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”
Tzoonie River silt observed Read More
The SCCA has submitted a new paper to the District of Sechelt on how to fix the District’s community forest corporation. These six recommendations are mostly administrative in nature but go to the heart of what is needed.
Our paper … Read More “SCCA Makes Recommendations to Sechelt Council.”
SCCA Makes Recommendations to Sechelt Council. Read More
Vancouver, December 17, 2009 Several environmental organizations today released a blueprint for improving the planning and development of renewable electricity projects in British Columbia. The recommendations, authored by the David Suzuki Foundation, the Pembina Institute, Watershed Watch Salmon Society … Read More “Environmental Groups Recommend New Approaches to Clean Electricity in BC”
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Tyson Creek is a tributary of the Tzoonie River at the head of Narrows Inlet about 20 miles from Sechelt. Directors of the SCCA were invited by Renewable Resources Hydropower Company (RRH) to take a tour of their Tyson Creek … Read More “Tyson Creek IPP Virtual Tour”
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Annoyed SCCA members and others have been calling and writing to express their irritation with the recent advertising blitz from Sechelt Community Projects Incorporated (SCPI holder of a probationary community forest licence). This flood of promotional materials includes a … Read More “Six Easy Ways to Fix the Community Forest”
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The SCCA has filed a “Request for Review ” with the BC Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) on September 2, 2009. This request relates to the Sechelt Community Forest’s response to our Freedom of Information request … Read More “SCCA Files “Request for Review””
SCCA Files “Request for Review” Read More
We would like to thank all the businesses and donors for supporting the 2009 Celebration of Conservation held on October 17, 2009 at the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre. If we have missed anyone we apologize in advance.
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