Cumberland BC: The Cumberlander Articles Section
Uncategorized · 23rd June 2008
CVWWC
C.V. Water Watch & C.V. Land Trust - join together for an evening of Watershed and Land Conservation talks.
On Monday, June 23rd Sonya Jenssen, author of the 2007 Comox Valley Drinking Water Reference Guide, will display the results of the work that she has been doing for the last two years as a Water Researcher in Norway, and comparing Norway‚s drinking water legislation to that of the Comox Valley.
At that same meeting, Jack Minard, Executive Director of the Comox Valley Land Trust, will present a condensed power point version of the Nature Without Borders (NWB) report at the next meeting of the Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition. The complete report can be viewed on line at www.cvlandtrust.org .
The meeting will take place at 7 pm at the Evergreen Seniors Lounge in Courtenay‚s Florence Filberg Centre. Admission is by donation.
Sonya Jenssen, a Comox Valley native and research consultant to the Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition, will be giving a talk on the "water police" in Oslo, Norway. She is currently an employee of the water-and-sewage district in Oslo and has come home for a visit with the hopes of creating a partnership between her two countries.
"It is common for the municipality of Oslo to have partnerships and projects internationally. So far, I receive quite a positive response to the suggestion that Norway and Canada could learn better water management techniques from one another", says Jenssen.
She will give a short presentation on the facts and figures of Oslo water-and-sewage district before discussing how the keep it clean principle guides the protection of the drinking water source. Oslo has a history of not allowing for human activity in drinking water, yet a viable community is active in the surrounding watershed. There is a long tradition in Oslo to protect the source with the use of local water authorities, referred to as "water police" in Jenssen‚s presentation. Come learn what behaviour is illegal in the drinking watershed in Oslo!
The borders referred to in the Nature Without Borders report are the boundaries of our four local governments (the three municipalities and the Regional District) that comprise the Comox Valley. The report‚s subtitle is The Comox Valley Regional Conservation Strategy. The report identifies those areas considered most critical to the long-term health of the community. It documents which ecosystems have already been lost, which have been fragmented, and which are still intact. It proposes establishing a network of "corridors" designed to maintain and enhance the richness and biodiversity of our local watersheds, and recommends that all four local governments work together to establish guidelines for development which effectively contribute to the achievement of such a network.
To this end, the Comox Valley Land Trust has formed a community partnership with other environmental organizations, environmental professionals and individuals - the Conservation Strategy Steering Committee - which has presented its recommendations to all four local governing bodies, and has worked with their professional planning staffs to work towards enacting these recommendations in legislation.
The Comox Valley Regional District has been tasked by the provincial government, with preparing a Regional Conservation Strategy, as well as a Regional Water Plan. It would seem logical that the work that has already been undertaken in the preparation of the Nature Without Borders report be used as underlying principles within such plans.
The Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition works to ensure that all groups, elected officials and individuals interested in maintaining and improving the local Comox Valley watersheds and water sources, have the resources and education to do so effectively. The presentations Monday at 7 p.m., June 23rd at the Evergreen Seniors Lounge are sure to engage everyone in lively discussion regarding protection of drinking water and watersheds.
For more information, call 335-0747 or visit www.tidechange.ca or www.vancouverislandwaterwatchcoalition.ca
On Monday, June 23rd Sonya Jenssen, author of the 2007 Comox Valley Drinking Water Reference Guide, will display the results of the work that she has been doing for the last two years as a Water Researcher in Norway, and comparing Norway‚s drinking water legislation to that of the Comox Valley.
At that same meeting, Jack Minard, Executive Director of the Comox Valley Land Trust, will present a condensed power point version of the Nature Without Borders (NWB) report at the next meeting of the Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition. The complete report can be viewed on line at www.cvlandtrust.org .
The meeting will take place at 7 pm at the Evergreen Seniors Lounge in Courtenay‚s Florence Filberg Centre. Admission is by donation.
Sonya Jenssen, a Comox Valley native and research consultant to the Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition, will be giving a talk on the "water police" in Oslo, Norway. She is currently an employee of the water-and-sewage district in Oslo and has come home for a visit with the hopes of creating a partnership between her two countries.
"It is common for the municipality of Oslo to have partnerships and projects internationally. So far, I receive quite a positive response to the suggestion that Norway and Canada could learn better water management techniques from one another", says Jenssen.
She will give a short presentation on the facts and figures of Oslo water-and-sewage district before discussing how the keep it clean principle guides the protection of the drinking water source. Oslo has a history of not allowing for human activity in drinking water, yet a viable community is active in the surrounding watershed. There is a long tradition in Oslo to protect the source with the use of local water authorities, referred to as "water police" in Jenssen‚s presentation. Come learn what behaviour is illegal in the drinking watershed in Oslo!
The borders referred to in the Nature Without Borders report are the boundaries of our four local governments (the three municipalities and the Regional District) that comprise the Comox Valley. The report‚s subtitle is The Comox Valley Regional Conservation Strategy. The report identifies those areas considered most critical to the long-term health of the community. It documents which ecosystems have already been lost, which have been fragmented, and which are still intact. It proposes establishing a network of "corridors" designed to maintain and enhance the richness and biodiversity of our local watersheds, and recommends that all four local governments work together to establish guidelines for development which effectively contribute to the achievement of such a network.
To this end, the Comox Valley Land Trust has formed a community partnership with other environmental organizations, environmental professionals and individuals - the Conservation Strategy Steering Committee - which has presented its recommendations to all four local governing bodies, and has worked with their professional planning staffs to work towards enacting these recommendations in legislation.
The Comox Valley Regional District has been tasked by the provincial government, with preparing a Regional Conservation Strategy, as well as a Regional Water Plan. It would seem logical that the work that has already been undertaken in the preparation of the Nature Without Borders report be used as underlying principles within such plans.
The Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition works to ensure that all groups, elected officials and individuals interested in maintaining and improving the local Comox Valley watersheds and water sources, have the resources and education to do so effectively. The presentations Monday at 7 p.m., June 23rd at the Evergreen Seniors Lounge are sure to engage everyone in lively discussion regarding protection of drinking water and watersheds.
For more information, call 335-0747 or visit www.tidechange.ca or www.vancouverislandwaterwatchcoalition.ca
Jack Minard, Executive Director of the Comox Valley Land Trust, will demonstrate the report Nature without Borders. Implementations of its recommendations are being considered by local governments.
Comox Valley resident Sonja Jenssen, shown here with a co-worker, is an employee of the Oslo water-and-sewage district in Norway, and will compare systems in a local presentation on June 23rd.