Category: <span>2024</span>

Water Extraction for International Export: At what risk to local aquifers?

Some residents along the eastern slopes of the Beaufort Range are aware of the Natural Glacial Waters bottling plant near Rosewall Creek in Fanny Bay. Since 1997 this plant has been extracting aquifer water and shipping it to Asian markets. While the BC Water Protection Act prohibits bulk export of …

2024 River Never Sleeps Festival

The River Never Sleeps just keeps getting better every year! The number of organizations participating was up this year. The event provides a wonderful chance to meet with other environmental stewardship groups and learn about the exciting work that various volunteer groups are taking on. We thoroughly enjoy conversations with …

Mark Isfeld Eco Fair

Once again we had so much fun at the Mark Isfeld Eco Fair. We love the enthusiasm that the kids have for learning about the environment. This year we had a set up to watch the new video “A Watershed Moment” and fir seedlings to give away.

Announcing Bowser Pod !

We are expanding! BWS is launching a new stream sampling team, or ‘pod’ as we like to call them, in the Lighthouse area. This will provide a more comprehensive understanding of the health of streams on the eastern slopes of the Beaufort Range. We sample for turbidity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, …