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Guided Walks

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SUCCESS!!!....Thank you to all donors who made this possible!

Photographer Susan Huber presenting her poster of the creek within Salt Spring Island's Creekside Rainforest to Iona Campagnolo, Honorary President of TLC The Land Conservancy of B.C., Maureen Moore, Coordinator, Rainforest Appeal and�Bill Turner, Executive Director of TLC,�at a celebration reception in April at ArtSpring.

Conservation Assessment of Creekside Rainforest (lot 23) by a team of scientists.

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See the Creekside Rainforest

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Salt Spring Island's Creekside Rainforest has been purchased. It is now protected in perpetuity by TLC The Land Conservancy of B.C. thanks to all the generous donors and supporters from near and far!

We're still collecting the last $20,000 worth of final pledges,

so if you haven't sent your promised funds in yet, please do so now.

Thank you everyone, this rare, beautiful and biodiverse forest could not have been saved without you.

Stay tuned for land stewardship information.

Creekside Rainforest is 19.46 acres of stunning natural beauty and biodiversity located within the lower Cusheon watershed on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. This green, forested valley and a salmon-bearing stream are in danger of imminent subdivision and we need your help to preserve this crucial habitat and special place.

...ALMOST THERE..

March 5th 2008 -We are 90% of the way to our fundraising goal. We have made the down payment and TLC is fully committed to this project.

The completion date for the purchase of this property is March 31st, 2008 and we need to raise the final $100,000. by this date.

We are now calling in all the pledges that have been made. We ask that you please send in your donation at your earliest convenience, by March 20th, 2008 if possible. The closing date for this sale is March 31st, 2008.

If, in addition to your already generous pledge you are able to help us further, please let us know.

Go here for details on how to send in your donation..

Meanwhile, we thank you for your wonderful support for the campaign to save this Salt Spring treasure.

Guided walks of the Creekside Rainforest will resume for the next month - Saturdays at 10am and Sundays at 1pm. See this for directions.

CREEKSIDE RAINFOREST

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FEB 7 2008 - Pledged donations continue to stack up from across Canada, Europe and the United States.

Preservation of our world's temperate rainforests will help mitigate global warming - a cause with global benefit.

Many thanks to all Creekside Rainforest supporters, from near and far. Please continue to spread the word, and together we can help

make the world a greener and cooler place to live.

Saving a rainforest

Gulf Islands Driftwood, Wednesday, December 19, 2007

By staff

Unfortunately for Creekside Rainforest Appeal campaigners, the object of their desire doesn't have the visibility of a Mount Erskine or the threat caused by logging trucks running around it like the Texada lands did several years ago.

And it's only 19.46 acres, not the 100 acres of Erskine or the thousands owned by the Texada Land Corporation.

But it's still a rare piece of endangered ecosystem and a beautiful sanctuary for plants, animals, spawning salmon and humans on this island.

Sure, a million bucks is a big schwack of money, but it's starting to sound not so outrageous for any substantial chunk of the Gulf Islands and the associated transfer costs.

And the only sure way to protect green space on Salt Spring is to buy it at the asking price, or covenant it. Salt Spring Island is a long way from build-out. Even if future local Trust committees never allowed another rezoning on the island, lands will be sold, subdivided and houses will be built on them as long as there's profit to be made and people want to live here.

In the case of the Creekside parcel, its owners plan to subdivide the property into three acreages, says their representative Eric Booth. If the purchase deal negotiated by The Land Conservancy of B.C. (TLC) falls through, “the owners intend to proceed with their plans early in the new year,” says Booth.

While people can be assured TLC would not have gotten involved if its board did not feel the land was worth saving, they should see it for themselves. Guided walks run the next two Saturdays at 10 a.m. and on Sundays at 1 p.m.

Fundraisers have used special events like the Art for the Rainforest exhibit and silent auction on at ArtSpring until December 21 to raise funds and awareness of the campaign, but this effort now needs big money — the kind that ends with the land becoming a park bearing a major donor's name.

If there's individuals or families out there who'd like to make the ultimate and most permanent kind of investment in Salt Spring Island, now is the time to contact the campaign. Its website is www.savesaltspringrainforest.net.

It's also the right time of year for a miracle.