This article and image were originally posted by CHEK News on 5 July 2025. The author is Dean Stoltz who lives in the Comox Valley and covers stories from Duncan to Tofino to Port Hardy. Residents living along the shores of Baynes Sound have been concerned and lobbying for action …
This is a publication by the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) reporting on the state of local aquifers. The aquifers in the southern portion of the Beaufort Range fall withing the RDN jurisdiction. This 12-page document provides an excellent overview of groundwater processes, and threats due to climate change and …
Julie Gordon published an article in The Narwhal on February 18, 2025 that provides an excellent background to how and why such extensive logging continues along both sides of the Beaufort Range. B.C.’s private forests aren’t subject to the same logging regulations as those on public land — putting old …
This excellent VIDEO from Glade Watershed Protection Society gives a straightforward overview of key issues in how watersheds work and why their protection is so critical. The Glade watershed is located in the Kootenays, but the geography, threats, and reliance on ground water for all our needs are the same …
By Andrew MacLeod, published 3 Jan 2022, TheTyee.ca B.C.’s opposition parties want the government to extend — for a second time — an approaching groundwater licensing deadline, warning of a looming crisis for local farms and small businesses. “We are just deeply concerned,” said Shirley Bond, the interim leader of …
SCOTT STANFIELD / Dec. 9, 2021 11:30 a.m. / LOCAL NEWS / NEWS A retired forester presented the CVRD board with some key findings from a study concerning four watersheds in the Fanny Bay area. The Beaufort Watershed Stewards 2021 Hydrological Health Report Card reveals potential issues with watershed health, …
SOURCE: Code Blue BC. In 2021, the BC Government invested $27 million in the health and security of BC’s watersheds, putting 750 British Columbians to work across 60+ watershed projects in every corner of BC. This work has become known as the Healthy Watersheds Initiative. Now, in order to keep …
AUTHOR: Derrick Penner SOURCE: Vancouver Sun, 21 July 2021 IMAGE CREDIT: Haisla First Nation, Vancouver Sun, PNG Click “read more” for LINK to Article
SOURCE: CBC’s “What on Earth” with Laura Lynch AIRED: 4 July 2021. 33 min. This is an outstanding documentary on the critical role of our forests during the climate crisis. Click HERE on the ‘read more’ page for the link to the documentary
