A new conservancy on Saturna Island boosts the protection of B.C.'s rarest ecosystem, which shelters a rich variety of at-risk plants and animals.
The community came together to save 77 acres on the Mount Fisher Bluffs from development, an area of tremendous ecological value, said Jasper Lament, CEO of the Nature Trust of BC.
Having large connected protected areas is much better for safeguarding biodiversity than a postage stamp-sized conservation area, Lament said. Saturna Island, dubbed the “popcorn bowl,” is a hot spot for the fragile annual herb that sports a tack-sized white flower with five petals and a butter-yellow centre.
The total population is estimated to be under 1,000 plants and documented in only seven pockets in the CDF and the Garry oak ecosystems, with Saturna being the only place it is consistently found.
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