Sierra Club of Canada Annual Report 2005 B.C. Chapter

Lower Mainland:
• Public outreach at the car-free Commercial Drive
festival and World Rivers Day
• Salmon celebration at False Creek
• Opposed B.C. Government’s plans for Highway
99 expansion through
Eagleridge Bluffs
Haida Gwaii:
• Worked with the
regional district and
southern communities to
improve recycling on the
island
• Organized an
educational seminar on
wind power
• Initiated a successful
complaint to the Forest
Practices Board on
the lack of adequate
management for the
northern goshawk on
Haida Gwaii
Malaspina:
• Successfully mustered
public opposition to stop
a highway through Millennium Park, a 92-hectare
green space in the middle of Powell River
• Ran a Smart Growth campaign in Powell River
• Co-hosted an all-candidates meeting in Powell
River as part of the Vote Environment campaign
Coast Mountain:
• Led outings to active forestry zones to document
logging practices in their area
• Organized kayaking outings
Quadra:
• Organized annual beachcleanup
for Earth Day
• Hosted various
environmental slideshows
and movie screenings
• Brought the “New Era
of Lawlessness” tour to
Campbell River (talk
and discussion forum in
partnership with West Coast
Environmental Law and the
Council of Canadians)
Victoria:
• Hosted two community
events, “Seasons of the
Grizzlies” by photographer
and naturalist Fred Seiler,
and a performance by folk
musician Norman Liota
• Increased community
awareness on issues such as pesticides, recycling,
public transportation, large mammal habitat loss and
ecosystem protection.
• Co-hosted nature outings every second week from
April until October.
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