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The Water Forum

Ecovillage forum bulletin board - This online bulletin board exists to provide and exchange thoughts, ideas, and information about water issues. There are forums on other topics related to building sustainable communities. Be sure to check out the posting guidelines at: http://www.ecovillageforum.org/forum/index.php

The Silva Forest Foundation are ecoforestry consultants located in the Slocan Valley. They are the authors of An Ecosystem Based Plan for the Slocan Valley. The 'Silva Plan' was commissioned by the CORE process and has been endorsed by the SVWA as a means of making a sustainable living while protecting water values. A version of the plan may be downloaded from Silva's web site as multiple .zip files.

Related Watershed Groups

The Water Circle: A forum to preserve water quality - You are here. Watertalk is a volunteer run website offering a forum to individuals and groups working to preserve pure drinking water in Canada. Watertalk is the host of the Slocan Valley Watershed Alliance and other watershed protection organisations.
Slocan Valley Watershed Alliance - The SVWA is a coalition of local watershed groups from Hills to South Slocan. Since its formation, the Alliance has worked to protect water quality, quantity and timing of flow, and advocates for ecosystem based planning for the entire Slocan Valley.
West Arm Watershed Alliance - an association of watershed groups around the West Arm of Kootenay Lake.
kootenaywatersheds.com - website covering the North Arm of Kootenay Lake.

Environmental Groups

Valhalla Wilderness Society - contains a lot of archival material from the summer of 1997.
Columbiana: Ecology and Community in the Intermountain Northwest - representing the Columbia River Bioregion, of which the Slocan Valley is a part.
Trees2K - jointly produced by the David Susuki Foundation, Greenpeace and the Sierra Club.

Industry

Kootenay WoodVine - a non-profit society serving small value-added wood products businesses
Slocan Forest Products - Corporate home page.
- Slocan Division - Home page of the division that operates in the west Kootenays.
  - Slocan Division - The Slocan Valley: Protecting Water Quality - SFP's take on watershed logging in the Slocan Valley.

Local Information

Slocan Lake Web - information and links for the Slocan lake area.

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British Columbia sites . . .

Related Watershed Groups

The Fraser Headwaters Alliance is an association of local watershed groups similar to the SVWA.

Nanaimo watershed - coverage of the battle to keep chemical fertilisers out of a consumptive use watershed.
BC Tapwater Alliance - association of watershed groups from the British Columbia Lower Mainland and the South end of Vancouver Island.
Rivershed Society of British Columbia
BC Watershed Stewardship Alliance - A federation of watershed protection organisations.

Environmental Groups

BC Environmental Network - Umbrella group of BC environmental organisations.
Cortez Ecoforestry Society - ecoforestry and watershed protection group on Cortez Island.
Trees2K - jointly produced by the David Susuki Foundation, Greenpeace and the Sierra Club.

Government

The Premier of British Columbia - e-mail the Premier.
The British Columbia Ministry of Forests - home page and search.
- Arrow Lakes Forest District - the office responsible for the Slocan Valley
- Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification
- Forest Practices Code Home Page
- Forest Practice Code Guidebooks
BC Ministry of the Environment Water Management Branch- responsible for water
- Provincial Government Actions to Protect Drinking-water Sources
Forest Practices Board

Industry

Slocan Forest Products - Corporate home page.
- Slocan Division - Home page of the division that operates in the west Kootenays.
  - Slocan Division - The Slocan Valley: Protecting Water Quality - SFP's take on watershed logging in the Slocan Valley.
Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association - Forest Industries lobby group.

Forest Industry Reform

Forestry Information Center - features a complete e-mail directory of the BC Ministry of Forests.

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Canadian sites . . .

The Council of Canadians on water issues

International sites . . .

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The Forest Stewardship Council is an international, non-government organisation created for the purpose of implementing an independent, third party certification system geared to enabling consumers in the marketplace to know that the wood-based products they purchase come from responsibly managed forests.

The International Network of Forests and Communities The Network works to actively promote and support ecosystem-based community forestry world-wide, and in the global arena. Their vision is embodied in the Saanich Statement of Principles on Forests and Communities.

Whole Earth Review - Access to tools and ideas. Successor to the Whole Earth Catalog, since 1974 has furthered social change and new movements by introducing ideas such as watershed consciousness and whole system thinking to readers. Recent issues have covered community building, environmental restoration and bioregionalism.

Search Engines

Google - The best.
Aqueous - The search engine that is all wet. Exclusively devoted to anything and everything to do with water.
Eco Portal - Indexes all environmental topics.

Directories

oneworld.net an environmental news service.
The Environmental Research Foundation aims to create a complete index of every environmental organisation on the internet.
WaterWeb ring Web rings are a tool to assist users and to promote the participating sites. The WaterWeb Ring has been established for sites that provide water related information.
Environmental Organisation Web Directory - Contains an extensive collection of links and an active message board.
EcoLinks - links to other lists.

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Related Watershed Groups

The World's Water - large site devoted to water.

Online Activism

NetAction's Virtual Activist Training Guide - guide to the various regions of the internet and how to use them to promote social change.
robotwisdom weblog: internet activism - large selection of internet activism links.

World Wide Web
- The Environmental Home Page Association - how to promote environmental web sites.
- One Northwest - Online networking for Pacific Northwest environmentalists
E-mail listservs - These lists are all hosted at eGroups
- waterforum - (3630 members) mainly oriented towards the water purveying industry, also deals with environmental issues.
- purewater - devoted to protecting pure water.
- envirotalk - (436 members)
- mobilize-globally - (254 members)
Usenet - Deja.com: Usenet Short Course - This link and the ones below lead to Deja.com - a searchable archive of Usenet news discussions. To get the most from Usenet, it is best to use an offline news reader. The following groups occasionally have discussions on water issues.

http://www.waterinfo.org/lstsrv.html - Links to Water Related Listservs and Newsgroups.

Anti-environmental PR campaigns

CLEAR - Clearinghouse for Environmental Advocacy and Research. This searchable database is the best single source for research on the anti-environmental movement in the United States.
Secrets and Lies: The anatomy of an anti-environmental PR campaign - book review of a comprehensive dissection of an anti-environmental public relations campaign.

News Feeds

Independent Media Centers - association of alternative media.

Vancouver Independent Media Centre - Submit your local stories here.
Seattle Independent Media Center
SF Bay Area Independent Media Center