Vision Statement
The Islands Trust Area is well-known for its significant biodiversity and its scenic, rural, and marine character. The Islands Trust Policy Statement establishes a vision for the future of the Islands Trust Area and clarifies that the Islands Trust has responsibility for conservation and stewardship of the environment and the amenities of the Islands Trust Area. The amenities are the qualities and features that make this area unique and combine to create the character of the Islands Trust Area.
The Islands Trust Fund envisions the islands and waters of the Strait of Georgia and Howe Sound as a vibrant tapestry of culture and ecology where humans live and work in harmony with the natural world. This special place has a network of protected areas that preserve in perpetuity the native species and natural systems of the islands. Engaged residents and conservation partners work together to protect large natural areas and key wildlife habitat. Viable ecosystems flourish alongside healthy island communities.
This legacy of special places will protect at least 25% of the remaining Coastal Douglas-fir and Coastal Western hemlock ecosystems in the Islands Trust Area and their related features, values and habitats, including woodlands, wetlands, coastal bluffs, and creeks and streams with a view to ensuring that they continue to thrive in future generations. The legacy will also protect a variety of significant cultural landscapes that help preserve the scenic, rural and marine character of the Islands Trust Area into the future.
The mission of the Islands Trust Fund, as an active regional land trust, is to protect special places by encouraging, undertaking, and assisting in voluntary conservation initiatives within the Islands Trust Area.
These voluntary conservation initiatives include:
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