What We Do

Greenways Land Trust...

Education and Public Outreach Projects

• Media Productions
• Workshops
• Public Events
• Community Support

Stewardship Projects

• Stewardship Resource Center
• Stream Stewardship
• GIS/GPS Mapping

Greenways Development

• Greenways Loop

Entrusting Land

• Land Donation
• Direct Purchase
• Conservation Covenants
• Services to Help You

The Discovery Coast Greenways Land Trust (GLT) is a charitable organization that works with volunteers and sponsors to build a better, more diverse community by improving and conserving natural areas. We support the activities of stream-keepers and stewards. Our resource centre provides equipment for field work, display materials, presentation A/V equipment, mapping capabilities and office equipment. Our accomplishments speak for themselves. In 2006, we successfully completed 16 projects, were supported by 58 members, and had 59 supporters. In 2007, we took on many more projects and logged over 1000 volunteer hours! For detailed information, see our Annual Reports in Services-Publications.

We are a non-profit organization that depends on support from people like you so please help us to make the Discovery Coast a great place to live.

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Education and Public Outreach Projects

Media Production

Educational media for displays and presentations have been developed - to see what we have accomplished, go to Services-Publications.

Workshops

The GLT supports numerous training options for streamkeepers and the general public. A short list of past events included fundraising, project management, SmartGrowth Study, and GIS/GPS mapping and field training.

Public Events

The Land Trust organizes or helps with numerous community events to promote awareness and to support the cause of others. A few are: Oceans's Day, Campbell River Salmon foundation dinner, River's Day, Campbell River Volunteer Fair, Greenways Gallop, and the Haig-Brown Festival.

Community Support

To contribute to the future of communities, the GLT actively participated in numerous planning initiatives. The GLT is also part of the referral process for development applications to the District of Campbell River, and as such, provides comment on a number of development applications. A few have been the Official Community Plan reviews, development of Jubilee Heights, the Sayward Forest Plan review and heritage property designation.

The GLT supported local groups and affiliates and were members or regular attendees of meetings:

• Campbell River Rotary Clubs
• Campbell River Environmental Committee
• Campbell River Estuary Management Commission
• Campbell River Maritime Heritage Society
• Development Liaison Group
• Haig-Brown Institute/Kingfisher Creek Society
• Land Trust Alliance of BC
• Local Katimavik Committee
• Nunns Creek Stewards Society
• Oyster Bay Group
• Seagrass Conservation Group
• Simms Creek Stewardship Group
• Sportsfishing Advisory Group
• Storie Creek Streamkeepers
• Upper Island Land Trusts Group
• Willow Creek Watershed Society

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Stewardship Resource Center

A primary goal of the Land Trust is to provide as many resources as possible to local stewardship groups and individuals. For more information about our resources and local groups, go to the Stewardship page.

Stream Stewardship

Numerous projects were supported or managed by the Land Trust. A few are: landowner contact, building weirs to store water, count adult and young salmonids, water flow and quality studies and stream restoration.

GIS/GPS Mapping

The Greenways Land Trust (GLT) has a contract GIS/GPS technician able to collect information and develop maps with a wide range of data including stream characteristics, landforms, vegetative types, wildlife distribution, and trail locations. Contracts have included the District of Campbell River Watershed Atlas and the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Historical Habitat Mapping. Watershed brochures are a sample of the versatility of GIS/GPS.

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Greenways are corridors of land recognized for their ability to connect people and places. A greenway system is a group of protected lands linked together by habitat corridors. Some appeal to people, while others attract wildlife.

Greenways can be:

• vegetated buffers to protect natural habitats, therefore improving water quality and reducing the impacts of flooding in floodplain areas.
• publicly or privately owned and some are the result of public/private partnerships.
• designated as ecological or recreational.
• recreational trails, boulevards or sidewalks.

Greenway Loop
The GLT supports and actively works towards the development of a 24km recreational loop around the City of Campbell River that can be accessed within 10 minutes of any residence. Projects include planning and loop development. Click here to see the map.

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To maintain and preserve our greenways, the Discovery Coast Greenways Land Trust is a member of the Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia (LTABC). LTABC supports land trusts, conservancies, and other related groups and interested individuals who care for our natural and cultural heritage. The GLT works with landowners to preserve and restore habitat. To assure quality, the GLT follows the LTABC's Standards and Practices.