February 2021 eNews
Celebrate With Us
2021 marks the 50th anniversary of The Nature Trust of BC. With the help of many individuals like you, we are proud to have conserved over 500 properties, and more than 178,000 acres. All of this amazing work is to save BC’s extraordinary variety of fish, plants and wildlife.

“When most people think about habitat conservation they think about saving wildlife but at The Nature Trust of BC we know that saving wildlife starts with saving their habitat,” says Jasper Lament, CEO of The Nature Trust.

Ongoing public health restrictions have made us rethink some of our plans for this banner year, but they have also given us time to think and reflect on the joys nature provides.

This year we will celebrate the past fifty years and look forward to the next. We will bring you virtual tours of our most iconic landscape legacies, present a video series, Circle of Life, featuring our past board member Rob Butler, and share engaging stories from passionate people involved in our journey.

We would like to hear from you! When you are out in nature, take a video of yourself giving a high-five. Upload the video to Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #5forNature and make a donation to The Nature Trust. Then challenge your friends to get outside. Let’s see if we can get 500 people to post!
We did it - all thanks to you!
2020 was a tough year on many fronts. But as the year came to a close, one thing became absolutely clear – the conservation community in BC is stronger than ever!
By the end of the year, The Nature Trust reached our fundraising goals and secured our two priority projects. Princeton Grasslands – MapleCross Meadow Phase II (963 acres), and Salmon River – Tidal Slough (35 acres).

To see video tours of these properties and learn more about their ecological significance, please visit Press Releases on our News and Events page and follow the links.
Meteor Strikes Nature Trust Property
We can now add meteorite hunting to the list of low-impact activities occurring on Nature Trust Properties. Last summer a fireball lit the sky above the Rocky Mountains. Scientists from the University of Calgary tracked the meteor’s trajectory and believe that it may have left meteorites on the our Hoodoos property in the Kootenay. 

“I nearly fell off my chair when I got the call,” Said Kootenay Land Manager Chris Bosman. “This is the first time I’ve ever received a call that a meteor may have hit a property we manage.”

The Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Calgary issued a press release about the event which you can access here.
Wanted: Extra Hands on Auction
We want to make this golden year our best fundraising year ever!

Our major fundraising event – our fall gala and auction – will be virtual again this year. The bright side of a virtual gala is that everyone who wants to attend can, we have a great show planned and watching is absolutely FREE. Likewise, everyone can participate in our online auction and the online format makes bidding a lot of fun. If you are interested in donating to this fundraiser, or know someone who is, please contact Elvira or Deb.

Mark in your calendar: Celebrating 50 Years Virtual Gala and Auction

Virtual Gala: October 6

Auction: September 22 to October 6