2293days since
The infamous planning 'charrette' on Echo Heights Forest by North Cowichan which brought the community together into the CRA

Community Bulletin Board

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Hot Tips
From E.J. - Those old creasote ties along the E&N should be disposed of properly. There is a big pile just above Askew Creek.
From Mary - People are already starting to dump their yard waste in ditches and along the railway line. This just spreads invasive species. We have free yard waste dumping at Peerless Road. Use it!
From Rodney - The old MacMillan haul road is getting to be a pig sty. Why do people throw their garbage there? It pollutes Mill Creek and looks ugly.
From T.R.J. - Askew Park is called a "wilderness park". Why doesn't someone (the muni, CRA, Communities in Bloom) take care of the invasive plants like the daphne, blackberry, holly, ivy and other stuff?
From F.R. - I see the Victoria Police are cracking down on loud motorcycles and cars. Can North Cowichan RCMP start doing the same thing? Chemainus and Victoria Roads need policing for noise and speed.
From Don - Communities in Bloom do hard work at the roundabout, but why plant all those annuals and exotics that need watering. We have some great native plants in our yard that are beautiful, perennial and NEVER need watering.

2011 AGM

AGENDA
5:30 p.m. –     Pot-luck supper*, come one, come all… bring some ‘bounty’ from your garden, make a favourite dish.

6:30 p.m. –     AGM, reports on Echo Heights, our direction for 2012 and election of officers. If you would like to be part of the the CRA Executive or sit on one of our
            committees, please attend!

6:50 p.m. –     Special guest speaker, Neil Dawe, The Qualicum Institute

A sustainable Chemainus
The word 'sustainability' is used throughout our municipality’s official community plan (OCP). Now we have to figure out what it means. With Chemainus revitalization just beginning, it is important to make sensible decisions for today and future generations.

Neil Dawe will speak about the elements of sustainability that can help create a community with a healthy economy, a strong sense of community and a true understanding of the importance of ecosystems to our economic and social well-being. "This isn't simply a game," Neil said. "We have but two choices: either to be sustainable or not. Currently, we are choosing not. By definition, that does not bode well."

Neil retired as registered professional biologist in 2006 after 31 years work with the Canadian Wildlife Service. He is a co-founder of the Brant Wildlife Festival and the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve Foundation as well as The Qualicum Institute. Neil is the author of more than 80 scientific, technical, and popular books or articles on wildlife, ecology, and conservation, including the four-volume work The Birds of British Columbia from UBC Press.