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Celebrate Biodiversity in the New Year!
Dear SCCA Supporters: We are truly grateful to all of you for taking the time to engage with our work and support us throughout the year. Your support is so important to us. As we approach the end of 2024 we know you are receiving mountains of fundraising emails in your inboxes. We hope you […]
Thank-You for Protecting Biodiversity in 2024!
Dear Friends: On the eve of Winter Solstice I find myself filled with profound gratitude as I look back on the work we have accomplished together. With so many complex challenges facing us as a species, this world and this work to protect biodiversity can be daunting. When the days are dark it’s you, dear […]
Share the Gift of Conservation this Holiday Season
This holiday season, make your gift giving count for nature and future generations by giving the gift of conservation! Whether it’s protecting ecosystems, improving legislation or supporting citizen science initiatives, you’re not just wrapping up something special for a loved one, you’re helping to protect the lands, waters and species we all cherish. The SCCA […]
Volunteer with Forage Fish Sampling!
Join us for the next round of forage fish sampling with Dianne Sanford and Friends of Forage Fish! Forage fish, such as surf smelt and Pacific sand lance, play a crucial role in the marine food web. Our citizen science project helps monitor these important species to ensure the health of our coastal ecosystems. Bring […]
Volunteer for the Annual Christmas Bird Count!
Every winter season, SCCA members and supporters join our friends in the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society and Pender Harbour Wildlife Society for annual Christmas Bird Counts. “Started in 1900, the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is North America’s longest-running Citizen Science project. People in more than 2000 locations throughout the Western Hemisphere participate in the […]
Give where you live!
This #GivingTuesday, we invite you to support our work to protect biodiversity on the Sunshine Coast. Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement that occurs every year after Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The goal of the movement is to help people to ‘do good in the world’. For some, #GivingTuesday is an opportunity to offset […]
What is an OCP – Official Community Plan?
You may have heard the term “OCP” being thrown around lately in government meetings or read about OCP’s in the newspaper or online. So what exactly is an OCP, and why should you care about it? OCP is an acronym for Official Community Plan. OCP’s are visionary bylaws used by local governments as the basis […]
Powell River-Sunshine Coast Voting Locations
On October 19, 2024, British Columbians will head to the polls to vote in the provincial election. The people we elect on October 19th will be asked to make critical decisions that affect whether or not the natural systems we rely on will continue to survive and sustain us. There are many ways to vote […]
Energy Mines and Low Carbon Innovation: Question to 2024 Provincial Candidates
Introduction Since 2011, the SCCA has provided all candidates engagement opportunities for Sunshine Coast voters to hear from candidates on environmental issues with written Q&A. This year we framed the Q&A in terms of how BC government ministries and mandates intersect with the environment. We hope the background information provided along with the questions helps […]