Watersheds
Blewett Conservation Society
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...
Water bottle plant in Blewett
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...
Duhamel Creek Watershed Society
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...
Gold Mining in the Duhamel Creek Watershed
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...