On July 23, adelegation from the SCCA and Friends of Davie Bay met on Texada Texada Island. LeHigh Hanson Materials Ltd. wants to open a new, big quarry on Texada. The Friends have filed a court challenge. They want a … Read More “Texada residents oppose new quarry”
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The SCCA has continued with information gathering over the last 5 months. We are now able to clarify past events and also describe what is happing now and what we expect will happen in the near future. Below is a … Read More “Tyson Creek hydropower project update – Aug. 20, 2010”
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Glass sponge reefs were thought to have gone extinct 30 million years ago, but in 1987 researchers mapping the sea floor discovered them in Georgia Strait. There’s a reef in the waters off Sechelt and another near Roberts Creek.
Glass Sponge Reef Petition Read More
On June 18, 2010, SCCA Executive Director Dan Bouman emailed a list of questions to the Conservation Data Center. His email is here, and the answers he received are below.
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Sunshine Coasters have known in their hearts for generations that the Gospel Rock area is special. Currently available scientific information, provided through the Provinces Conservation Framework, strongly supports this widely held point of view.
To continue reading this article, … Read More “Conservation Values in the Gospel Rock Neighbourhood Plan Area”
Conservation Values in the Gospel Rock Neighbourhood Plan Area Read More
Environmental advocates from all over the greater Sunshine Coast region gathered at Camp Byng in Roberts Creek on the Spring Equinox, March 20 and 21 for two days of fun, fellowship, networking and workshops.
Topics included personality types and small group … Read More “SCCA Advocacy Summit 2010”
SCCA Advocacy Summit 2010 Read More
Tyson Lake, April 30, 2010. As the lake level was drawn down, ice came to rest on the sediment delta at the left side of the picture causing silt to be distributed throughout the lake. The only visible patch of … Read More “Tyson Lake aerial photo”
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Update for April 27, 2010
Renewable Power Corporation Acknowledges Sedimentation Event
In a press release dated April 23, 2010 Renewable Power Corporation (RPC) of Gibsons, BC has acknowledged that operations of their Tyson Creek hydropower facility has caused major siltation … Read More “Tyson Creek Sedimentation Events Update”
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April 14, 2010
In our posting of April 8 we stated that remedial requirements, stemming from the February 19 shut down order, had been completed. According to an email from Environment Minister Barry Penners office on April 9, 2010, … Read More “Tyson Creek update”
Glacial-fluvial silt from Tyson Lake via the Tyson Creek independent power project has turned the Tzoonie River estuary and the head of the inlet turquoise green, Narrows Inlet, March 21, 2010.
Photo: Bob Price.
For more information read the SCCA’s … Read More “Tzoonie River silt observed”
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