Successful $2.4 million fundraising campaign protects beloved forest and its biodiversity
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February 25, 2025
Comox Valley, B.C.
The Comox Valley Land Trust (CVLT) has succeeded in protecting the final 37 hectares of the Puntledge Forest. It encompasses mature trees, wetlands, and trails along both sides of the Puntledge River downstream of Comox [>>]
There’s no time like the present to start planning for the new year
It’s already time to start planning for the new year! 2025 Comox Valley Conservation Partnership calendars are on sale online and at retail locations in Courtenay, Comox, and Cumberland.
The calendar showcases photographs of local plants, wildlife, and natural areas. Each month [>>]
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June 28, 2024
Comox Valley, B.C.
The Puntledge Forest is a beloved recreational area and a rare local example of a mature, biodiverse forest. The Comox Valley Land Trust (CVLT) is launching a community fundraising campaign to protect it.
The CVLT [>>]
TERM: Upon candidate selection to December 31, 2023.
TIME COMMITMENT: 150 hours
RATE: $50/hour
The Comox Valley Land Trust (CVLT) promotes, protects, conserves, and restores the ecologically significant land, waters, and wildlife habitat of the Comox Valley. It has three programs: a Land Protection Program, the Comox Valley Conservation Partnership (CVCP) and a Conservation Science Program. The [>>]
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May 25, 2023
Cumberland, B.C.
Almost two decades ago, young Carly Palmer first found a rare and mysterious fish species on a family outing to the wetlands at Morrison Creek. When the family discovered that the fish was a unique and endangered form of freshwater [>>]
Our long-serving president Pieter Ulrich Rutgers passed away due to cancer on April 14, 2023, in hospital in Comox, B.C. He will be sorely missed by us all. We send our heartfelt condolences to his wife Kate, and Piet [>>]
Crowd funding campaign launches for conservation of Comox Valley mecca for fish and wildlife, including a species found nowhere else on Earth.
November 15, 2022, Courtenay, B.C.
Janet Gemmell remembers the day almost two decades ago when she and husband Jim Palmer saw their young daughter Carly discover a rare and mysterious fish species while on a [>>]
CVLT Director, David Stapley, and Morrison Streamkeepers president, Jan Gemmell, took the CTV crew on a look-see through Morrison Creek Headwaters to share the fundraising campaign in a very hands-on way.
(Comox Valley; May 16, 2022) The Comox Valley Land Trust (CVLT) has been granted $3.5 million in funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada to support three projects in the Puntledge River watershed. The projects will protect critical habitat and environmentally sensitive areas at risk from logging.
The Comox Valley Land Trust invites the public to a guided walk to learn about the ecology of the Puntledge Forest and why CVLT considers this area a high priority for conservation.
