2005
SWCS-BC Annual General Meeting
Date: 6pm November 24, 2005
What: The AGM, located at the SFU Harbour Centre featured a guest lecture by Dan Millar, Environment Canada, on Transboundary Water Issues in British Columbia.
The 2005-2006 slate of executive officers was elected. The minutes of the 2005 AGM are available.
Field Tour of Mayne Island
Date: October 30, 2005
What: A field tour of Mayne Island's unique soils and agricultural heritage was organized by PRSSS with the help of SWCS-BC.
Fields of Convergence: The Diversity of Contemporary Soil Science 2005 Spring Conference (Joint with PRSSS) Sponsored by the Vancouver Branch of the BCIA
Date: March 19, 2005 at UBC Faculty of Forestry.
Guest speakers
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Anne Naeth, Associate Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry,
and Home Economics, Univeristy of Alberta and President, Canadian Society of Soil Scientists: "New Directions in Western Canadian Soil Science: It's Role in Reclamation
and Disturbance Ecology"
Theresa Duynstee (GVRD): "The Nutrifor Program: Biosolids Management in the GVRD"
David Gaumont-Guay (PhD Candidate, UBC): "Carbon Dynamics and Soil Respiration in Boreal Forest Soils"
A discussion on the development of a Soil Conservation Act for B.C.
and a tour of the Belowground Ecology Group research facilities
Bill Chapman (Ministry of Forests): "Progress in the Soil's Effectiveness Re-Evaluation"
Kim Sutherland (Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Fisheries): "Analysis of Farmland Use and Agriculture Land Needs in the Fraser Valley East, using GIS Technology"
We are extremely grateful to the Vancouver Branch of the B.C. Institute of Agrologists for their generous sponsorship of this event!
2004
SWCS-BC Fall Field Tour: Guided Tour of the Delta/Burns Bog Landfill Methane Production
Date: Saturday November 20 2004.
Location: Delta landfill adjacent to Burns Bog.
What: Tour of the landfill with information on the methane
production associated with the site that is used to heat greenhouses.
Background Information: Please visit the City of Vancouver
website
for more information on this issue.
2004 SWCS-BC AGM, October 27, 2004
Guy Patterson of Smart Growth BC gave a guest lecture at our AGM on Save our Soils!: Conservation through efficient land use. The AGM was held
at SFU Harbour Centre, downtown Vancouver. The minutes of the 2004 AGM are available.
For more information on Smart Growth BC please visit their website.
Our Foodlands Under Threat: Protecting the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), June 12, 2004
The BC Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, the Vancouver and Fraser Valley Branches of the
BC Institute of Agrologists and the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science
teamed up to host a very successful public forum on
the importance of conserving agricultural land and the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). Approximately 100 people attended this
event, including several local and provincial politicians.
For a full review of the event please read the front-page article from the June 15, 2004 edition of the Abbotsford Times
View SWCS-BC's ALR position statement.
and...
*New*: "Threats to Your Foodlands: Protecting B.C. Food Security" Information Brochure
SWCS-BC is proud to be a member of the ALR Protection and Enhancement Committee (ALR PEC), a committee of representatives
from several organizations and concerned citizens. The aim of ALR PEC is to raise awareness on threats (exclusion applications) to the ALR
and urge community action to protect agricultural lands.
SWCS-BC Publications
Educational
"Threats to Your Foodlands: Protecting B.C. Food Security" Information Brochure
SWCS Factsheets
Newsletters
August 2006
September 2005
February 2005
October 2004
April 2004
SWCS-BC Advocacy and Position Statements
A Soil Conservation Charter for BC (2006)
A Soil Protection Act for BC: A call to action (2005)
SWCS-BC Position Statement on the Agricultural Land Reserve (2004)
AGM Meeting Minutes
2007
2006
2005
2004
Membership
Join SWCS today and receive several benefits:
Membership in the SWCS includes-
* A discount on all SWCS-BC field tours and workshops
* Excellent professional development and networking opportunities
* Belonging to a network of thousands of members across Canada and the US.
Annual membership rates are $80 or $25 for students.
To join the society, you enter forms online from the SWCS
headquarters website or contact Dave Clements at clements@twu.ca for further information.
Links
SWCS Headquarters
SWCS Ontario Chapter
Pacific Region Society of Soil Science
B.C. Institute of Agrologists
Smart Growth BC
The Sea-to-Sky Greenbelt Initiative
B.C. Agricultural Land Commission
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, UBC
Federation of B.C. Naturalists
Burns Bog Conservation Society
B.C. Environmental Network
Waterbucket
Columbia Basin Trust
Fraser Basin Council
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