Conservation
Conservation
- Critics fight Howe Sound gravel mine proposal
Opponents of a proposed sand and gravel mine in Howe Sound are raising concerns the development will negatively impact the local environment.
- Local Governments, Citizens Want More Scrutiny of Proposed Howe Sound Gravel Mine
A local citizens’ group, The Future of Howe Sound Society, is also concerned the project has slid under the radar thus far and is urging the public to comment on the proposal by the end of the week, when the first public comment phase closes.
- Watching the Sound: More Scrutiny Called for Gravel Mine
Regional politicians in jurisdictions along Howe Sound are calling for a bigger role in the review of a major proposed gravel mine at McNab Creek. Several Sunshine Coast regional directors and councilors have recently stepped forward with concerns about t
- Recovery of the Howe Sound Ecosystem
A water treatment facility has cleaned up heavy metal pollution from the Brittania copper mine, and wrapping creosote-covered pilings with non-toxic landscape fabric has provided a healthy platform for herring eggs to survive. Pink salmon have even return
- Coastal mine project moving forward
Local governments feel they have been left out of the process to assess a proposal to build a sand and gravel mine at McNab Creek in West Howe Sound.
- Wild Whales
BC Cetacean (Dolphin and Whale) Sightings Network
- Turn down the volume in the ocean
Over the past decade, scientists who study noise in the ocean have tried to understand how loud, man-made sounds disturb or injure whales and other marine mammals, even driving some to strand on beaches and die.
- Sunshine Coast Conservation Association Winter 2011 Newsletter
Gigantic Howe Sound quarry project put on hold for present
- Wild Whales: Dolphins Around Howe Sound
Mar 9, 2010
- David Suzuki Foundation
- Sunshine Coast Conservation Association
The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association is a volunteer association representing over thirty local conservation and community groups, plus individual members dedicated to protecting the biodiversity and integrity of our air, water, forests, and marine
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The Future Of Howe Sound Society is a non-profit society devoted to preserving the natural beauty, and important
ecosystems, in Howe Sound.
