One third of Savary Island, near Powell River, has been protected for generations to come. The Nature Trust of BC made the announcement on June 3.
More than 20 years of work, conservation efforts and fundraising by volunteer residents and Savary Island Land Trust (SILT) will keep the 350-acre “Heart of Savary” from being subdivided.
With 1,400 lots, Savary is the most densely developed of all the Gulf Islands.
More than 175 Savary residents donated $3.5 million and, with a land management endowment through the Friends of Savary and SILT, the purchase of the last 50 per cent of the land was completed. Conservation of the land will be managed by the Nature Trust.
The area features important examples of coastal sand dunes, old forest and second growth forest, and is habitat for two at-risk plants: grey beach peavine and contorted-pod evening-primrose.
