involved [...]
Notice of 2024 AGM
The Annual General Meeting of the Gabriola Land & Trails Trust will be held on March 10th, 2-4 pm, at the Gabriola Golf & Country Club. Doors open at 1:30. Between 1:30 and 2:00 you’ll be able to sign up for an annual or [...]
Report – Walking Through History
GaLTT’s series of guided winter walks kicked off with Walking through History, led by Kerry Marcus. After a snowy January that led to our forest walk being postponed until spring, twenty lucky participants had a beautiful day on February 3 to learn about Gabriola’s [...]
Report – Visioning 2050
Imagining Gabriola’s Land and Sea 2050 What do you envision Gabriola’s environment will be like in 2050, when the current kindergarten kids are 30? How will we get there? These were the big ideas that 76 islanders talked about at the community hall on January [...]
GaLTT’s Presidents—Kerry Marcus
“If we get one new trail, it’ll be worth it.”Kerry Marcus, GaLTT’s first president, was also a founding member of the society, one of a cohort who had a vision for developing Gabriola’s network of recreational trails. In talking about this history, Kerry stresses that [...]
Help Support Gabriola’s Smallest Mammal
Article and photos © Carol McDougall Of 35 threatened mammals in Canada, the largest is the blue whale and the smallest is a Maritime shrew. If you saw a blue whale, it would likely be unmistakable but would you know a shrew if you [...]
“Be astonished.”
"What if this bog-standard corner of England is actually full of adventure, nature, wildness, surprises, silence, perspective — if only I bothered to go out and look?" That's the question adventurer Alastair Humphreys asked himself. Humphreys was named as a National Geographic Adventurer of the [...]
