We Met Our First Goal!

Thanks to the generous contributions of over 300 donors,
20 acres of the late Mike Larmour’s lands on Beddis Road has been purchased! 

Title is held by the Salt Spring Island Water Preservation Society, and a Conservation Covenant will be established to protect this land forever. It includes a portion of the Cusheon Lake watershed, and its mature forest and rich wetlands provide habitat for several species at risk.
​

​Now we're working to protect the other 20 acres of these threatened lands 
that include farmland, two ponds, over 8 acres of forest, wetlands, and some of the largest trees on Salt Spring.  

BY PROTECTING THE LARMOUR LANDS, LOTS H AND F, WE CAN...

• vital wetlands and forests filter and purify water as it percolates through natural soils
• natural filtration benefits groundwater in wells and lakes, critical sources of potable water for Salt Spring Island residents
• 13% of Lot H is in the Cusheon Lake watershed
• mature coastal Douglas fir and groves of Western red cedar provide habitat for several species at risk 

• when the neighbouring 45 acres were cut in 2018-20, 15,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide were emitted 
• it will take 60 years for any newly planted forest to be a net sequester of carbon

• species at risk include the Western screech owl, pygmy owl, night hawk, and the blue-grey taildropper slug
• the red-legged frogs (Cusheon Lake is a prime research area for the red-legged frog)
• newts, salamanders, fairy shrimp (females lay dormant in mud for decades or possibly even centuries), and the Mexican freetail bat known as the fastest creature in level flight

• continue Mike Larmour’s lifetime of preserving and protecting water resources and the healthy watersheds that make them possible
• WPS was founded by Mike Larmour and Tom Gossett

---

Donations are welcome to help preserve
the ecological values of the Larmour Lands in perpetuity.

Download the form to the right and donate in one of four ways:
​

1. EITHER scan and email the completed form and e-transfer funds to ssiwps2020appeal@gmail.com
2. OR mail completed form and cheque to: SSI Water Preservation Society at Box 555, Ganges, SSI, BC  V8K 2W3.
3. OR drop off the completed form and cheque at Salt Spring Books in Ganges.
4. OR email ssiwps2020appeal@gmail.com to ask for a volunteer to come and pick up your completed form and cheque.

Donations of $20 and greater will receive a tax receipt. 

For your donated funds to be held in our Trust Account, CRA regulations require that your donation be accompanied by this completed, signed form.

Please direct questions to Rodney Polden at penrod[at]saltspring.com or 250-537-5082​.

---

Lots F and H between Sky Valley Rd. and Beddis Rd.