News and Events
Gospel Rock – Make Your Voice Heard by June 30!
The Town of Gibsons has sent a survey to all households in the Town asking for public feedback on the Draft Gospel Rock Neighbourhood Plan. This survey is also available online at the Town’s website . Two draft development options are being presented. Both proposals would preserve much of the forest, but Plan A calls […]
Walz Wins John Hind-Smith Award
The SCCA is proud to announce that the John Hind-Smith Environmental Award, recognizing an outstanding environmentalist, was presented to Eagle Walz on May 15, 2012. (Walz is pictured above holding the award, next to SCCA Chair Jason Herz.)
Conservation covenants: an important task for the SCCA
by Jason Herz, SCCA Chair The SCCA was granted the right to hold conservation covenants under Section 219 of the Land Titles Act. In the fall of 2010, the Sunshine Coast Regional District inquired as to whether the SCCA would consider holding such a covenant on Cliff Gilker Park. The request was brought about by […]
Spring 2012 Newsletter
The SCCA’s Spring 2012 newsletter is out! This gangbuster 16-page edition features articles and updates on wild salmon, logging on Mt. Elphinstone, fisheries sensitive rivers, sponge reefs, the mining proposal at McNabb Creek, invasive holly, jellyfish, and much more! Click our link for a PDF version, or keep an eye out for the paper copies […]
“Peace Out” Draws Crowd
There was an excellent turn-out for the documentary film Peace Out, sponsored by the SCCA at the Raven’s Cry Theatre on March 28. About 170 people came to see the film and listen to filmmaker Charles Wilkinson, and producer Tina Schliessler. Thanks to Tella Sametz for the photos below: the line-up outside the theatre, and SCCA […]
Residents call to preserve Stillwater Bluffs
Stillwater Bluffs, south of Powell River, is one of the top five sites earmarked as priorities for parks acquisition by the Powell River Regional District. Friends of Stillwater Bluffs and the Ancient Forest Alliance, recently held a press conference at the Sooke Potholes where they called on the BC government to form a land acquisition […]
FHSS responds to Burnco Proposal
The Future of Howe Sound Society has send a submission to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in response to their request for public comment on the proposed Burnco Aggregate Mine Project at McNab Creek. This proposal for a rock and gravel quarry has significant implications for the Howe Sound ecosystem and raises long-term planning issues […]
Environmental Laws Matter
Forty Canadian groups, including West Coast Environmental Law, the David Suzuki Foundation, the Council of Canadians, Greenpeace and the SCCA, have endorsed a statement confirming their support for strong federal environmental laws that protect our national values. The groups warn that they will not stand by if the federal government moves to short-circuit environmental reviews […]
SCCA supports expanded Mt. Elphinstone park
The SCCA has written a letter to the Minister of the Environment in support of an expanded park on Mount Elphinstone. Local residents are urging the government to expand three very small protected parcels into a 1500 hectare Mount Elphinstone Provincial Park. BC Timber Sales is presently planning to log cutblock #A87124 within the proposal […]