News and Events
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 […]
New Public Health Act Shuts the Public Out
[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 analysis of the provinces new Public Health Act reveals some positive changes in the legislation. However, […]
Independent Power Projects: Selling off BC’s Rivers
In Liquid Gold, John Calvert claims the BC government has manufactured an energy crisis by claiming that the province will soon run out of energy. Calvert and many other authorities deny that the crisis exists and insist that other options have not been explored. Are we trading low-cost, publicly owned power for expensive privately- owned […]
Chair of BCs Forest Practices Board to visit Sunshine Coast
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 Conservation Association, Dr. Fraser plans to talk about climate change policies and BC industrial […]
Adapting to Climate Change
The Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia has just released a landmark report, Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change through the Conservation of Nature authored by economic and climate change experts, Sara J. Wilson and Richard J. Hebda. This report includes projected impacts of climate change on our ecosystems and conservation strategies to reduce those […]
Old Growth Forests: New Values
A new paper released by the group ForestEthics at the Climate Change conference in Bali says that BC’s old growth forests are a hugely important source of stored carbon. For more information about Forest Ethics and a copy of the report (Carbon in the Bank – BC’s Forests and the Fight Against Global Warming) visit […]
Sechelt Community Forest is Out of the Watersheds
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 Seifert of the Integrated Land Management Bureau (ILMB), in a presentation to the SC […]
Pesticide By-Law passed by District of Sechelt
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 task will be to assemble an educational program to help residents move from synthetic pesticides […]