Cumberland Community Forest Society
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
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Cumberland Community Forest Society is a charity based in Cumberland, Canada working on nature & wildlife conservation, environment & climate, water & sanitation +1 more.
The Cumberland Community Forest Society is a grassroots charitable not-for-profit society based in Cumberland, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It works to purchase, protect and restore the Cumberland Forest, a forested landscape bordering the Village of Cumberland that forms part of the Trent and Puntledge watersheds and a biodiversity corridor linking mountains and lakes to the Salish Sea. Lands are purchased from private timber companies and returned to community ownership as protected parkland, with conservation covenants registered to secure their future. The society also runs community programmes including the Western Toad Project, the Perseverance Creek Streamkeepers, winter bird and bat projects, and a volunteer naturalist programme. It is supported by donors and community events, and was formed around 25 years ago. Its work centres on the Comox Valley and surrounding region, in the traditional territory of the K'ómoks First Nation.
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Middle Earth
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Canada
Land acquisition of a 261 acre forest in the Trent River Watershed, Komoks Territory, to protect ecological values, wildfire mitigation and forest conversion pilots.
Western Toad Project
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Canada
Community project studying and protecting the annual Western Toad migration across trails and roads in the Cumberland network, including volunteer patrols and access communications.
Lower Perseverance Corridor Project
Water & Sanitation · Canada
Protection of the 44 acre Lower Perseverance Creek corridor, purchased in 2023, to safeguard riparian habitat and the drinking water watershed.
Perseverance Creek Streamkeepers
Water & Sanitation · Canada
Volunteer group monitoring Perseverance Creek, carrying out fish rescues, creekside plantings, water quality monitoring and public education, working with DFO.
Cumberland Winter Bird Project
Awareness & education · Canada
Ongoing community project engaging residents in winter bird observation and counts across backyards, forests and wetlands.
Cumberland Bat Project
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Canada
Grassroots project with biologists and educators that runs bat talks, public art and data collection, supporting the North Island Chapter of the BC Community Bat Program.
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Village of Cumberland, United Riders of Cumberland, Comox Valley Community Foundation, Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, Comox Valley FireSmart Collaborative, Queer Centre Comox Valley, DFO
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