The SCCA has just discovered that the Community Forest is hosting a presentation by Ms. Glynnis Horel, P.Eng on March 10, 2014 at 6:30 pm at the Seaside Centre. The presentation will detail the findings of a comprehensive coastal watershed … Read More “Chapman and Gray Creek Watershed Assessment”
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If you missed the presentation on Glass Sponge Reefs delivered to SCCA members in October, you can now see the video which was shot by Sarama. Dr. Manfred Krautter, paleobiologist, and professor at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, delivered this … Read More “See the video of Glass Sponge Reefs presentation”
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The Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, is seeking your input on establishing Old Growth Management Areas on the Sunshine Coast in the following Landscape Units.
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The Ministry of Forests is proposing to log two woodlots in the heart of Howe Sound, a combined area three times the size of Stanley Park.
The woodlots are located in a pristine Wilderness Conservation Zone which includes Gambier Lake, … Read More “Petition opposes logging on Gambier”
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Congratulations to Phillip Spour of Langley, who won a Seaward Halo Kayak at the annual Friends of Sunshine Coast Conservation Association recognition event on Oct. 18. Spour won this year’s first prize, while second prize (two Helley Hansen jackets) went … Read More “Kayak Winner Announced”
Kayak Winner Announced Read More
Elphinstone Logging Focus has been successful in lobbying BC Timber Sales (BCTS) to take 17.6 Ha Cutblock DK045 off the table for being logged. Part of a larger block (TFL A79517 Dakota Bowl, lower Sunshine Coast), this includes yellow cedar … Read More “ELF Scores a Win”
The Islands Trust Fund, owner of three nature reserves on Gambier Island, recently signed conservation covenants with the Gambier Island Conservancy and Sunshine Coast Conservation Association. The covenants legally commit all three organizations to share responsibility for safeguarding the reserves.… Read More “SCCA Signs Covenant to Protect Gambier Reserves”
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Our Coal Hard Facts: Coal Shipment Impacts on the Sunshine Coast held on November 23rd at the Sechelt Indian Band Hall in was a resounding success.
Over 150 people packed the SIB Hall, including Chief Garry Feschuk, District 46 School … Read More “The Coal Hard Facts”
The SCCA was awarded participant funding from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Authority (CEAA) to review the proposed draft Application Information Requirements (dAIR) for the Burnco Aggregate Project (a proposed gravel mine at the mouth of McNab Creek).
The SCCA contracted … Read More “SCCA Submits Review of Burnco Proposal”
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Open Houses are being held in Gibsons (Oct. 1) and West Vancouver (Oct. 2) to gather public response on the Burnco Aggregates Project proposed for McNab Creek.
Burnco Aggregates is proposing a sand and gravel mine in the McNab Creek … Read More “Public Comment sought on Gravel Mine Proposal”
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