Both groups collectively were able to raise, through community donations, $200,000.
Quinn Griesdale, director of French Creek House Ltd, said they are pleased to work with BC Parks Foundation and local partners to make a legacy gift to the eagles and community.
“When I started working on this project it became obvious very quickly that this 23 acres is a green space and should stay like that,” said Griesdale.
With the land and donation secured, plus the money raised locally, the BC Parks Foundation and local partners needed to raise $1.7 million to complete the deal.
Dasilva, the founder of Lightspeed, a global commerce solution, is a British Columbian committed to conservation.
“This is an exciting and symbolic project, and I am honoured to join other British Columbians, including local First Nations, who are supporting it,” says Dasilva.
But every time we’re able to do it, it comes down to the last day when our knuckles are white.