News and Events
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 […]
Public Input sought on Chapman Creek Watershed
The Sunshine Coast Regional District is receiving public input on the new Source Assessment Response Plan (SARP) for the Chapman Creek drinking water watershed. The plan’s purpose is to enhance the protection of drinking water in the Chapman watershed, recognizing that under current legislation, completely eliminating industry altogether is not an option. The plan was […]
SCCA responds to Aggregate Project review
BURNCO Rock Products Ltd. is proposing an aggregate extraction project at McNab Creek in Howe Sound (approx. 10 km east of Port Mellon). This gravel extraction project would have outputs ranging from 400,000 tonnes per year to as high as 4 million Tonnes per year for special project demands. The Future of Howe Sound Society […]
Thank you for helping
The SCCA would like to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who made our Celebration of Conservation on November 26 such a big success. We particularly couldn’t have done it without our hard-working volunteers. We are grateful to the following individuals, businesses and organizations who donated their talents, services and items to our silent […]