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ABOUT SEAS
SEAS was incorporated as a non-profit society in 1989 with a mission to study environmental issues, to inform the public about environmental problems and solutions, to coordinate activities and share information with other local, provincial, and national environmental organizations, and to take actions to improve our local environment.
 
SEAS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • Helped create over 25,000 hectares of new Provincial Parks for the Shuswap region.
  • Helped develop two land use plans that have improved management of natural resources in the Shuswap.
  • Organized numerous public forums on topics such as climate change, water, forestry and food safety.
  • Participated in numerous provincial environmental and forestry processes.
  • Helped achieve provincial moratorium on private sewage effluent outfalls into Shuswap Lake.
  • Helped halt proposed re-zoning of a development near the mouth of the Adams River
  • Helped halt the proposed big-box shopping centre on Salmon River floodplain in 2008
  • Helped produce the Shuswap Watershed Poster which includes the first ever map of the entire Shuswap region
  • Catalyst for the Shuswap Watershed Project, a collaborative educational imitative to raise public awareness
 
Breaking News
Mar 4,10   Watershed Mapped
Great media coverage of the Shuswap Watershed Project from the Salmon Arm Observer....
 
Feb 26,10   Shuswap’s First Song Writing Contest Announced
Student and adult musicians will be able to compete for substantial prizes in the ‘Song for the Shuswap’ contest....
 
Feb 26,10   Groundbreaking Shuswap Watershed Project Launched
Finally Shuswap citizens can see and understand the full extent of their watershed ....
 
Feb 26,10   Shuswap Watershed contests announced
Essay, art-poster and song-writing contests for students with cash prizes....
 
Feb 24,10   Shuswap Watershed Council proposed
Plan calls for a $15-25 parcel tax to help pay for improved protection....
 
Feb 24,10   Biologist report shrinks site for proposed big-boxes
Findings show more habitat to be protected....
 
Feb 22,10   What Happened to our Shuswap Winter?
The impacts from warm winters may cause far worse problems than icy roads....
 
Feb 22,10   Houseboats get greywater extension
As expected, the houseboat industry gets another year to comply....
 
Jan 12,10   Opponents to new mall cheer Salmon Arm environmental review
Independent expert to determine how often land floods....
 
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