Formed last January, the Wild Salmon Alliance (WSA) is fighting all levels of mismanagement of Canadas saltwater fisheries on the West Coast of British Columbia. The litany of abuse includes:
[From West Coast Environmental Law: www.wcel.org]
The provinces new Public Health Act, unveiled on Wednesday April 9, has eliminated the publics rights to demand an investigation of threats to their health, says West Coast Environmental Law (WCEL). Its preliminary … Read More “New Public Health Act Shuts the Public Out”
In Liquid Gold, John Calvert claims the BC government has manufactured an energy crisis by claiming that the province will soon run out of energy. Calvert and many other authorities deny that the crisis exists and insist that other options … Read More “Independent Power Projects: Selling off BC’s Rivers”
On Wednesday, April 23rd at 7 pm, Dr. Bruce Fraser will address Forestry Implications of a Low Carbon Economy at the Seaside Centre. All members of the community are welcome to attend this open meeting.
Invited by the Sunshine Coast … Read More “Chair of BCs Forest Practices Board to visit Sunshine Coast”
The Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia has just released a landmark report, Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change through the Conservation of Nature authored by economic and climate change experts, Sara J. Wilson and Richard J. Hebda. This report … Read More “Adapting to Climate Change”
A new paper released by the group ForestEthics at the Climate Change conference in Bali says that BC’s old growth forests are a hugely important source of stored carbon. For more information about Forest Ethics and a copy of the … Read More “Old Growth Forests: New Values”
March 18, 2008
The details are sketchy as yet but it is apparent that the Sechelt Community Forest has been removed from the Chapman/Gray Community watershed. There are now no logging licencees operating in the communitys main drinking watershed.
Bruce … Read More “Sechelt Community Forest is Out of the Watersheds”
On February 20, 2008 the District of Sechelt Council unanimously adopted a Bylaw to ban the cosmetic use of pesticides.
Sechelt joins over 135 Canadian communities who have adopted similar bans, including Vancouver, West Vancouver, and Gibsons. The District’s next … Read More “Pesticide By-Law passed by District of Sechelt”
October 26, 2007
for Immediate Release
A B.C. Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for logging in the Sunshine Coasts Chapman Creek Watershed is back in the public eye. Daniel Bouman, Executive Director of the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association, … Read More “Watershed Logging Case on its way to BC Court of Appeal”
