About Us Purposes of the Galiano Conservancy Association
The purposes of the Galiano Conservancy Association are:
(1)
To preserve, protect and enhance the quality of the human and natural environment of the area;
(2)
To conduct research programmes with local citizens and qualified persons on important issues in the fields of development and conservation;
(3)
To facilitate public education and participation in resource and land use management, including ecologically sound forestry practices;
(4)
To facilitate forestry practices that are directed towards the preservation, protection and enhancement of the human and natural environment;
(5)
To promote models of compatibility between land use and land characteristics, giving full and serious consideration to the biologic and esthetic values of the land;
(6)
To promote the establishment of wilderness and other natural habitat preserves for the benefit of this and future generations;
(7)
To raise money, acquire funds and other assistance, and to own, acquire, and take by purchase, donation, devise or otherwise, land or personal property; and expend, sell, exchange, lease, let, improve or develop same for the purposes of the society; and
(8)
To do everything incidental and necessary to promote and attain the foregoing purposes and periodically to reassess these purposes.
From the Galiano Conservancy Association Constitution