It's a Fact Tom has left a legacy on Salt Spring Island of protected forested watersheds and drinking water sources, lakes free of water-ski boats, and restrained residential development on watershed lands.

When local governments declined to regulate gas-powered motors on drinking-water lakes, Tom spearheaded campaigns leading all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, where the federal Electric Motors Only (EMO) law was upheld - to the benefit of over 400 “drinking-water lakes” across Canada.

When illegal logging threatened lands pledged to the Society, Tom and the Water Preservation Society acted and obtained a court injunction to stop the logging.

In 2003, when a land “development” corporation agreed to transfer some 300 acres of watershed lands to the Society for perpetual protection, Tom was present for the signing. This kind of dedication has placed Tom in the forefront of many worthy community projects and we thank him for a quarter century of devotion to Salt Spring Island's watershed lands.