About Us  Purposes of the Galiano Conservancy Association
The purposes of the Galiano Conservancy Association are:
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To preserve, protect and enhance the quality of the human and natural environment of the area; |
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To conduct research programmes with local citizens and qualified persons on important issues in the fields of development and conservation; |
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To facilitate public education and participation in resource and land use management, including ecologically sound forestry practices; |
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To facilitate forestry practices that are directed towards the preservation, protection and enhancement of the human and natural environment; |
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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; |
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To promote the establishment of wilderness and other natural habitat preserves for the benefit of this and future generations; |
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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 |
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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
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