Galiano Island Landscape Classification and UP-CLOSE Workshop Series Final Report Galiano Island Habitat Conservation Project Produced by: Kate Emmings Keith Erickson © June, 2004 Galiano Conservancy Association RR#1 Sturdies Bay Road Galiano Island, BC V0N 1P0
[email protected] Acknowledgements The Galiano Island Landscape Classification, Galiano Island UP-CLOSE Workshop Series, and the production of this report were made possible by the generosity of the following project funders and partners: Project Funders: Bullitt Foundation Wildlife Habitat Canada Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative (Environment Canada) Georgia Basin Action Plan (Environment Canada) Islands Trust Capital Regional District VanCity Credit Union Hewlett Packard (in-kind) ESRI (in-kind) Project Partners: Islands Trust Fund (Ardice Neudorf, Tyrone Guthrie, Brett Kortelling) The British Columbia Conservation Data Centre (Jan Kirkby) Capitol Regional District (Craig Mount) We would also like to give special thanks to all members of the Galiano community who participated in this project. i Table of Contents Acknowledgements i Table of Contents ii List of Figures iii List of Tables iii List of Maps iii Introduction 1 Creation of the Galiano Island Landscape Classification 2 UP-CLOSE Workshop Series Community Process 3 Project Results 4 Forest 5 Forest Values 9 Garry Oak Meadows 11 Garry Oak Meadow Values 14 Marine and Foreshore 15 Marine and Foreshore Values 19 Freshwater 21 Freshwater Values 25 Recommendations 35 What Activities are Currently Taking Place on Galiano? 37 Project Outcomes 40 References 42 Appendix I: UP-CLOSE Workshop Series Flyer with Speaker Biographies Appendix II: UP-CLOSE Workshop Series: Notes from Facilitated Discussions Appendix III: Information Articles from the Local Galiano Island Magazine “The Active Page” Appendix IV: Galiano Island Landscape Classification Metadata: Definitions of Mapping Terms Appendix V: UP-CLOSE Workshop Series Speaker Summaries ii List of Tables Table 1.