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 vision of the Trust Fund Board is to create a legacy of special places, protecting both natural and cultural features in perpetuity, in order to help sustain the unique character and environment of the Islands Trust Area.
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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