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Vancouver Sun article on watershed science cites Mount Elphinstone logging crisis
“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 article
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Response to flawed BCTS Watershed Assessment report
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...
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Community Policing: Speed Watch Program
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...
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Response to BC Timber Sales Mt. Elphinstone South Watershed Assessment
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...
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Mt Elphinstone logging recommendation not a good news story
‘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...
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Chaster Creek Watershed and BCTS Logging
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...
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Climate Summit
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...
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