Green Shores for Homes & Integrated Shoreline Mapping session
The Trust is holding a Green Shores for Homes workshop at the Arts Centre from 11 til 3:30. This workshop will include the Integrated Shoreline Mapping project.
"Presentations will be given on shoreline and watershed maps developed for the island on which the workshop is being held and the Green Shores for Homes program. Some islands have also included presentations on other local shoreline conservation projects, such as eelgrass mapping. Community based conservation efforts in eelgrass mapping are complementary and a good indicator of residential development on near shore ecosystem health.
"Speakers include:
Shoreline Mapping: Paul De Greeff (Murdoch de Greeff)
Green Shores for Homes: Brian Emmett (Archipelago Marine Research)
Eelgrass Conservation: (Nikki Wright, Seachange Marine Conservation Society)
Eelgrass/Forage Fish Mapping: (Kate Emmings, Islands Trust Fund)
"Residents are invited to attend and join the discussion about protecting island shorelines and marine environment through these conservation tools. Speakers and workshop program will vary for each island. Please check the island webpage prior to the workshop for full details."
Details will be available soon.
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a bit more information on the workshop
The two main presenters, Paul De Greeff on Shoreline Mapping and Brian Emmett on Green Shores for Homes, will be coming to Lasqueti for sure. I'm not sure about the other two at this point.
Mark your calendar for Thursday, March 14, and bring a lunch for yourself.
Here is a bit more information:
Trust Fund Board and shoreline mapping work:
In its Regional Conservation Plan, the Trust Fund Board identified working with partner groups to acquire shoreline mapping as a priority for better land conservation in the Islands Trust Area. Although most of the Islands Trust Fund work relates to conservation of land in the islands, it is impossible to disconnect the importance of marine shorelines from the terrestrial ecosystems on islands. Over the next 2-3 years, the Islands Trust Fund is hoping to work with the Islands Trust, the Seagrass Conservation Working Group, SeaChange Marine Conservation Society and other partners to identify and map important eelgrass habitat in the islands. Mapping for Gambier, Lasqueti, Thetis and Associated Islands (except Valdes), North and South Pender and Mayne has already been completed. Information about this work can be found under the “Initiatives” section of the Islands Trust Fund website (www.islandstrustfund.bc.ca). The Islands Trust Fund has also identified forage fish as an important part of our shorelines and has initiated a pilot project to map potential forage fish habitat on North and South Pender. It is anticipated that this work will extend to other islands in the near future. In talking about shorelines, it is important to also say that many island groups are already participating in valuable forage fish and eelgrass mapping initiatives. The Islands Trust Fund would be interested in working with islanders to ensure that we are beginning with the best possible knowledge, so please contact Kate Emmings at the Islands Trust Fund if you would like to provide information for mapping initiatives. Her contact information is available at www.islandstrustfund.bc.ca or a trustee or Islands Trust staff member can provide you with a phone number or email address.
The page for more shoreline information from TFB is
http://www.islandstrustfund.bc.ca/initiatives/marineconservation.aspx
There's lots of information there, and lots more on its other pages.
photos of shoreline maps
Photos of the three shoreline maps are posted on the web site at:
http://www.lasqueti.ca/node/3914 map 1 - Distribution of Shoreline Types
http://www.lasqueti.ca/node/3915 map 2 - Energy & Sediment Movement
http://www.lasqueti.ca/node/3916 map 3 - Shoreline Values & Vulnerability
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