Identified as an important opportunity to improve protection for ecosystems that are currently underrepresented in conserved lands across the province.
Demonstrated strong ecological integrity and low levels of degradation relative to surrounding landscapes.
Recognized for supporting a high diversity of plant and animal species.
Thanks to you, we’ve successfully raised the funds needed to conserve old coastal forest up to 250 years old in the Fraser Valley. With your help, The Nature Trust of British Columbia raised $515,900 to protect 36.3 acres (14.7 hectares) of Lake Errock’s ecologically significant land near Harrison Mills before it is sold or developed.
This conservation area protects old coastal forests up to 250 years old.
Species like the great blue heron, Western painted turtle, and barn swallow call Lake Errock home.
Once vulnerable to harvesting and development, these important habitats are now protected forever.
Lake Errock is located within the traditional territory of the Sq’éwlets First Nation. The area has rich cultural significance.
The Nature Trust of BC focusses on strategic conservation of ecologically important ecosystems in the province such as those found along Lake Errock. With its mix of towering Douglas-fir, Western Hemlock, and Western Redcedar trees situated within temperate coastal forest ecosystems unique to the Pacific Northwest, along with its biodiverse wetlands, this rare opportunity will protect critical habitat for a diversity of wildlife species. Not much of this type of old forest is left in the Lower Mainland, making this a rare and unique opportunity.
Saving the old forest along Lake Errock from harvesting or development has forever protected critical habitat for species at risk who rely on these ecosystems for their survival.
By protecting and stewarding these lands forever, species such as the iconic endangered spotted owl—of which there is only one female left in the wild in BC—could be given a chance for recovery. Species that are threatened or of special concern, such as the great blue heron, Northern red-legged frog, and Western painted turtle will be given a refuge that is spared from further habitat loss.
This project is so important for the efforts to recover iconic old growth dependent species and ensure a home for spotted owls to thrive in the future.
With your help, we raised the final $515,900 needed to protect this ecologically significant and vulnerable land forever.
We gratefully acknowledge that our Vancouver office is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, who have been stewarding this land since time immemorial. Our work and conservation areas encompass many lands throughout the province, and we humbly acknowledge the First Nations communities who live on and steward these lands.
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