Links Page

A Water Protection Weblog

Here are some links to groups that have been found useful or are involved in similar work.

	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 Documents Library page as multiple .pdf files. You will need a PDF reader installed on your system to view them. Download the reader (free).
	The Sinixt Nation are the original people of the West Kootenays. The purpose of this site is to raise awareness of their history.
	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 Fraser Headwaters Alliance is an association of local watershed groups similarly to the SVWA.
	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.
• Eco Portal - Indexes all environmental topics.

Directories

• KeyWATER - Information portal for water people
• 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.

Related Watershed Groups

• The Water Circle: A forum to preserve water quality - 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.
• West Arm Watershed Alliance - an association of watershed groups around the West Arm of Kootenay Lake.
• 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.
• The World's Water - large site devoted to water. Includes the Water Conflict Chronology, a history of human conflict over water.

Environmental Groups

• BC Environmental Network - Umbrella group of BC environmental organisations.
• Cortez Ecoforestry Society - ecoforestry and watershed protection group on Cortez Island.
• 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.

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.
  
• http://www.tao.ca/ - e-mail list hosting
• robotwisdom weblog: internet activism - large selection of internet activism links.

1. World Wide Web
   • The Environmental Home Page Association - how to promote environmental web sites.
   • One Northwest - Online networking for Pacific Northwest environmentalists
2. E-mail listservs - These lists are all hosted at Yahoo! Groups
   • waterforum - (3095 members) mainly oriented towards the water purveying industry, also deals with environmental issues.
3. Usenet - Google Groups - This link and the ones below lead to Google Groups - a searchable archive of Usenet news discussions. To get the most from Usenet, it is best to use an offline news reader. An Introduction to usenet. The following groups occasionally have discussions on water issues.
   • talk.environment
   • alt.save.the.earth
   • misc.activism.progressive

Anti-environmental PR campaigns

• PR Watch - Public Interest Reporting on the PR/ Public Affairs Industry
• 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.
• Mananaging Activism: A Guide to Dealing with Activists and Pressure Groups - Covers the tactics outlined in Secrets and Lies from the point of view of the public relations industry

News Feeds

• Vancouver Independent Media Centre - Submit your local stories here.
• Victoria IMC
• Ontario IMC
• Seattle IMC
• SF Bay Area IMC

Local Information

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

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 and Range Practices Act (replaces the old Forest Practices Code)
  • Forest Practice Code Guidebooks
    • Community Watershed Guidebook
    • Watershed Assessment Procedure Guidebook (445kb PDF file)
    • Bark Beetle Management Guidebook
    • Visual Impact Assessment Guidebook
  The Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks' website is now split between two new ministries:
  • Ministry of Water, Lands and Air Protection - http://www.gov.bc.ca/wlap/
  • Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management - http://www.gov.bc.ca/srm/
  
  A compendium of technical reports about water quality and water quality trends in BC.
  
  Drinking Water Protection Plan
  
  Forest Practices Board

Industry

• Slocan Forest Products - Corporate home page.
  • Slocan Division - The division that operates in the West Kootenays.
• Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association - Forest Industries lobby group.