Who Are We?

The Coastal Invasive Plant Committee (CIPC) is a registered non-profit society serving the geographic areas of Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the Regional Districts of Powell River, Mount Waddington and Strathcona, occurring on the Mainland coast (see map).

The CIPC's mandate is to:

• educate community members and land managers about the impacts of invasive plants;
• promote cross-jurisdictional coordination and integrated invasive plant management; and
• assist land managers with their invasive plant management objectives.

The CIPC Program Coordinator and Extension and Outreach Coordinator work with the Board of Directors and regional stakeholders to implement the Service Plan and Action Plan. Directors are selected by regional interest groups to represent them for a two-year term. The Board selects from the Directors to fill the Officer positions (Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer and Secretary) following the Annual General Meeting (three-year term for Vice-Chair and Chair). Director positions are open for selection every year at the AGM. If you are interested in becoming involved on the CIPC Board, please contact us at 250-857-CIPC.

2008 Board of Directors

• Becky Brown (Chair), B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Agriculture
• Ernie Sellentin, Comox Valley Naturalists Society, Naturalists
• Glenda Barr, Nanaimo Rhododendron Society, Horticulture
• Jeff Hallworth, B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range, Forestry
• Kate Miller, Cowichan Valley Regional District, Regional Districts
• Maggie Henigman, B.C. Ministry of Environment, Parks
• Michele Jones (Treasurer), Mimulus Biological Consultants, Professional Biologists
• Rob Lawrance, City of Nanaimo, Municipalities
• Zak Henderson (Vice Chair), Independent, Conservation Lands
  
  
  

Coordinators

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 (MFR)
• BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (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
  

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