by alex morrison | Jul 13, 2021 | Advocacy, DoP Heathly Watersheds Committee
The District of Peachland’s Healthy Watershed Committee met on June 23, 2021.Among the topics discussed were the upcoming logging referrals by BC Timber Sales, and a follow up to the unanswered “pause” letter sent to Minister Doug Donaldson, for...
by alex morrison | Jul 10, 2021 | Advocacy, Member Activities & Meetings, Newsletter
The Healthy Watershed Committee of the District of Peachland Council recommended that Peachland oppose the proposed activity. At the June 23 2021 meeting, this letter was presented and then sent to BC Timber Sales. View the letter.
by alex morrison | May 29, 2021 | Advocacy, Floods, In the news, Newsletter, Peachland
Peachland Mayor Speaks Out At the recent AGM of the Okanagan Basin Waterboard, Peachland’s Mayor stood up to defend the community’s watershed. Ted Zimmerman, executive director of the provincial water protection and sustainability branch, was at the AGM...
by alex morrison | Feb 28, 2021 | Advocacy, In the news, News Releases, Peachland, Watershed Watch
District of Peachland selects prominent local watershed advocate for Healthy Watershed Committee (Peachland, March 1, 2021): The Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance (PWPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of PWPA co-founder and director, Taryn Skalbania, to...
by alex morrison | Nov 27, 2020 | Advocacy, Newsletter
At the Sept 29 Council meeting, representatives from Tolko, BC Timber Sales, Ntityix Resources and Gorman Bros, the companies that have licenses to log in our watershed made a presentation on their recent activities and on what they are planning to do over the next...
by alex morrison | Oct 5, 2020 | Advocacy, Events, In the news, Newsletter
PWPA Organizes Peachland’s Forest March for 2020 Friday September 18 was a province-wide day of action for watershed and forest defenders in British Columbia. The objective was to make our collective voices heard and to promote a new forest framework – a new way of...
