Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) has been working with BC Parks to install a bike rack at the Hague Lake beach access on Cortes Island.
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Broom Bash in Mansons Landing Provincial Park
On Saturday, March 13th, the Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI) carried out a Broom Bash in Mansons Landing Provincial Park.
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Preparing for sea level rise on Cortes and Quadra Islands
The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) is applying for a grant to assess the potential extent of sea level rise on Cortes and Quadra Islands.
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A Climate Action Plan for Cortes Island
“What exactly do we need to do as a community to survive, and thrive, through what is coming. Through the climate crisis; through climate breakdown; to mitigate as much as possible so that we can forego the extreme worst case scenarios and avoid them,” said Ashley Zarbatany.
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Significant Accomplishments reported By Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island
This program was funded by a grant from the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Government of Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative.
One of the advantages of virtual AGM is that people from Vancouver, Calgary, and select locations on both the West and East Coast can also attend. Most were in houses, but one was in a parked car and another on a sandy beach somewhere in Washington state. The Forest Trust for the Children of Cortes Island (FTCCIS) reviewed significant accomplishments of the past year at a ZOOM conference on Jan 23, 2021.
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