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Sunshine Coast Conservation Association |
 The SCCA is a volunteer association representing over thirty local conservation and community groups, plus individual members. We are located in the Sunshine Coast Forest District - two million hectares of coastal temperate rain forest on the coast of British Columbia, just north of Vancouver.
We are dedicated to protecting the biodiversity and integrity of our air, water, forests, and marine environments, for all time. The menu across the top of every page links you to information about our organization, including information on how to Contact Us, how to Join, and how to Donate. The menu down the left hand side links you to news and information about our campaigns.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 September 2008 )
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Environmental Groups Recommend New Approaches to Clean Electricity in BC |
 Vancouver, December 17, 2009 — Several environmental organizations today released a blueprint for improving the planning and development of renewable electricity projects in British Columbia. The recommendations, authored by the David Suzuki Foundation, the Pembina Institute, Watershed Watch Salmon Society and West Coast Environmental Law, have been endorsed by 25 environmental organizations across the province.
British Columbians are deeply concerned about climate change, and while they support clean electricity to address climate change, many harbour concerns about how clean electricity is currently developed. Government energy and climate policies have stimulated a rapid increase in the rate of development of renewable electricity projects, but public support has not kept pace in many cases. Projects have frequently been opposed due to concerns about social, environmental and economic costs.
The blueprint released today, “Recommendations for Responsible Clean Electricity Development in British Columbia,” outlines how planning and development can proceed in a way that is more transparent, strategic and inclusive of and beneficial to all British Columbians — First Nations and the public alike — while limiting environmental impacts.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 December 2009 )
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Tyson Creek IPP Virtual Tour |
 Tyson Creek is a tributary of the Tzoonie River at the head of Narrows Inlet about 20 miles from Sechelt. Directors of the SCCA were invited by Renewable Resources Hydropower Company (RRH) to take a tour of their Tyson Creek lake storage/run-of-the-river project, which is now nearing completion. We were also invited to view the location of the RRH’s proposed project at Ramona Lake/Creek, which empties into Narrows inlet just west of the Tzoonie River estuary. SCCA Vice Chair Jason Herz viewed the site with company personnel on November 5, 2009.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 18 December 2009 )
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Six Easy Ways to Fix the Community Forest |
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Annoyed SCCA members and others have been calling and writing to
express their irritation with the recent advertising blitz from Sechelt
Community Projects Incorporated (SCPI — holder of a probationary
community forest licence). This flood of promotional materials includes
a major spread in Just Business People Magazine, a 4-page glossy
insert in the Coast Reporter, a video production and a telephone
“survey” that poses leading questions. It is obvious that
the SCPI board of directors is baffled about why the public does not get
onside with them and are wondering what should be done about it. We would
like to offer the SCPI board of directors (and the public) a few simple
steps that could be taken to significantly improve how the public views
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Last Updated ( Friday, 04 December 2009 )
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 The SCCA's Fall 2009 newsletter is out! You can download it as a PDF from this website, or paper copies are also available across the Sunshine Coast and from the SCCA at info@thescca.ca.
(Please note a correction that came in after publication.)
In addition to a special feature on Toba Inlet, articles include:
- Hidden Grove protected
- Petition launched to protect Bear Bay Forest
- Clean Air Society seeks ban on large scale slash burning
- Fighting for Eagle River Fish
- SCCA questions Community Forest practices
- Independent Power Projects raise concerns
- Environmental hot spots on the northern Sunshine Coast
- The Battle for Gospel Rock
- Should Elphinstone trails be shared with RVs?
- Sunshine Coast Trail gets $3 million boost
- Sechelt Anglican church becomes first "Green Parish"
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Last Updated ( Friday, 18 December 2009 )
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