After 20 years or more of advocacy, the Ministry of Transportation and Transit has finally responded to residents’ concerns about traffic on Pratt Road, particularly at the intersection with Chaster...
February 20, 2025 The Honourable Mike Farnworth Minister of Transportation and Transit Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 Dear Minister Farnworth, We write to you on behalf of the residents of Elphinstone...
November 27, 2024 Jeremy Waksel Area Manager, Roads Ministry of Transportation and Transit Sechelt, BC Dear Mr. Waksel, On behalf of the residents of Elphinstone (SCRD Area E), who the ECA represents,...
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.” Read the artic...
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...