Forty Canadian groups, including West Coast Environmental Law, the David Suzuki Foundation, the Council of Canadians, Greenpeace and the SCCA, have endorsed a statement confirming their support for strong federal environmental laws that protect our national values.
The groups warn … Read More “Environmental Laws Matter”
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The SCCA has written a letter to the Minister of the Environment in support of an expanded park on Mount Elphinstone.
Local residents are urging the government to expand three very small protected parcels into a 1500 hectare Mount Elphinstone … Read More “SCCA supports expanded Mt. Elphinstone park”
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The Sunshine Coast Regional District is receiving public input on the new Source Assessment Response Plan (SARP) for the Chapman Creek drinking water watershed. The plan’s purpose is to enhance the protection of drinking water in the Chapman watershed, recognizing … Read More “Public Input sought on Chapman Creek Watershed”
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BURNCO Rock Products Ltd. is proposing an aggregate extraction project at McNab Creek in Howe Sound (approx. 10 km east of Port Mellon). This gravel extraction project would have outputs ranging from 400,000 tonnes per year to as high as … Read More “SCCA responds to Aggregate Project review”
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The SCCA would like to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who made our Celebration of Conservation on November 26 such a big success. We particularly couldn’t have done it without our hard-working volunteers.
We are grateful to the … Read More “Thank you for helping”
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Effective October 14, Dan Bouman is resigning as Executive Director of the SCCA to pursue other interests. Dan will continue to assist the SCCA in completing outstanding obligations.
The board would like to thank Dan for his many years of … Read More “Bouman Resigns”
As most members are aware, the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) has a long history of working successfully to protect old growth forests, species at-risk, wildlife habitat and various ecosystem services within the 2.5 million hectare area of the greater … Read More “Introducing the Habitat Area Nomination Project (HANP)”
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Gospel Rock has been off the radar lately, but the issue is far from asleep.
On September 14, 2011, Town of Gibsons Council received a staff report outlining potential ways of resolving outstanding issues in the Gospel Rock Neighbourhood Plan, … Read More “Gospel Rock – Oct 2011 Update”
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Josh Paterson of West Coast Environmental Law, recently returned from a trip up the BC Coast to the beginning of the proposed Enbridge tanker route at Kitamaat Village (near Kitimat). His account of this trip is on WCEL’s website.… Read More “Hearings to be held Oil Tanker Route”
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The Ministry of Forests has just released a Sunshine Coast Timber Supply Review – Public Discussion Paper. The deadline for public comments is Oct 2.
The SCCA is concerned about the Timber Supply Review because the “base case” scenario … Read More “Timber Supply Review Underway”
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