CARIBOO CHILCOTIN CONSERVATION SOCIETY
Unit 102
197 2nd Ave North
Williams Lake, B.C.
V2G 1Z5
Ph/Fax: 250.398.7929 ccentre@ccconserv.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Diana French, President
George Atamanenko, VP
Alice Stoddard, Treasurer
Nancy LeBourdais, Secretary
Dave Neads, CCBAC rep
Michael Atwood, Director
Sue Hemphill, Director
PUBLIC PROCESS
The Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society has representation on several boards:
A director sits as a member on the Regional Resource Committee (RRC) for the Cariboo region. The RRC advises the provincial government on resource use issues within the Cariboo region.
The CCCS has a Director on the provincial Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition Pine Beetle strategies. A community advisory group, this task force provides advice on the region's action plan implementation. The action plan objectives are to:
- foster emerging forest-based activities,
- work to limit damage to the environment and forests,
- recover value from damaged timber and
- encourage and support economic diversity within communities affected by the beetle infestation.
On a regional level, a CCCS Director sits on the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition where the cities of Quesnel, Williams Lake and 100 Mile House work on similar issues relating to the beetle infestation.
The CCCS is also a member of the Community Arts Council, supporting the environment through artists, photographers and writers works.
CCCS has a seat on the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Invasive Plant Committee, as well as on this groups Education Sub-committee.
CCCS also sits on the steering committee managed by the Ministry of Forests & Range, Ecosystems Restoration Steering Committee, focused on grasslands in our region.
CCCS works with the City of Williams Lake, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, and the Ministry of Environment Groundwater Division, on a water conservation education program, Water Wise.
The CCCS also participates in our region's Parks management plan processes.
A CCCS representative is also a member on the steering committee for Gibraltar Mines water quality management.
LIST SERVE (e-mail community)
A free information and communication tool, connecting people interested in current local and provincial conservation issues. It allows people concerned about parks, forests, wilderness, watersheds, air quality, biodiversity, ecological footprints, wildlife issues and more, to learn, share and discuss conservation issues and events. To apply: e-mail, letting us know you would like to sign on. Feel free to contact the coordinator by phone or e-mail for more information regarding this service.
Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society
Unit 102, 197 2nd Ave. North Williams Lake, B.C., V2G 1Z5
Phone/Fax: 250 398-7929 • ccentre@ccconserv.org • Coordinator: Marg Evans
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