Welcome to GaLTT's website

The aims of Gabriola Land and Trails Trust are to secure, develop, and sustain a network of parkland and trails on Gabriola Island for the benefit of the public, and to preserve sites of environmental, historical, and social importance.
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Email us at info@galtt.ca
or write to 2235 North Road, Gabriola, BC, V0R 1X7, Canada

GaLTT's AGM will be on
Tuesday February 7, 2012
in Phoenix Auditorium at The Haven

doors open for member registration at 6.30pm

Guest speaker: Peter Lamb
author of "The Islands Trust Story"

Please join us—
GaLTT's AGM business meeting
will follow Peter Lamb’s presentation

Our guest speaker Peter Lamb will briefly review the circumstances that led to the establishment of the Islands Trust in 1974 and its evolution since that time.
He will discuss its relevance today in the face of governance challenges and economic pressures. He will also explore:

  • the role of non-profit conservancies and land trusts within the Trust area
    and their relationship with the Islands Trust Fund
  • the importance of the Islands Trust mandate in avoiding the “creative
    destruction” of communities—come and hear what he means by this!

pic herePeter Lamb is a former Director of the Islands Trust Fund and was Salt Spring Island’s Local Trustee from 2005-2008. He has lived on Salt Spring Island for 22 years and is a member and former President of the SSI Conservancy. He was also a Director of the SSI Climate Action Council; Coordinator of the SSI Water Council; a founding member of Transition Salt Spring, and a director of the Transition Salt Spring Enterprise Cooperative.

2011 GALTT ACTIVITIES & NEWS

We were busy all last year with many tried and true activities like trail breaking and maintenance, controlling invasive plants, and manning market tables. But in 2011 we also ventured into several new areas. We have negotiated legal covenants to protect privately owned land in perpetuity, and signed licences for public use of trails across private land. We have also developed a new strategic plan with the help of our members.

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  • ALL YEAR: endlessly energetic board member Randy Young organized bi-weekly work parties for trail breaking & maintenance, as well as invasives control. Thanks crew!
  • DECEMBER: The board developed its Strategic Plan for the next five years based on the results of our October workshop.
  • NOVEMBER:
    1. Trail breaking across Sally Robinson's property.
    2. Christmas market table at the Community Hall
  • OCTOBER:
    1.     Strategic Planning Workshop: members and Board members looked at what GaLTT has achieved so far and what we need to do in the future to continue to meet our mandate.
    pic here2. GaLTT signed its first trail licence with private landowners Diane and Bill Cornish, for a foot, bike, and horse trail connecting Barrett Road to Rollo Park.
  • SEPTEMBER:
    1. GaLTT provided feedback to IT, RDN (POSAC), and to the proposing developers,     on a complex and controversial development proposal in an environmentally sensitive area, which also involves a proposed density transfer and park donation.
    2. Work parties: (a) Dismantled Don Butt's old deck and recycled the denailed wood for boardwalks. (b) Cleaned up Whalebone beach.
  • JUNE TO AUGUST :
    1. Our Gabriola Saturday Market table     disseminated information & trail maps.
    pic here 2. Work parties and individual members removed invasive tansy ragwort and daphne laurel in Drumbeg Park, and elswhere around the island.
    3. GaLTT members led g    uided walks in 707-Acre Park and Cox Community Park.
  • MAY:
    1. Gabriola's first annual broom bash in Drumbeg Park.
    2. Coastal Community Credit Union gave GaLTT a $800 donation, which is being used for printing brochures and trail maps.
  • APRIL: this new GaLTT website was launched.
  • MARCH:
    1. AGM talk by Dr Warren Magnussen—    "Community Processes & the Evolving Role of Non-Profit Organizations in Governance". Recommended readings.
    pics here2. GaLTT signed its first covenant as co-holder with the Islands Trust Fund    , on a tract of forested land off Brickyard Hill owned by Karl Bachmann and Marianne Koenig.