What’s been happening at GaLTT
We don’t always serve cookies but…
Our Communications Committee needs volunteers! As GaLTT’s activities and programs have expanded in the past few years, so has our need for communications. A lot of work is being done by a very, very small committee—two people—and to complicate matters some of what we’re doing [...]
Save Honeysuckle Woods!
In early 2024 GaLTT and GIMS (Gabriola Island Memorial Society) initiated a petition to the BC Legislature to encourage the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) to relinquish its control of the 40-acre “Barrett Quarry property—a mature forest with high conservation values which is [...]
GaLTT’s Winter/Spring Guided Walk Series
People often ask if GaLTT will do another Winter Walkabout series. The answer is no—that was a pandemic special—but we’ve got something just as good! We’re really excited to announce a series of guided interpretive walks running on the first Saturdays of the month, [...]
Improving accessibility
Drumbeg, Descanso, and more GaLTT is delighted with the accessibility improvements recently made at Drumbeg Provincial Park. Ten volunteers at a November 19 work party spread gravel over path liners to connect the trail and parking lot to the picnic tables and raise the [...]
An important connection opens
Since our formation in 2004, GaLTT has had a vision of a complete "Descanso to Drumbeg" trail from one end of Gabriola to the other, so our Trails crew was delighted to work on the construction of a new trail that links neighbourhoods and [...]
NS tips – putting your garden to bed
A note from Nature Stewards program coordinator Ken Gurr...This is the time when most of us are tucking in our garden beds and surrounds for the heavy winter rains and cold. Taking steps to support wildlife can make fall chores even more rewarding. Here are [...]
Free to good home!
Not all species needing a caretaker have fur or feathers! GaLTT can assist when people develop or do yard and garden projects and need to find new homes for some of their resident plants. Our Native Plant Depot offers a place to make these dependents [...]
Many-legged Marvels
Millipedes are in the same phylum as insects, spiders, and crabs, Arthropoda. There are 32 species listed for BC; one of the most common is one you’ve likely seen on Gabriola on trails and elsewhere: Harpaphe haydeniana haydeniana (Yellow Spotted Millipede). Why they’re good [...]
Introducing Gabriola’s Most Influential Bee
PHOTO: 'Vancouver Island Bumble Bee' with 'mystery Carder Bee' on the left. Article and photo © Carol McDougall. You should meet my bee guy. He’s an assistant prof in Singapore and really knows bees.Before using iNaturalist 8 years ago, I [...]
Heather Kay
GaLTT was saddened to note the passing of former Director Heather Kay on April 19th 2023. Heather served on our Board for 4 years, from 2014 to 2018. Early on she took responsibility for memberships, and she served on the Strategic Planning Committee [...]
Celebrating the power of community
On May 20th 2023, a dedication ceremony was held for a resting bench created to recognize the contributions of Stan and Maxine McRae to the Gabriola community. The bench was crafted by Andre Nobels and had been installed by the GaLTT trail crew a [...]
Resting stumps on Jeanette Trail
When GaLTT first started working to improve accessibility our focus was entirely on getting people with mobility difficulties to the beach (still a significant goal!), but our 2019 survey of Gabriolans’ experience of accessibility revealed that the issue was not just beach access and [...]
