Fire and drought
Climate Report Card Update
| Fire and drought, Food and Agriculture, Forests, Freshwater, News, Past Events, Videos
Our Climate Report Card expert Kacia Tolsma presents on how far we’ve come with our Climate Action Plan 2.0 on Salt Spring Island, BC in this short 16 min presentation.
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Beyond Climate Change – A Case study looking at our Vulnerable Forests
| Ecological Research Network, Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Front Page, Land Use, Mt Maxwell Project, Past Events, Resources, Videos
Beyond Climate Change – A Case study looking at our Vulnerable Forests Dr Ruth Waldick presents at UNBC on our Mt Maxwell Adaptation Lab Project on Nov. 11, 2022. Watch…
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BioChar Activities and workshop on Salt Spring
| Biochar, Events, Fire and drought, News, Past Events
December Biochar Workshop: presented by Brian Smallshaw Changed from Saturday, Dec 10 to SUNDAY, 11 December 2022 1-4pm Geri Alton’s horse paddock, 125 Stevens Road South end: Beaver Point Road, past…
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All About Wood Stoves Webinar Video
| Climate Coach, Events, Fire and drought, Past Events, Resources, Videos, Webinar Video
All About Wood Stoves Webinar Recording Replay Link Here Thank YOU for joining our ‘All About Wood Stoves’ webinar on Tuesday Oct 25, 2022. Together with Assistant Chief Mitchell Sherrin…
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 2: Developing surveying methodologies
| Ecological Research Network, Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, Mt Maxwell Project, News
Exerpt from: https://www.raincoast.org/2022/08/maxwell-creek-watershed-project-field-files-part-2-developing-surveying-methodologies/ Andrew Simon shares about the methodologies used in the Maxwell Creek Watershed project. By Shauna Doll, Gulf Islands Forest Project Coordinator August 5, 2022 The project takes…
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BC Releases Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy
| Built Infrastructure, Fire and drought, Food and Agriculture, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, Resources, Transportation
The strategy strengthens BC’s capacity to anticipate, prepare for and respond to the changing climate. This includes sudden events like wildfires, floods and heatwaves as well as changes that happen…
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Reducing Climate Risks in the Mt Maxwell Creek Watershed
| Ecological Research Network, Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Mt Maxwell Project, Resources, Videos
A Presentation of Fire and Water Risks on Mt Maxwell, Salt Spring Island by Ecologist and Climate Change Specialist Dr Ruth Waldick and Forest Carbon and Ecological Restoration Expert Robert…
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| Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, Mt Maxwell Project
Climate Adaptation Research Lab (formerly The Mt Maxwell Watershed Project) In 2021 Transition Salt Spring secured $100,000 in federal funding and other support to initiate this groundbreaking research around fire…
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