The ECA has sent the following letter, per approval of membership at the October General Meeting, to BC Timber Sales, BC Ministry of Forests, MLA Randene Neill, and other stakeholders.
As you know from...
“Logging on the slopes of Mount Elphinstone represents a case study on the effects of the practice on forest hydrology and flooding, and how such risks are assessed in B.C.”
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The ECA is a signatory to these letters responding to the July Watershed Assessment report by BC Timber Sales, produced by the Reed Road Forest Working Group, Sunshine Coast Conservation Association, and...
Director Donna McMahon received the following response from RCMP concerning the volunteer-staffed Speed Watch Program. Beyond this community policing program offered jointly by RCMP and ICBC, Elphinstone...
ECA is a signatory to the following letter in response to the BC Timber Sales proposal for more logging in the upper Chaster Creek watershed. BCTS has produced a watershed assessment (available here) that...
‘It is incomprehensible why, in this time of climate change, anyone would seriously propose clear-cutting in our watershed. Mature forests are what stabilize the slopes, reduce the risk of flooding, and...
On March 11, BC Timber Sales released a 198 page Draft Elphinstone South Watershed Assessment report, indicating renewed interest in logging our watershed. Members of ECA’s Forestry/Watershed Committee...
Via Area E Director Donna McMahon, two presentations from the recent Climate Summit held by Climate Caucus (slides and video):
Former Edmonton mayor Don Iveson talking about creative partnerships to build...