Programs are offered for all ages, including, families and youth, and complement existing offerings from the Salt Spring Island Conservancy and the Salt Spring Trail and Nature Club.

Nature Salt Spring grew out of our concerns about the climate and biodiversity crises, and our recognition that healthy, sustainable human societies can only grow and flourish if we are committed to understanding, enjoying and protecting the ecosystems and biodiversity that support us and all life on the planet.

We value collaboration, education, wonder, inclusivity, reconciliation and advocacy. We aim to bring each of these values forward in achieving our goal: to build awareness of the importance of understanding and protecting our environment.

Our Vision: A Gulf Island Region where natural ecosystems are studied, explored, valued, protected and restored by all members of the community. 

Mission: To inspire, inform and empower people to value, understand and protect local ecosystems and biodiversity.

We acknowledge with gratitude and respect the un-ceded territories and the people of Coast Salish First Nations who have stewarded the lands and waters of the southern Salish Sea for millenia, and who continue to do so. These include the Quw’utsun Tribes (Cowichan), Spune’luxutth (Penelakut), Lyackson, Halalt, BOḰEĆEN (Paquachin), MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat), SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout), W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip) and W̱SIḴEM (Tseycum) nations