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Forest Practices Board Upholds SILT Complaint
SILT stands up for Nature
The BC Forest Practices Board has upheld a complaint from the Southern Interior Land Trust (SILT) that non-compliance by two Crown-land ranchers and a lack of government enforcement resulted in trespass cattle damaging habitats on land purchased for wildlife by SILT. “Trespass livestock grazing and unauthorized entry became an issue immediately after SILT acquired the property” said SILT’s President Judie Steeves, “we tried to find a cooperative solution but neither rancher was interested, and the ministry seemed fully onboard with what the ranchers were doing.”
Read the full report here
Ginty’s – nʔaʕx̌ʷt Wetland Restoration – Phase 2 Completed
SILT and its partners have completed Phase 2 of the Ginty’s Pond – nʔaʕx̌ʷt wetland restoration project in Cawston. Phase 2 restores another one hectare of open water and adds 0.7 hectares of newly created riparian shrub thicket-woodland habitat to this previously cattail dominated marsh.
Read about the project accomplishments here.
SILT must raise $250,000 to restore the final two hectares of the pond.
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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.