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13
Dec
Restoring Ginty’s Pond

By: Gordon Wilson

Ginty's Pond Restoration

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SILT’s Ginty’s Pond wetland at Cawston BC is receiving some great collaborative management attention! Thank you to the dedicated team working to maintain this amazing natural space as productive habitat for wildlife and people!

For the complete story see the BCWF Blog

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION FOR RESTORING GINTY’S POND

29
Nov
Social Distance Planting

By: Gordon Wilson

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Following all provincial health orders, SILT volunteers worked on Saturday at the R.E. Taylor Conservation property to perform reclamation work on the land where safety improvements were made to the access onto the property and also where we recently constructed a winter den for snakes.

Pictured from left to right in the photo above are Danielle Chapman (Director); Judie Steeves (President); John MacMillan; Al Peatt (Executive Director); Luke Chutter; Gord Wilson (Sec / Treasurer).

This property was purchased by SILT with a substantive contribution from the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF), which also provided funds toward this project and other important management activities on the property. SILT appreciates and thanks all the hunters, anglers, trappers, and guide-outfitters of BC that contribute to the HCTF through their licence fees, and the many people that appreciate wildlife and donate directly to the Southern Interior Land Trust.

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Meadowlark Nature Festival

By: SILT Admin

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Tour 37 – Southern Interior Land Trust – Cold Creek Property Tour – Saturday, May 18, 2019 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Tickets: Adult $30.00/ticket Children $5.00/ticket

Join Southern Interior Land Trust (SILT) President Ross Everatt, wildlife biologist Al Peatt, outdoors enthusiast and writer Judie Steeves, and cottonwood expert Kasey Moran for a walk and talk tour of SILT’s 20-hectare Cold Creek property near Keremeos. Over 200 plant and animal species occur here and the views of the river and surrounding mountains are spectacular. The property fronts the Similkameen River and extends from an intact cottonwood stand through dry shrub-steppe to steep cliffs, and includes a spring-fed year-round stream! The property has habitat for bighorn sheep, mountain goat, deer, bobcat, beaver, rattlesnake, woodpecker, butterflies and peregrine falcon. We’ll explore the diversity of ecosystems and wild life, learn about the private life of cottonwoods and why they are important to people too, and how conserving gems of habitat such as Cold Creek will help all living things for generations to come. Bring binoculars if desired. NOTE: Cold Creek is a gem of near-natural Similkameen wildlife habitat. There is cactus, poison ivy, unfenced riverfront, and the possibility of encountering rattlesnake at this property. This tour is brought to you in partnership with Southern Interior Land Trust.

Meeting Place: Either of two locations. Meet at 8:45 am at the Walmart Penticton parking lot near the auto repair area, and then rendezvous with remaining participants at 9:30 am at the Esso station parking lot in Keremeos located at the intersection of Hwy 3 and Hwy 3a.

Transportation will be via carpool.

 

For more information and to purchase tickets for this event click on this link to the Meadowlark Festival

 

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