What is the Nature Stewards Program?

This program is designed to support you caring for nature on your property.

Learn about local wildlife and species at risk, improving habitat, and protecting land for the future.

It can also provide more personalized advice by visiting your property and creating customized recommendations.

Who Can Get Involved?

We want environmental stewardship information to be accessible to everyone.

If you have a question about nature where you live, please fill out our simple online form!

If you are a landowner in the Fraser Valley, this program can provide customized recommendations on how to care for your property.

If you have questions about caring for nature in other areas, such as parks, please send us an email.

What Kinds of Nature Questions Will We Answer?

The Nature Stewards Program focuses on the following stewardship questions:

  • Identifying local wildlife
  • Creating habitat for wildlife
  • Native plant gardening
  • Managing invasive species
  • Long-term property protection

This program is meant to support voluntary stewardship actions. It does not advise on problematic wildlife, provide professional advise for required works, or offer legal advice.

What Does Participating Look Like?

  1. Fill out our online form to see if your nature questions fit within the scope of our program.
  2. You will hear back from our team within a week. We will let you know how we can best support you on your stewardship journey!
  3. If your property questions fit well with our program, we may arrange a visit to your property where we can share our knowledge in person.
  4. After a property visit, we can discuss if you want to become a Certified Nature Steward, or if there are other ways we can support stewardship action on your property.

Certified Nature Stewards

Our Certified Nature Stewards Program is for landowners who are committed to taking action on their property to support nature in the Fraser Valley.

 

After you have filled out our online form and followed up with our staff, you may be eligible to participate our Certification program. When you become a Certified Nature Steward you get access to customized information for your property and a beautiful plaque demonstrating your commitment to stewardship.

Certified Nature Stewards Receive: