Thursday, September 26, 2013

to anyone who cares

location: environment:
Dear Fellow Neighbors & Concerned citizens of Tahsis BC, Canada & Earth
I turn on the social media machine; hoping for peer support, instead of my usual, pseudo-activist-like entertainment. I come in peace and concern for our community here and reach further a field into our shared global environment because I think people in cities world wide have a vested interest in keeping wild places wild. After attending the question period yesterday hosted by the recreation center for the logging company Western Forest Products (WFP) concerning cutting 20 hectares within the sight lines of the town, I left scared. There have already been 3 deaths this year of private contractors and I know I am not alone in my worry of industrial accidents, lack of independent assessment and forethought for the ecology of the whole. I do not consider myself against industry as I have worked in forestry and know that if they don't get these specific trees will be others on the chopping block, there always is. I guess I see this place as having some potential beyond lumber, much more than a one trick pony. Beyond the dangers of landslides, destabilizing the mountain sides with blasting above inhabited private family homes and possibly causing the destruction of currently uncharted karst cave systems. I am concerned about the long term unforeseen consequences of the plans WFP has for the hinterlands of Tahsis and what they call TFL-19 Zeballos. Since I have a small child I often imagine the future of the village at the end of the road and I think we stand to continue seeing benefits from re-branding away from lumber boom town gone bust towards more friendly west coast eco-village wilderness mecca. I don't know what Mr Aikerman will take away from his evening Q& A with the citizenship to bring to the decision makers but I can not stand by while others literally transform the the landscape around me. I see this as a direct threat to the well being and safety of my community.  People live here, don't put us at risk. I ask you to write your own letters, sharing your stories, worries and hopes for what we hold in common. I intend to deliver my own letter and petition to stop plans for the crown lands located in and around Tahsis. Please join us!
Sincerely yours, 

Sarah Fowler

who you gonna call?


Contacts
Contact Information - Claire Trevena
Campbell River Community Office

908 Island Highway
Campbell River, BC
V9W 2C3

Phone: 250-287-5100
Fax: 250-287-5105

Toll Free Number: 1-866-387-5100
Email: Claire.trevena.mla@leg.bc.ca

Office Hours:

Monday to Thursday
10:00 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm

  Port Hardy Community Office
Room 7 Robert Scott School
PO Box 2479
Port Hardy, BC V0P 2P0
Phone: 250-949-9473 or Fax: 250-949-9403

Office Hours:

Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 am to 1:30 pm
Honourable Shirley Bond, 
Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training
Email: JTST.Minister@gov.bc.ca
Write: 
PO BOX 9071 
STN PROV GOV
VICTORIA, BC
V8W 9E2
Telephone: 250-356-2771 

Fax: 250-356-3000
General Enquiries
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., please contact:
250 387-1772
Government Communications and Public Engagement
For media enquiries, Monday through Friday, please contact:
Telephone: 250 356-5261
E-mail: FLNRO.MediaRequests@gov.bc.ca

weekends, please contact:
Telephone: 250 213-2972
E-mail: Vivian.Thomas@gov.bc.ca 
Deputy Minister's Office
Dave Peterson
A/Deputy Minister
Telephone: 250 952-6500
Fax: 250 387-3291
Minister's Office
HONOURABLE STEVE THOMSON PO BOX 9049 STN PROV GOVT
VICTORIA BC  V8W 9E2
Telephone: 250 387-6240
Fax: 250 387-1040

Monday, September 23, 2013

location: environment:home sweet flea infestation: I itch for you

a tale of two torrents

location: environment: home quiet; wet calm
 metrinome of leaking eaves on window
 ceased for a time, noted by the stillness.
 water is turned off and the tree's can exhale,
a fog thick as smoke, makes the cloud forest breathe.
watch for when the wind picks up
changes directions and howls
 tap tap tap drop drips on the roof
both yesterday and today, got caught in the rain
caught stuffing whatever is left of summer in pockets
backpacks bustled full with basil and green tomatoes
hopes of tomorrow show a rosy ripening
no where to go but-relent & get wet-
 when the tempo swings up with a beat down
hair slicked on necks and faces
vision blurred
 by rivutlets or streams
running down hill
refuge comes after a meandering of puddles
that can only be fully realized while compltely soaked
to be dry barely a memory just minutes prior
once engulfed we all know, ya ain't got nothing to loose
so we dance down the street like ducks quaking
giggles and cuddles dried by body heat
taking a nap
just because you can