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1990 Reclaiming our Forests Conference - established local public control of land use value decisions; event catalyzed formation of Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board in 1991 1991 Watershed Watch Workshop – development of citizen engagement tools for ensuring improved forest management 1997 - 98 Northwest activist support – support for northern activists to participate in the BC Environmental Network, acid mine drainage, Cassiar Watch, pesticide appeals, green building and Taku protection activities 1996 Dease Lake Forests and Community Stability Conference 1998 Telkwa Coal Forum 1997 Telkwa Caribou Herd Recovery Project awareness 2000 Effective Citizens Workshops - community engagement training 2002 - 07 Pesticide control act appeals – support for successful legal challenges 2005 Northern First Nations Solidarity Summit - Terrace,BC – building shared vision around conservation of the Stikine headwaters 2008-2010 Skeena Headwaters Coalbed Methane - increased engagement and alignment of Skeena residents and leaders regarding current approach to coalbed methane development in Skeena headwaters 2008 Connecting the Drops - strengthened in-region assertion of rights to full analyses of impacts of resource development in the upper Skeena region 2008-2010 Princess Neighbourhood Garden - growing local food as an economic and social alternative 2008 Pesticides and Cancer Publicity - support of press releases regarding need for MSMA related research 2009-2011 Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition - supported the following projects:
2009-2010 Skeena Salmon Habitat Conference - co-hosted a conference and subsequent workshop with a focus on recommendations from the Pacific Salmon Foundation 2009-2011 Fish Nation - a partnership with Storyteller's Foundation designed to strengthen a regional understanding and connection with a collective sense of a wild salmon culture 2009-2010 Renewal Northwest - supported two regional two-day workshops to improve the prospects for sustainable development in Northwest British Columbia 2009-2012 Wet'suwet'en Treaty Office - supported the following projects:
2010-2011 Groundbreakers Collective Co-op Develpment Project - support for developing a northern rural agriculture co-op 2010 Conservation Leaders Awareness Workshop (CLAW) - increase the skills and effectiveness of emerging conservation leaders in NW British Columbia 2010-2012 Friends of Morice-Bulkley - initiate the Wild Salmon Ecosytem Awareness Project in the Bulkley and greater Skeena watersheds 2010-2012 Plan B - increase the Tahltan's ability to respond to the resource extraction proposals being planned for their territory, in particular, the open-pit copper mine (Red Chris) proposed for Todagin Mountain 2012 Northwest BC Paddling Guide - support for Tania Millen's guidebook for the best whitewater paddling in northwest British Columbia 2012 Bulkley Valley Airshed Management Society - support for the society to upgrade its website to make it more accessible to the public
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