On the Ground

A Volunteers’ Guide to Monitoring Stewardship Agreements

In Conjunction with The BC Stewardship Centre, The Land Trust Alliance of BC is pleased to announce the release of this new publication in the Stewardship Series. Developed by leaders in the conservation and land trust field, On the Ground is a thorough guide to the elements of Stewardship Agreements with private landowners. This step-by-step manual leads both volunteers and staff through the stages of developing Stewardship Agreements, outlining the various kinds of legal agreements including the increasingly important Conservation Covenant.

It offers important information on ecologically sensitive areas, conservation objectives, site specific requirements, monitoring provisions and enforcement provisions. It also includes monitoring methods, procedures, monitor report forms, sample baseline inventories, and important references every group or individual working with private land conservation should know.

As we work to protect both the natural and cultural features which form our heritage, it is becoming increasingly important that we protect those areas and sites which are commonly found on private lands – those often ecologically sensitive areas such as the valley bottoms and riparian zones where typically private lands are situated in British Columbia. In order to protect these Commitments to Conservation, we must develop thorough Monitoring procedures which this book makes it clear and easy to do.

Follow these following links and have a look at a Checklist for Covenant Monitoring or a Description of a Baseline Survey