Become a Member of SWCC
Membership in SWCC costs $20 annually. Please send membership dues to us at our mailing address.
OR - you can use the Chip-In Tool on the right to pay your membership fees, make sure to send us an email with your contact information so we can be sure to send you a THANKS!
The staff and directors of the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition would like to extend our deepest gratitude to you for your support over the past four years. Since 2004 we’ve had the great honour to stand confidently on your behalf and work collectively toward a dynamic conservation vision.
As for 2007… the proudest accomplishments, brightest moments and most outrageous stories are best told around the fire, but we thought we’d include a few outstanding accomplishments here since so much has happened in such a short time, they include:
-Identifying undocumented salmon spawning and rearing habitat in the Skeena headwaters
-Providing critical support for legal, conservation policy and traditional use projects
-Keeping the Sacred Headwaters free of coalbed methane development
-Facilitating education and outreach programs from Vancouver Island to Terrace
-Headlining CBM concerns in media around the world, including; the London Financial Times, Globe and Mail, BCTV, CBC and many more.
As many of you know, most of our energy this past year has gone into the Sacred Headwaters campaign. The Coalbed Methane (CBM) development in the Sacred headwaters forced by Royal Dutch Shell is the paramount threat to the Skeena Watershed. Therefore, it is currently the primary focus of our organization. Aggressive developments such as Shell’s CBM would dramatically the ecological integrity and compromise the natural diversity that enable its globally (and locally!) significant wild salmon fishery.
In response, SWCC has become the public face for the international campaign to keep CBM out of the sacred headwaters working with a number of regional and international organizations. We will remain diligent on this issue until the Sacred Headwaters is permanently protected from such inappropriate development.
For 2008, SWCC’s long term vision remains committed to a sustainable economy and healthy cultures rooted in our thriving salmon watershed. A few of our main objectives include; large, collaborative and effective enhancements to the Sacred Headwaters Campaign, creating a Skeena Watershed school curriculum based on conservation and introducing new field courses for youth and adults.
All donations will directly benefit our watershed by supporting one of our main programs for 2008. THANK YOU, your support and dedication to the Skeena is what keeps us inspired and will keep our rivers thriving for generations to come!
Warmest regards,
The Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition Crew