Habitat Acquisition Trust

Habitat Acquisition Trust is a regional land trust that conserves nature on south Vancouver Island. We envision a future where the full array of natural habitats on south Vancouver Island and the southern Gulf Islands are healthy and conserved.

HAT was established in 1996 by the Victoria Natural History Society. The VNHS envisioned a local land trust that would directly conserve land by acquiring titles and covenants, and by working with residents to foster stewardship of natural ecosystems.

HAT was involved in promoting the effort to establish a Sea-to-Sea Greenbelt in the Sooke Hills and beyond. As a result of that effort, HAT worked with the Society to Protect Ayum Creek to conserve Ayum Estuary. That purchase became our first acquisition. Today, the Sea-to-Sea Greenbelt is over 95% protected, and HAT protects over 1600 hectares of natural habitats