Who is the CIPC?

The Coastal Invasive Plant Committee (CKIPC) was formed by a group of private and public land managers who were interested in promoting a collaborative approach to invasive plant management. The group became a non-profit society in December, 2005.

The following agencies and groups are working with the CIPC to achieve more effective management of invasive plants in the Coastal region:

• BC Landscape & Nursery Association (BCLNA)
• BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands (MAL)
• BC Ministry of Environment (MoE)
• BC Ministry of Forests and Range (MoFR)
• BC Ministry of Transportation (MoT)
• BC Shellfish Growers Association (BCSGA)
• BC Society of Landscape Architects
• Butchart Gardens
• Capital Regional District (CRD)
• Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• City of Nanaimo
• City of Victoria
• Comox Valley Land Trust
• Comox Valley Naturalist Society
• Conservancy Hornby Island
• Cortes Land Conservancy
• Cowichan Community Land Trust Society
• Cowichan Tribes
• Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD)
• Denman Conservancy Association
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
• Department of National Defense (DND)
• District of Oak Bay
• District of North Cowichan
• District of Saanich
• Ducks Unlimited Canada
• E & N Rail (Island Corridor Foundation)
• Galiano Conservancy Association
• Garry Oak Ecosystem Recovery Team (GOERT)
• Island Farmer's Alliance
• Invasive Plant Council of BC (IPC)
• Islands Trust
• Mayne Island Conservancy
• Millard-Piercy Watershed Stewards
• Nanaimo-Cedar Farmer's Institute
• Native Plant Society of BC
• Parks Canada, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve (GINPR)
• Parksville Streamkeepers
• Pender Islands Conservancy Association
• Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN)
• Royal BC Museum
• Salt Spring Island Conservancy
• Savary Island Land Trust Society
• Sayward Farmers Institute
• Shorekeepers
• Somenos Basin Committee
• Swan Lake-Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary
• Terasen Gas
• Texada Island Conservancy
• The Land Conservancy of BC
• The Land Trust Alliance of BC
• The Nature Trust of BC
• Tsolum River Restoration Society
• Western Canada Turfgrass Association
  

The Board of Directors currently includes:

• Alison Millham (Comox Valley Naturalists Society)
• Ernie Sellentin (B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range)
• Jeff Hallworth (B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range)
• Katie Johnny (Cowichan Valley Regional District)
• Maggie Henigman (B.C. Ministry of Environment)
• Michael Betts (B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Lands)
• Miyo Stevens (Nanaimo-Cedar Farmer's Institute)
• Sue Pauwels (B.C. Ministry of Transportation)

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