On Saturday, the Mount Meager Restoration project team headed up to the rehab site and shared this update and photos of frogs and toads and Life finding a toehold in the debris flow: via https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092850217506 In early June 2023, we planted the first ~30,000 trees on the Capricorn Creek landslide site (the first site of … Continue reading Update on the Mount Meager Restoration project – something to celebrate!

Yesterday, on the Wellness Almanac, I posted my 3436thth post. (Of a total of 4030 posts, thanks to a host of wonderful other contributors over the years.) I noticed this at the top of my screen, when I logged in to craft another dispatch, or ten, just after my old editor at Coast Mountain Life … Continue reading 3436 posts later, where to next?

I read an article the other day about a group of US billionaires who have been buying up farmland and what was called "empty land", in order to build themselves a solar punk community. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/silicon-valley-elites-buy-800m-land-new-city?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Gmail I'd probably need to be in a more reflective, less "eat the uber-rich" mood, to offer some thoughtful analysis of … Continue reading 17 years of BioBlitzing has given short shrift to the idea that any place on this Earth is empty or lifeless

This story walk follows on from July and August stories, to make a walk to the Lake via George Underhill park, engaging.

I've got the most spectacular sunflowers growing right now. They are giant. They appear to be on the memo re September's preferred colour palette, but don't think yellow is a safe bet. As Sea To Sky Invasives shares, these invasive species flower in September, and as the first step to managing the spread of invasive … Continue reading What’s flowering in September – the good and the ugly

What is a Library of Things? A Library of Things is a collection of non-traditional library items available for Pemberton & District Library patrons to borrow for free.What kind of things can I borrow? You can borrow eReaders, Literacy Kits, Portable DVD players, Radon Detection Kits, kitchen equipment and more.. Check out our full list … Continue reading You can borrow a juicer from the Library. A dozen more reasons that library is awesome

The Whistler Blackcomb Foundation has been a founding and ongoing supporter for the Wellness Almanac - providing the grant money that resulted in this website, supporting several projects for us over the years, including a forthcoming "Rumbling towards reconciliation reading/discussion circle" - hopefully a kind of decolonized book club experience. So, we encourage you to … Continue reading The Whistler Blackcomb Foundation’s TELUS Golf Classic has an online auction now live

Just because you can afford to fly a helicopter into the alpine to grizzly-watch, doesn't mean you should. via Lil'wat Nation: Áma sq̓it | Good day, A notice regarding the recent developments of commercial activity surrounding Grizzly Bears. We do not support this activity and are asking the public to do the same.  Kúkwstum̓ckal̓ap | … Continue reading Grizzly and black bear flyover tours are not welcome in this territory

After their success with the mural painted on the Pemberton Medical Centre outbuilding, the Pemberton Arts Council have added another public art installation to the community, with the completion of the Youth Mural Summer camp and official unveiling of this fantastic collaboratively generated piece of art. Congratulations to the Pemberton Arts Council and huge congratulations … Continue reading PAC effort adds another mural to town