On March 2nd, some of the members of the TSS Maxwell Watershed Project Team including Ruth Waldick (TSS), Pierre Mineau (SSIC photographer), Sandra Ungerson (NSSWD Director and wetland expert), and Gary Gagné (NSSWD Director) were onsite documenting and mapping wetlands and surface water flow as a first step in understanding the hydrology of the Maxwell…

Listen HERE to our Dr Ruth Waldick on CBC Radio’s All Points West discuss TSS’ new project at Maxwell Lake

The role of the Transition Salt Spring – EV Group is to encourage vehicle owners to join the growing trend of driving electric vehicles rather than gasoline or diesel-fuelled vehicles. We know that over 300 owners have already done so. The timing for and reasons for shifting could not be better.  Have you checked the current…

October 20, 2021 Excerpt BY ANDREA PALFRAMAN Published in the Driftwood One Cool Island Series It’s an October morning in Ganges Harbour. Crowded around the Rotary dinghy dock are assorted skiffs and rowboats, each filled with gallons upon gallons of rainwater. Looking at the collection, you can’t help but notice how prolifically these vessels collect…

Fans of e-bikes now have a new place to charge up when visiting Salt Spring Island. Islanders who brave the journey to the deep south from points north of Ganges can now be confident of having enough juice to complete their return home. E-bikes also take a lot of work out of our hills, while…

One Cool Island- An Interview with Robin Annschild BY ANDREA PALFRAMAN, Published in the Driftwood Aug. 10, 2021. Robin Annschild’s love affair with the Burgoyne estuary started back in 2000 when she was part of the movement to protect 5,000 acres in the watershed from clearcut logging. As Conservation Director with the Salt Spring Conservancy…

By ANDREA PALFRAMAN published in the Driftwood July 20, 2021 In the midst of summer’s idyll, there is an ominous haze on the horizon. Clobbered by a record-smashing heatwave, and the tragic fire that destroyed Lytton, the spectre of forest fires looms large in the Gulf Islands. As we consult maps and scan the skies for…

By Anne Parkinson, Published in The Driftwood, June 2, 2021 https://pages.pagesuite.com/0/6/063f2a15-9d0f-4e1c-b29a-300a404f38e2/page.pdf “…in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.” Rachel Carson How true this phrase is when exploring the coastline around xʷənen̕əč, Salt Spring Island. From rock to sand to shell, shallow bays to steep cliffs and…

By Karlis Hawkins  Published in the SS Exchange – June 17, 2021 To see the waters surrounding the Gulf Islands simply as ‘the perfect background for a selfie’, is to miss the secrets of the colourful flora and fauna that live below the waves. At low tide, purple, orange and green alien-like species stand out among the rocks.…