Grassland Mgmt Plan Released
SILT has completed and released its management plan for the Grand Forks Grasslands. You can read the full report here or visit the property pages for more specific information on each parcel.
DL 492 Grand Forks Grassland
DL 493 Grand Forks Grassland
SILT Achieves Conservation Excellence Certification!
By: Gordon Wilson
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SILT Achieves Conservation Excellence Certification!
The Southern Interior Land Trust is one of the first in Canada to receive Conservation Excellence Certification from the national Centre for Land Conservation.
This recognition for conservation leadership was announced today by the CLC, which noted this marks a significant milestone in the evolution of Canada’s land conservation sector.
At this point, SILT is the only land trust in Western Canada to be certified, in company with four in Ontario and one in New Brunswick.
Similkameen-sylix weaving – nʔaʕx̌ʷt – Ginty’s Pond
Similkameen-sylix weaving:
This video features Wendy Hawkes with her niece Sarain Squakin gathering cattail and bulrush at nʔaʕx̌ʷt – Ginty’s Pond for basket weaving. This video is from a webinar put together by the UBC Learning Circle, in the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health.
Wendy shares history, knowledge, and important messages about harvesting practices: “these places are the places that clean our water, and without water, none of us can live… we have to take care of these places, these wetlands..”
Re-connecting people to the land and supporting indigenous use was an objective of the Ginty’s restoration project.
Learn more about the UBC Learning Circle here: https://learningcircle.ubc.ca/
A standalone version of the film can be viewed below
About the Presenter
Wendy Hawkes
Wendy is similkameen-syilx and a grandmother of 6. Originally introduced to traditional tulè weaving by her great aunt 40 years ago, Wendy continues to research, practice and teach weaving.
Wendy says, “Weaving is so much more than a craft. It is science, engineering, biology and ethnobotany.
Weaving connects the past, present and future, It deepens my connection to the land and water and calms my soul”.
Civil Lawsuit Filed in Penticton Law Courts – Edwards Pond Land Damage
SILT has filed a civil lawsuit in the Penticton Law Courts for a motorized vehicle trespass and the destruction of a wildlife tree on SILT’s Edwards Pond conservation property near Grand Forks.
Read the full story on Castanet:
Land trusts are not in the business of confrontation, but they have a responsibility to protect lands which the public have donated funds to purchase for conservation of wildlife habitat.
Protecting habitat for conservation is a public promise that extends well beyond the simple purchase of the land. SILT commits to defending biodiversity forever but needs your help to safeguard the properties and their values for all time. Conserving biodiversity is not a liability, it is a responsibility we all share. Your donations will help SILT to better protect the lands we hold, and to purchase more lands so we may all enjoy wildlife, and all living things, forever.