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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 BCÂ’s 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
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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 communityÂ’s 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
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A B.C. Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for logging in the Sunshine CoastÂ’s 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”
