Learn to care for and restore a stream near you!
Want to learn what you can do to improve salmon habitat and promote local waterway health?
Join us on September 21st and 22nd for the Sunshine Coast Streamkeepers training.
Chaster Creek, Elphinstone
9 am to 5 pm each day
Cost: $50
Trainers Dianne Sanford and Angela Kroning will lead you in this hands-on introduction to fish habitat, stream restoration, aquatic life identification and waterway stewardship. Participants who complete the two day training will receive a Streamkeepers certificate from the Pacific Streamkeepers Federation.
APPLY HERE by September 2, 2019
Only 12 spaces available, so apply today!
Presented in collaboration with the Sunshine Coast Streamkeepers, with support from generous local donors.
- Last Updated: Monday, 29 July 2019 22:34
Summer Art and Conservation Workshops for Kids!
We're pleased to partner again this year with the Arts Centre to offer 3 children’s workshops, each combining art-making with learning about local biodiversity. In the mornings participants learn to draw, sculpt and paint the rich and varied life of the Coast led by a senior artist/teacher. In the afternoon, walks and discussions take over as we explore the rich life forms that populate this special part of the Pacific Northwest, and learn about how we can all become environmental stewardship super-heroes!
Each workshop culminates in an exhibition of work in our community gallery with a reception celebrating their achievements. Workshops run 10:00 – 3:00 each day, with a break provided for lunch.
There are still a few spaces remaining - REGISTER HERE!
- Last Updated: Saturday, 06 July 2019 06:14
2019 Annual General Meeting
We held our Annual General Meeting on June 18th, followed by fantastic discussion about water meters and water conservation efforts, and as usual, enjoyed conversation, refreshments and an amazing spread of potluck treats.
Staff and Board at 2019 AGM
We're pleased to have re-elected Mary Louise Hendry to our Board, which now consists of: Lee Ann Johnson (Chair), Mary Louise Hendry (Secretary), Dan Bouman, Suzanne Senger, and Bill Wareham. We will greatly miss Jason Herz, who retired this year, though he'll still head up our Covenants committee, and if his parting gift is any indication, he'll definitely continue to model great water conservation practices! And we were happy to introduce everyone to our 2019 summer interns, Devon Ellis-Durity and Erika Evasiuk.
If you had to miss it, don't worry, you can at least still check out the agenda, minutes, reports and financial statements here:
AGM 2019 Agenda
AGM 2019 Minutes - Draft
2018 Financial Position Statement
- Last Updated: Saturday, 06 July 2019 03:41
Join us for our third annual Oceans Day celebration!
The SCCA is pleased to be partnering again with the District of Sechelt to present the third annual SECHELT OCEANS DAY!
Saturday, June 8th, 12 - 4 pm
Friendship Park - where Wharf Ave meets the Ocean
Enjoy an afternoon of FREE family fun featuring ocean-themed activities and games on the downtown Sechelt waterfront. Pick up your Oceans Day Passport at our info booth, and gain stamps at each activity for your chance to win prizes!
Here's some of what we have in store for you:
OPENING CEREMONIES: 12 pm
Live Music with the Knotty Dotters Marimba Band: 12:30 - 1 pm
Chalk-It-Up on the Wharf: 12 - 4 pm
Kids - pick up your chalk art kit and decorate the wharf with a collaborative ocean ecosystem mural! Pose for a picture with your completed masterpiece for a chance to win prizes, and be featured in our Oceans Day picture gallery.
Sechelt by the Seashore Scavenger Hunt: 12 - 4 pm
Get a team of friends or family together, and enter the scavenger hunt contest at our Oceans Day booth! Figure out the riddles to work your way through our fun and fantastic mystery tour of sea-related art, artifacts and features of Sechelt. The more riddles you solve, the more stamps you get in your Oceans Day Passport for better chances to win prizes!
Beach Seine: 1:30 pm
Join Fisheries and Oceans Canada Community Advisor Dave Davies to use a seine net to look for young salmon who are migrating now from the rivers to the ocean!
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup - 2 - 3 pm
New this year: two locations to choose from!
- Sechelt waterfront: Be a part of our third annual shoreline cleanup! Some gloves, picker-up'ers, garbage bags and buckets provided. Register online today, or just drop by!
- SUP-Supported Porpoise Bay Cleanup: Join Halfmoon Sea Kayaks to try out a Stand-Up Paddleboard AND do your part to clean the beach at the same time!
Register here, or contact halfmoonseakayaks@gmail.com, or 604.885.2948 to join in.
And tons of great activities presented by local and regional environmental NGOs and businesses like:
Georgia Strait Alliance
The Jellyfish Project
Sunshine Coast Streamkeepers
Salish Sea Nearshore Habitat Recovery Project
Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project
Marine Education & Research Society
Suzy's Beeswraps & Boomerang Bags
Sunshine Coast Salmonid Enhancement Society
The Habitat Protection Project
Pacific Wild
Eco-Freako
Tours of Exploration
and more!
Want to get involved: volunteer, offer an activity, host an education booth, or donate? Contact info@thescca.ca.
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 04 June 2019 00:59