North Pender Island Local Trust Area

Conservation status of North Pender Island Local Trust Area

The North Pender Island Local Trust Area is one of 13 local development, climate change and habitat degradation. The trust areas and island municipalities that make up the Islands Islands Trust Conservancy does “nature check-ups” to measure Trust Area. The North Pender Local Trust Area is located 15km the state of island ecosystems to see how well we are meeting northeast of the Swartz Bay ferry terminal and includes the the Islands Trust’s mandate to “preserve and protect”. Guided islands east of the Saanich Peninsula, such as Sidney and James by a science-based Regional Conservation Plan, our work is Islands. It is within the traditional territories of numerous First important because, like the species and habitats that support Nations who have cared for these lands and waters since time us, the quality of human life depends on ecosystem health. We immemorial. all have a part to play in protecting these fragile islands in the Salish Sea for future generations. North Pender’s beautiful and vibrant islands, home to some of the rarest ecosystems in the world, are under threat from

Species at risk Parks & protected areas

Killer Whale 19% PROTECTED (Orcinus orca)

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! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! There are >30 species at risk found in the ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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etis Bowen Galiano Mayne Denman Gabriola Hornby Saturna Executive Gambier Lasqueti Salt Spring North Pender South Pender Once land is converted for human use, that land is less available for nature. As land conversion reaches or goes above a 30-40% threshold, the number of species in a given habitat decline more rapidly. Learn more at islandstrustconservancy.ca How do forests help us? Sensitive ecosystems Wetland . Freshwater . N P Herbaceous . Riparian . Cli . Woodland .

Rest of Local Mature Trust Area Forest . , ha Modiﬁed, protected areas, forests

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e forests on North Pender Island sequester11,816 tonnes of Sensitive ecosystems are fragile and Portion carbon/year which equates to removing the emissions of 2,496 are often home to at-risk or protected passenger vehicles per year. at’s the equivalent of every North endangered species. Pender resident giving up their vehicle!

Shoreline to Sea

Chinook salmon diets consist Shoreline vegetation Orca depend on fish mostly of small forage fish protects fragile forage fish eggs

of some orca diets consist of North Pender of North Pender primarily of Chinook foreshore shoreline is suitable salmon has eelgrass beds: spawning habitat baby salmon for forage ﬁsh highway

Marine health starts at the shoreline. Your actions can make a dierence!

Modiﬁed Ecosystems as of More than 65% of the Islands Trust Area is in private land ownership. Pressures to develop and change the natural landscape are tremendous. e Islands Trust Conservancy works with landowners to protect private land with conservation covenants, land donations, fundraising for nature, and stewardship.

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Conservation status of North Pender Island Local Trust Area, learn more at islandstrustconservancy.ca December 2019