Land Use
Job Posting – Forest Health Assessor
Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Front Page, Get Involved, Land Use, Mt Maxwell Project, News
|Job Posting – Forest Health Assessor The successful candidate will contribute to restorative practices in the Maxwell CreekWatershed on Salt Spring Island, including implementation, data collection and monitoring.Trees will be…
Read More Job Posting – Hydrological Mapping Lead
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|Job Posting – Hydrological Mapping Lead The successful applicant will contribute to restorative practices in the Maxwell Creek Watershed on Salt Spring Island. This applicant is responsible for assessing watershed…
Read More Future-proof your Home with Water Management: $ave Money and Improve Resiliency by Harnessing Your Water Resources – Video
Climate Coach, Events, Fire and drought, Food and Agriculture, Forests, Freshwater, Front Page, Land Use, Native Plant Stewardship, Past Events, Resources, Videos, Webinar Video
|Future-proof your Home with Water Management: $ave Money and Improve Resiliency by Harnessing Your Water Resources. Watch this informative webinar that will revolutionize the way you manage water on your…
Read More Fire Risk Reduction in the Coastal Douglas-fir Biogeoclimatic Zone- Video
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|Transition Salt Spring hosted a workshop on February 27th, 2023 Fire Risk Reduction in the Coastal Douglas-fir Biogeoclimatic Zone:A Practitioner’s Workshop The event brought together over seventy participants, including regional…
Read More Reducing Fire and Drought Risk with Erik Piikkila
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|Reducing Fire and Drought Risk: Protecting Our Drinking Water and Homes from Wildfires We are delighted to present two presentations by local Forest Ecologist Erik Piikkila from Yellow Point Ecological…
Read More Maxwell Creek Watershed Field Files
Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, Mt Maxwell Project, News
|The Maxwell Creek Watershed Project (AKA the CARL Project) is a collaborative, multidisciplinary forest restoration project based on Salt Spring Island under the leadership of Transition Salt Spring with the…
Read More North American book release for Rosemary Morrow’s new book ‘Earth Restorer’s Guide to Permaculture
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|“The road to restoration is putting back more than we take. The restorative ethic is inherent in permaculture and is basic to all natural and designed systems. This is the…
Read More 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…
Read More 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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