Authors Daniel Bouman and Andrew Scott compiled the story of all the things Sunshine Coasters have done over many years to protect our most valuable and important environmental asset–drinking water!
Click here for more information about this book, which is … Read More “The People’s Water”
The SCCA is very pleased to announce receipt of a $2330 grant from the Sunshine Coast Regional District for completion of the Eelgrass mapping project.
Eelgrass beds are crucial rearing and feeding grounds for a myriad of marine species, including … Read More “Eelgrass Mapping gets Go Ahead”
NOTES FROM A LECTURE BY DR. BRUCE FRASER
Chair of the Forest Practices Board of BC
hosted by the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association
April 23, 2008
Seaside Centre, Sechelt
Forests used to be a “fibre basket.” But forests are now … Read More “Forestry Implications of a Low Carbon Economy”
Invited by the SCCA to speak in Sechelt on April 23, Dr. Bruce Fraser, chair of the Forest Practices Board of BC, stressed the urgent need to change the way we value and manage our forests.
We are now beginning … Read More “Forestry Expert Looks at BC’s ‘Big Picture’”
Regarding: Selection of Interim Measures and Watershed Protection
Dear Chief and Council,
We are writing today on behalf of the membership of the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association to say thank you for your recent initiative to protect the Chapman and … Read More “Open Letter to Sechelt Indian Band”
[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”
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”
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”
