Fire and Drought Resources

Climate Report Card Update

November 24, 2022

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.

Beyond Climate Change – A Case study looking at our Vulnerable Forests

November 24, 2022

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…

Forest Fire Prevention

November 18, 2022
Biochar Working Group

BioChar Activities and workshop on Salt Spring

November 17, 2022

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…

All About Wood Stoves Webinar Video

October 19, 2022

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…

Maxwell Creek Watershed Project Field Files Part 2: Developing surveying methodologies 

August 8, 2022

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…

BC Releases Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy

August 3, 2022

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…

Hwmet'utsum - Mt.Maxwell Project Presentation

Reducing Climate Risks in the Mt Maxwell Creek Watershed

July 11, 2022

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…

Ruth Waldick and Pierre Mineau

CBC Features Ruth Waldick and the Mt. Maxwell Project Team

July 4, 2022

Maxwell Lake, along with the watershed, provides water for about half of Salt Spring Island and the team is taking a look at how to protect this crucial freshwater source.…

Ruth Waldick Wins the Islands Trust 2022 Community Stewardship Awards!

July 4, 2022

Ruth Waldick Wins the Islands Trust 2022 Community Stewardship Awards! Congratulations to our very own Ruth Waldick who won the Islands Trust 2022 Community Stewardship Awards! The Islands Trust Council…