Help SILT with the costs to steward its conservation properties
Acquiring conservation properties is just the first step. Sometimes those parcels require restoration to improve their habitat for wildlife, and they always need ongoing maintenance to keep them healthy and productive, supporting both wildlife and people. Sometimes that involves keeping people from degrading the environment with motorized vehicles or from ‘overloving’ the property’s important natural features; other times, it just means monitoring.
But, it all costs money, and as a small, non-profit relying on a board of volunteers, SILT does not have deep pockets.
That’s where you come in. Simply select a zone or multiple zones on a map of one of our properties, fill out a form and make a donation to become a sponsor and steward of that ‘zone’ of property.
You’ll receive a stewardship certificate and a receipt for income tax purposes—or you can make your donation on behalf of a loved one, or in memorium.
Sponsorships are valid for a period of 12 months from the date of payment.
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R.E. TAYLOR CONSERVATION PROPERTY
Situated on the banks of Keremeos Creek near Olalla, between Penticton and Keremeos, the property is a gem of intact streamside Water Birch forest, one of very few remaining in the Okanagan-Similkameen.
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BOURGUIBA SPRING, LOT 17 , OSOYOOS
Lot 16 is a steep, south-facing grassland with rock oucroos coove a ravine tnal prolecs a vear-roune crounewaler sorne-ne source of Bourguiba Creek, which flows into Haynes Creek, a tributary of Osoyoos Lake.
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COLD CREEK PROPERTY
Located west of Keremeos, this property includes Similkameen River frontage, with access to steep, upland Crown lands which are habitat for California bighorn sheep, goats & rattlesnakes.
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GRAND FORKS GRASSLANDS
Rolling hills of bunchgrass interspersed with patches of trembling aspen-rose thickets located just east of Grand Forks, is year-round habitat for a herd of 200-300 California biahorn sheeo. Rams and ewes of all ages use the land.
