Peter Johnston's blog

The Heron, the newsletter of the Islands Trust Fund, is posted on-line. The spring issue features articles about John's gift of the John Osland Nature Reserve and False Bay School students planting trees on the Mt. Trematon Nature Reserve, along with other articles about events on other islands.  There are some great photographs, too.

Nominations are accepted until April 27 for the Islands Trust Community Stewardship Awards.

Details and nomination forms are at  http://islandstrust.bc.ca/poi/awards.cfm  There is also a list of past award winners and nominees from 2011 back to 2002.

Here are the basic eligibility rules:

POULTRY SWAP, FLEA MARKET, LIVE MUSIC, PANCAKE BREAKFAST
at the LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE, 240 Lions Way in Qualicum Bay
-10 min north of Qualicum Beach off the Old Island Hwy - follow the pancake breakfast signs
www.communityhall.ca

~Poultry Swap 10am - noon in the parking lot

The Islands Trust Council decided this week not to proceed with a comprehensive review of the Trust Policy Statement. Instead, we will review the Policy Statement in a measured way, as part of our regular business, over the rest of this term of office, addressing topics that we feel are most important.

We also adopted a budget for 2012-13 with no property tax increase.

An open house meeting hosted by EBB Environmental Consulting Inc, contracted by the Islands Trust Fund, will be held at the Community Hall on Saturday between 2 and 3pm March 10.  The meeting is to provide the community an opportunity to provide input into the land use and conservation management plan being prepared for the John Osland Nature Reserve.