Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

The Gorge Waterway - an environmental success story

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I am going to start doing some Vlogging as well as posting on this blog.   Here is my first short piece
Monday, January 05, 2015

Susan Brice is requesting Saanich Council support a resolution for the right to a healthy environment.

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Interestingly this has been brought forward by Susan Brice.  It should be a good reminder to people that the environment is not a left or ri...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

VictoriaVision Video: The Stink Over Sewage

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Wednesday, May 07, 2014

ALR in Saanich

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There are some "interesting" chunks of agricultural land reserve in Saanich.    A fair amount of it is parks, two schools are on A...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

If not McLoughlin Point, where could one point a sewage treatment plant?

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The whole sewage treatment thing is such a mess now that Esquimalt has not approved the rezoning of the McLoughlin Point site.  The CRD will...
Friday, April 04, 2014

A Visit to Elkington Forest in South Shawnigan

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The view from what will be the Ridgeview Hamlet looking towards Shawnigan Lake - yesterday was overcast so the photo did not turn out  ...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

An Idea for More Effective Residential Waste Management

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In Saanich the next garbage pick up will be with the new standard bins that they delivered to households in early January .   With this shif...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

What TLC owes to government

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The Land Conservancy is in a creditor protection process and one of the set of creditors are governments .   Governments are not by a long s...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Colquitz Creek fish fence November 21st 2013

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I wrote a bit about the record run on the Colquitz , this morning I went down to check out the fish fence.   Today there was only one spawne...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Good News for the Day - Record Coho run on the Colquitz

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Colquitz Fish Fence - all photos courtesy of the GCTA One of the Colquitz Coho The run is not yet done and much larger numbers of fi...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

Up to 300 MW of wind turbine power proposed by TimberWest for near Sooke

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TimberWest and EDP Renewables Canada announced today that they are partnering to develop about 300 MW capacity of wind energy near Sooke....
Monday, September 09, 2013

Nature in the inner city - a sharp-shinned Hawk at my home

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For the last week a raptor has been hanging around my backyard.  I am not a bird person which means I can not even really describe the featu...
Thursday, August 01, 2013

Protests against the proposed tennis courts in Cedar Hill Park

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There is a group calling itself Save Cedar Hill Park that is opposed to the proposed addition of clay court tennis courts in the park by th...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

A beautiful swimming hole on the Gordon River

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We were out here on Sunday and I am impressed with the swimming area under the bridge.   The water is deep and an amazing jade green in colo...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

San Juan Sitka Spruce

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The San Juan Sitka Spruce near Port Renfrew is Canada's largest Sitka Spruce.   On Sunday we checked it out.   It is very easy to ...
Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Swimming in the Gorge on May 7th 2013?!?!

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The Gorge warms up very quickly because the tides move a lot of water in and out twice a day. It means that even two to three days of hot w...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

This Sunday 4th Annual Gorge-Tillicum Urban Farmers Seedy Sunday

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Seed sharing is a way to get a few interesting varieties of seeds for plants that come from people locally.   Getting your seeds locally sh...
Monday, December 31, 2012

Some weather data for my neighbourhood

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I now have seven and a half years of weather data for my neighbourhood from the UVic Weather Network . This is still not enough for clear lo...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Fish Counts in Colquitz River for 2012

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I got this from the Gorge Tillicum Community Association  about the 2012 salmon run on the Colquitz river Total Fish counts in for the y...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Public Orchards for Fernwood and Vic West

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Among the food security movement there has been a lot of people talking about planting vegetables instead of flowers in parks and such but I...