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Boats on the Colquitz River
I am writing you from the Colquitz River, which meanders down from Elk and Beaver lakes and flows into Portage Inlet, just under the new Admiral’s Street bridge.
This tiny tidal waterway has been traveled frequently by paddlers this past summer and fall, and although we want to share every bit of this beautiful area with you, we ask that you do not enter the river now.
BC Creeks Need Your Help!
Independent Power Projects, aka IPPs, are being planned here in our back yards - and most of us don't have a clue what has been going on. These creeks include: Big Silver, Shovel, Tretheway and Statlu.
There are over 800 applications for Run-of River projects on B.C's creeks and rivers. These are just four. They've been labelled as green energy, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
Victoria International (Mega-Yacht) Marina Update
1. Thanks to all of the people who Rallied to Save our Harbour http://www.savevictoriaharbour.com/ 2. Yes, the Canadian Environment Assessment Agency decided to release the Environmental Screening Report to coincide with the Victoria Floating Boat Show… http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/050/details-eng.cfm?evaluation=36286 …and it’s not positive news. Too bad it doesn’t include the impacts on humans!!! Transport Canada hasn’t announced [...]
‘The Get Out Migration’ Alexandra Morton walks to Victoria
Salmon Are Sacred is calling on everyone who loves wild salmon to participate in the finale to ‘The Get Out Migration’ which started on Earth Day (22nd April). Alexandra Morton and many others are walking from northern Vancouver Island all the way to Victoria by May 8th in order to send a message to the [...]
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Save Victoria’s Harbour
It has been one year since Paddlers rallied together to appose the proposed Mega Yacht Marina in Victoria, BC’s inner harbour. Despite the developer not having the necessary approval from government and the ongoing opposition from local paddlers and the community at large, the promoter and the Alberta based developer are moving ahead. Ten Thousand [...]
Hayley Shepard – Albatross in Antarctica
Hayley Shepard, a New Zealand paddler currently living on Vancouver Island, is attempting to be the first person to solo paddle around South Georgia Island, a Sub-Antartic Island well known for its remote, rugged beauty and rich abundant wildlife. She is attempting this trip in order to raise awareness for the Wandering Albatross, the largest of the Albatross species who is facing a great threat to their numbers.
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Help Stelly’s Build a School
Now that you have new clothes for Christmas, bring in your old sweaters and jackets to Ocean River to help support Stelly’s Global Perspective students when they travel down to the Sacred Valley in Peru this March. They will be building a kindergarten in a small mountain community and installing clean burning stoves into individual [...]
The Victoria Harbour Mega Yacht Marina Saga Update