Forests
Reducing Fire and Drought Risk with Erik Piikkila
CARL, Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, Past Events
|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
CARL, Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, 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 Climate Action Report Card
Fire and drought, Food and Agriculture, Forests, Freshwater, Front Page, News, Videos
|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…
Read More Beyond Climate Change – A Case study looking at our Vulnerable Forests
CARL, Ecological Research Network, Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, 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
CARL, Ecological Research Network, Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, 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…
Read More BC Releases Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy
Built Infrastructure, Fire and drought, Food and Agriculture, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use, Resources, Transportation
|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…
Read More Reducing Climate Risks in the Mt Maxwell Creek Watershed
CARL, Ecological Research Network, Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Resources, Videos
|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…
Read More Mt Maxwell Project
CARL, Fire and drought, Forests, Freshwater, Land Use
|Climate Adaptation Research Lab (formerly The Mt Maxwell Watershed Project) In 2021 Transition Salt Spring secured $100,000 in federal funding and other support to initiate this groundbreaking research around fire…
Read More CBC Features Ruth Waldick and the Mt. Maxwell Project Team
CARL, Fire and drought, Forests, News
|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.…
Read More