ECA News
- Calls to defer Elphinstone Highlands cutblock auction supported June 19 June 19, 2025
- “The Elphinstone Community Association Remains Strongly Opposed to Logging of TA0519 Located in our Aquifer Recharge Area” May 27, 2025
- Emergency Preparedness at West Howe Sound May 19, 2025
- ECA and SCCA Call on Province for Moratorium on Logging in Mt. Elphinstone Watershed May 4, 2025
- ECA questions Mt. Elphinstone cutblock March 30, 2025
Calls to defer Elphinstone Highlands cutblock auction supported June 19
Elphinstone and West Howe Sound community associations’ efforts to have B.C. Timber Sales (BCTS) defer the 35.2 hectare Elphinstone Highlands cutblock (TA0519) […]
Read more“The Elphinstone Community Association Remains Strongly Opposed to Logging of TA0519 Located in our Aquifer Recharge Area”
At the 2025 ECA Annual General Meeting held May 21, members elected to send the letter linked below to BC Timber Sales. […]
Read moreEmergency Preparedness at West Howe Sound
If you missed our April meeting with guest speaker Bet Cecill, she and others involved in local emergency preparedness initiatives will be […]
Read moreECA and SCCA Call on Province for Moratorium on Logging in Mt. Elphinstone Watershed
“We urge the Province to immediately defer logging in Mt. Elphinstone’s critical aquifer recharge
area and support a collaborative Water Sustainability Plan (WSP) for this area. This action is
essential to safeguarding drinking water for thousands of Sunshine Coast residents, protecting
private wells, and mitigating downstream flood risk. Without intervention, BC Timber Sales
(BCTS) will proceed with its logging plans, which present irreversible harm to this watershed.”
ECA questions Mt. Elphinstone cutblock
From Donna McMahon’s newsletter (subscribe here): I’d like to extend a big thank you to the volunteers with the Elphinstone Community Association […]
Read moreWork on Clark Trail
SCRD tells us they plan to do some work on Clark trail this spring, which is great news! At the beginning of […]
Read moreTA0519 Response from BC Timber Sales, with Background
BC Timber Sales is the scheduled speaker at ECA’s next General Meeting, March 19. If you will attend and wish to prepare […]
Read moreFour Way Stop Installed at Pratt and Chaster
After 20 years or more of advocacy, the Ministry of Transportation and Transit has finally responded to residents’ concerns about traffic on […]
Read moreECA Letter: Safe Crossing on Highway 101
February 20, 2025 The Honourable Mike Farnworth Minister of Transportation and Transit Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 Dear Minister Farnworth, We […]
Read moreECA Letter Regarding the “S” Curve on Gower Point Road
November 27, 2024 Jeremy Waksel Area Manager, Roads Ministry of Transportation and Transit Sechelt, BC Dear Mr. Waksel, On behalf of the […]
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