Information Bulletin – Metchosin Foundation & BC Parks Foundation – Nov 2025

Our Funding Partnership with BC Parks Foundation​ Since 2023, the Metchosin Foundation has been grateful to work in collaboration with the BC Parks Foundation (BCPF). Earlier this year, our respective agencies entered into a written, bilateral agreement. Recent local government policy changes may affect this important relationship. In response, this bulletin (available in PDF) has been creat ...

Rufous Hummingbird photographed by Jonathan Moran, 2025

Hummingbird Hill added to the Conservation Corridors

Rufous hummingbird photo by Jonathan Moran.In its ongoing Conservation Corridors project, the Metchosin Foundation has been keen to facilitate the larger goal of protecting habitat between Pedder Bay and the Sooke Basin. Containing endangered ecosystems, this area sits at the tip of southern Vancouver Island, on the edge of the growing suburbs of Greater Victoria. With the Conservation Corridors ...

Bilston Headwaters

Conservation Success! New Nature Reserve Created in the Heart of a Rare Canadian Ecosystem

In May of 2024, BC Parks Foundation, in collaboration with the Metchosin Foundation, announced the creation of a nature reserve in the heart of the Bilston Creek watershed. This newly protected land includes dry Coastal Douglas-fir forest and associated ecosystems.  “This is a story about natural spaces and wildlife that are facing big odds, and the great people that are saving them,” says Andy Da ...