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The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) is a charitable non-profit with a 25-year legacy of protecting forests, restoring watersheds, and defending the wild places that make the south coast of British Columbia extraordinary.
Our work spans the Sunshine Coast Forest District — 2 million hectares of coastal temperate rainforest and marine ecosystems in the territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, shíshálh, Tla'amin, Klahoose, and Homalco First Nations — home to over 60,000 residents.
As the only environmental non-profit in this region working at the watershed scale, the SCCA is uniquely positioned to address the twin ecological crises of biodiversity loss and climate change.
We envision and lead strategic conservation campaigns, while connecting, supporting, and mobilizing our community — from grassroots to government — in the shared work of protecting the place we call home.
Our Logo
The Marbled Murrelet is a west coast seabird that requires old growth forests for nesting. It was once common throughout our region but is now a species-at-risk. We selected this bird as our logo because it symbolizes marvelous wild nature that is threatened by impacts of human activity. The SCCA is committed to the protection of this wonderful bird and many other species-at-risk.
In 2001, the SCCA initiated a precedent-setting legal challenge before the BC Supreme Court, in which the nesting habitat of the threatened marbled murrelet was protected in the Brittain Landscape Unit by a decision to overturn logging approvals.
Our logo was designed by Karen Weissenborn of Grafix Printing and Design Services in Sechelt.
Our Mission
To preserve the natural biodiversity of the Sunshine Coast for the benefit of humanity and all life by
- Conducting research to inventory and describe our remaining natural areas with the goal of identifying land and waters important for the preservation of biodiversity;
- Working to retain such lands and waters in a natural state and make them available for public enjoyment where possible; and
- Raising public environmental and conservation awareness by sponsoring educational programs and workshops, and by supporting low-impact recreation.
Constitution/Bylaws
Our Constitution and Bylaws are available as a PDF document.