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    Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance

    We are part of a global movement that understands water is precious and deserves our respect and protection.

     

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    Tolko Industries logging in the Peachland community watershed (Photo by Will Koop)

     

    VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA are among a minority of watersheds ( yet a majority of the population of BC) that have long ago banned any activity in their boundaries. Everywhere else in B.C., people are told they must balance the needs of industry and the environment.

    Today, resource extraction and other industrial activities are permitted in community watersheds — the place where you get your drinking water — and this includes commercial logging, the construction of logging roads as well as legacy roads, mining, ATV’s, cattle ranching, unregulated recreation and hunting use.

    We believe that it’s time this double standard ended; it’s time to take action to protect our publicly owned land and all the values of our watershed, especially our water.

    An intact forest protects our water and wildlife, and helps mitigate against climate change.

    We believe that forestry jobs can mean replanting and restoration, not just harvesting. Jobs can be maintained by logging selectively; utilizing trees instead of burning them in slash piles; planting a variety of trees, plants and shrubs; saving trees from disease; and wildfire mitigation work around cities and towns. These are just a few examples of ways in which we can keep the forest healthy while keeping the foresters employed. The status quo has closed 200 mills in B.C. the past 20 years with over 22,000 jobs lost due to mismanagement and automation; this cannot continue.

    Many members of the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance know this land. They see the industrial impacts – most of them with no mitigation or restoration requirements – are causing soil erosion and heavy run off, resulting in undrinkable water and increasingly, flood conditions.

    See our library of the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance's information and videos here.

    Visit PWPA's website here.

     

    The trashing of the Peachland Community Watershed Reserve by clearcut logging, analyzed by Herb Hammond

     

     

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  • Lakes, streams and wetlands of the Peachland Creek Watershed

    In the map below, named watersheds are shown as a semi-transparent background colour. Lakes are darker blue, streams are light blue and wetlands are light green. The size of the component parts of the watershed and the name of the larger watershed this are contributes to can be found by clicking on a coloured area.

    Zoom into and out of the map using the + or - buttons. Pan around the map by clicking it and dragging.

    Does your forest conservation organization need a map like this for your area of interest? Let us know and we will make one for you.

  • Forest conservation projects

    The map below shows forest conservation proposals in BC. Click on any green star to learn more. If your project isn't mapped, please send us details.

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