Useful Links

Ecological Information

• Endangered Species in British Columbia
• Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
• Gulf Islands Ecosystem Community Atlas
• Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory
• Coast Bluff Ecosystems
• Garry Oak Ecosystems
• Older Forest Ecosystems
• Riparian Ecosystems
• Sparsely Vegetated Ecosystems
• Terrestrial Herbaceous Ecosystems
• Wetland Ecosystems
• Woodland Ecosystems

Caring for Your Property

• Naturescape
• Stewardship Centre of BC
• West Coast Environmental Law Publications
• Agricultural Land Commission's Guidelines to Conservation Covenants in the Agricultural Land Reserve
• Stewardship Options Guide for Private Landowners in BC
• Watershed Stewardship Guide for Agriculture

Land Trusts in British Columbia with Our Partners

• The Land Trust Alliance of BC
• Conservation Organizations Working in the Islands Trust Area

Invasive Species

• Coastal Invasive Plant Committee
• Weeds BC (Identification and Management)

Donation and Tax Information

• Environment Canada's Ecological Gift Program
• Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Program
• BC Assessment's Fact Sheet on Reassessing Properties with Conservation Covenants
• Property Assessment of Conservation Lands by Land Trust Alliance of BC
• Green Legacies: A Donor's Guide for British Columbia
• Canada Revenue Agency Interpretation Bulletins
• IT110R3 - Gifts and Official Donation Receipts
• IT226R - Gift to a Charity of Residual Interest in Real Property or an Equitable interest in a Trust
• IT244R3 - Gifts by Individual of Life Insurance polices as Charitable Donations
• IT288R2 - Gifts of Capital Properties to a Charity and Others
• IT297R2 - Gifts in Kind to Charity and Others

West Coast Environmental Law Publications

• Greening Your Title: A Guide to Best Practices for Conservation Covenants - March 2005
• Giving It Away: Tax Implications of Gifts to Protect Private Land - March 2004
• Here Today, Here Tomorrow: Legal Tools for the Voluntary Protection of Private Land in British Columbia - 1994