BC Creek Protection Society

Interesting article in the Watershed Sentinel Article.

short version

long version

I was also happy to read that this was as well posted on the BCSEA List server since this is the first critical statement from their side regarding run of the river projects.

Here is the article in the Georgia Strait that I wanted to post a long time ago.

Flogging Our Water

As part of the new category on accumulating micro hydro related information: This is a link to the article that Lisa Richardson wrote back in August 2004. It has some intersting points and gives the Mamquam River as an example for a high impact system. (The Mamquam River in Squamish has 2 small hydro projects—25 and 50 MWH, which is pretty big—and 7 other, smaller projects in its watershed).
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BC Creek Protection Society

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