We are proud to announce that we have recently been awarded a 2012 Land Trust Award - Best Program (non-land) for our 2011 Conservation Connection Forum. We cannot be happier receiving this award for an event that we put so much time and effort into to ensure that all conservation groups attending leave the event feeling inspired and educated on a new topic. The 2011 forum was a highlight for HAT as we had an amazing group of facilitators and workshop gurus during the day and then capped it off with an uplifting speech from the one and only Bob McDonald. You can read more about Conservation Connection here and we look forward to seeing you all again this September for the 2012 forum. Thanks again to Land Trust Alliance of BC for hosting a great conference and a wonderful awards ceremony,

HAT and the Nature Conservancy of Canada have worked together for many years to create conservation legacies including the Matson Lands in 2004. NCC holds and monitors the covenant on this HAT property which is a demonstration site for urban habitat management. Enjoying May’s spectacular wildflower blooms, NCC staff Katy Fulton and intern Hailey O’Neill review conservation covenant monitoring procedures at Matson’s nationally-significant harbourside oak meadows.

Starting this spring, HAT will be looking for a few Good Neighbours in the Craigflower Watershed! 

The goal of the Craigflower Good Neighbours Project is to engage our community in solutions to significant local conservation issues and to promote community appreciation of healthy natural habitats. HAT staff will visit many interested landowners in key areas to provide personalized landscape prescriptions on topics like soil erosion, pests, forest health, water quality, composting, and invasive species. By helping property owners pursue sustainable land uses HAT can foster volunteer stewardship around the most rare and sensitive natural areas.

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Sharp-tailed Snake monitors, it's the time of year to check your Artificial Cover Objects (shingles) for Sharp-tailed Snakes.  The spring and fall are when Sharp-tailed Snakes are most active, so your best chance finding them is right now.

If you find a snake, try to take a picture if possible, and let us know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by calling 250 995-2428. 

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