News and Events
Mixal Creek Habitat Restoration
The Ruby Lake Lagoon Society is sponsoring a habitat and trail restoration workparty at Mixal Creek on Sunday, September 28 in honour of BC Rivers Day.Anyone who is interested in taking part should meet the group at 9:30 at the PetroCan station (junction of Hwy 101 and Garden Bay Road).Bring work gloves, gumboots and garden […]
The People’s Water
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 available for $20 from the SCCA and selected Sunshine Coats retailers.
Eelgrass Mapping gets Go Ahead
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 salmonids as they migrate from the rivers to the sea environment. Dianne Sanford, local educator, […]
Protected Area Network on Gambier Announced
Gambier Island’s first protected area network is now complete with the transfer of 107 hectares (264 acres) from the Province of British Columbia to the Islands Trust Fund through the provincial Free Crown Grant program. The new Mount Artaban Nature Reserve, when combined with neighbouring local, regional and provincial parks, creates a continuous protected area […]
Province Fails to Protect Marbled Murrelet
The Forest Practices Board has released its finding on management of Marbled Murrelet nesting habitat under the Forest and Range Practices Act (see the press release below). This Special Investigation was the response of the FPB to the SCCA’s complaint in 2006 about Interfor’s Sunshine Coast Forest Stewardship Plan, which we alleged did not adequately manage and conserve […]
Forestry Implications of a Low Carbon Economy
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 seen as a source of energy as well as material, with their value measured […]
Forestry Expert Looks at BC’s ‘Big Picture’
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 to characterize the forest as a source of energy as well as material, leading to […]
Open Letter to Sechelt Indian Band
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 Gray community watersheds by nominating this area for interim protection as part of the land […]
Wild Salmon Alliance Seeks End to Open Net-Pens
Formed last January, the Wild Salmon Alliance (WSA) is fighting all levels of mismanagement of Canadas saltwater fisheries on the West Coast of British Columbia. The litany of abuse includes: management based on political decisions made in Ottawa that are aimed at benefitting the bureaucracy rather than decisions based on good science to benefit fish […]