Janeen Sutherland has been the Wilderness Tourism Association’s (WTA) Executive Director for close to three months.
The North Vancouver native has a background in tourism and sustainable community development.
Continue reading Wilderness Tourism Association’s new Executive Director: Looking towards ‘a really bright future’
A $50 million a year business seeks increased logging restrictions in the Outer Discovery Islands.
Ralph Kellar, ad hoc chair of the Discovery Islands Marine Tourism Group, cites studies showing that marine tourism brings just as much money as logging into the local economy.
Continue reading Tourism Sector seeks increased logging restrictions in the Outer Discovery IslandsThe BC Government is currently reviewing the scenic impact of logging in the Outer Discovery Islands. They are determining the level of viewshed protection for scenic corridors important to the $50 million-a-year marine tourism industry, local residents, and recreational users. All of the crown lands on Cortes, Read, Maurelle, Raza, Stuart, and the Redonda Islands are being given new Visual Quality Objective designations.
Continue reading Reviewing the scenic impact of logging in the Outer Discovery Islands
