What's the problem/issue/organization? The residents of the Nelson North Shore between 6 mile and Kokanee Park are experiencing almost daily helicopter traffic from a new mining...

http://www.blewettconservation.com/ WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED - Successfully lobbying against a proposed dump site - Reviewing and commenting on proposed mining activities - Rallying against wood waste burning beside 49...

"The West Kootenay EcoSociety is a non-profit community-driven organization that works to bring together local residents to protect the natural environment while building just,...

The City of Nelson recently agreed to join the RDCK’s proposed composting plan which will join Trail- Castlegar-Nelson corridor communities. The plan...

On Tuesday about 15 seniors gathered to have their voices heard By Jake Sherman, The Nelson Star, 30 Nov 2017 About 15 seniors picketed the office...

What's the issue? Affordable housing is scare in BC and the Kootenays. In Nelson, the rental vacancy rate is around 0%, few houses come up...

The Eastshore Freshwater Habitat Society is a newly formed Society for Habitat on the Eastshore of the Kootenay Lake. Their Water Plan is from Murphy creek...

In SelfDesign families are given "..direct support from a BC-certified educator, learners and their families gain lifelong skills in how to personalize, adapt, and follow...

Duhamel creek is a 56.9 km2 watershed located in the Kokanee Range in the Selkirk Mountains approximately 10 kilometres northeast of Nelson, B.C. The existing...

The Blewett Conservation Society has launched a petition addressed to the BC legislature, requesting the government take action to protect domestic water supplies from private enterprises and carry out a water sustainability plan for the community in accordance with BC’s new Water Sustainability Act. The group is concerned about a third attempt to bottle water for export, this time by Okinshaw Water Ltd., which ran a bottled water plant on Shasheen Road in Blewett. The Society's...