Fire and drought

NATIVE PLANT STEWARDSHIP RESOURCES

Growing native plants is very rewarding and helps provide important habitat for local birds, animals and pollinators.  Native Plants: • Are adapted to your climate • Are drought tolerant  •…
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Maxwell Creek Watershed Field Files

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…
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Girl sitting by Wood Stove

Community Wood Smoke Reduction Program

Community Wood Smoke Reduction Rebate Reducing Pollutants in our Local Air Quality Upgrade to a Heat Pump or EPA-2020 Wood Stove – For Salt Spring & Southern Gulf Island Residents…
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Climate Report Card

Climate Action Report Card

Can We Handle the Climate Challenges Coming Our Way? From the Driftwood Sept 20 2023 TSS just wrapped up the Climate Report Card 2023, an update on how we’re doing…
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Beyond Climate Change – A Case study looking at our Vulnerable Forests

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 Working Group

BioChar Activities and workshop on Salt Spring

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

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 

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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