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Jack Johnson’s Vancouver concert will be
October 1, 2010 at GM Place.
Fraser Riverkeeper is teaming up with Jack Johnson on his 2010 To The Sea Tour and All At Once, a social action network connecting nonprofits with people who want to become active in their local and world community. All At Once comes to life online at www.AllAtOnce.org and at every Jack Johnson concert in the Village Green, a collection of interactive booths where you can get educated, get inspired, and connect face-to-face with us and other local and national non-profits.
HOW YOU CAN TAKE ACTION!
1) Become a Member of All At Once! Visit www.AllAtOnce.org to check out what you can do before, during, and after the show to get involved.
2) Participate in our Pre-Concert Events. We began our raffle of Jack Johnson tickets at MEC Paddlefest on June 20, and will have the final drawing at our TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup on September 25th. Four winners will be announced on our website the evening of the 25th. Stay tuned for more events where we will be selling raffle tickets to the concert, or contact us if you would like to donate!
Fraser Riverkeeper is selling raffle tickets for $10.00 each. Each raffle ticket enters the drawing to win a pair of Jack Johnson tickets for the October 1st concert at GM Place. For $20.00, you also receive an annual Fraser Riverkeeper membership and a t-shirt, plus the increase in your chances to win a pair of tickets! To buy raffle tickets, click the DonateNow button our website. Make sure when donating that you fill out all your contact information so that we can contact you if you win. You may also pay by check as long as you mail us in plenty of time before the September 25th drawing. We also accept cash at our events.
3) Visit us at the show! We will be at Jack Johnson’s concert at the Fraser Riverkeeper booth. Please come visit us in the Village Green, take environmental action, get your Village Green Passport stamped, and enter to win a chance to view the concert from the stage!
4) Help us raise funds! Jack Johnson’s new charity is matching every dollar contributed to us at the show or directly to our organization between now and October 15. Please make a contribution right now and your money will be doubled by the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation! (Up to $2500 US or foreign equivalent per group, assuming approval by CAFAmerica.)
Collectively, individual actions create global change. Your actions, your voice, and your choices, all have a huge impact.
This year’s World Rivers Day celebration of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is Fraser Riverkeeper’s 3rd annual beach restoration with TD. This year we will be cleaning up Stanley Park Second Beach between Lagoon Drive and Park Lane. Our cleanup will begin at 9:15 a.m. on September 25th.
We will be announcing the winners of Jack Johnson tickets at our TD Cleanup on September 25th, right before lunch. Our raffle tickets are sold all summer, starting with Paddlefest on June 20th.
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Fraser Riverkeeper will have a community booth at this year’s Mountain Equipment Co-Op’s Paddlefest, on June 20th at Jericho Beach in Vancouver.
Hosted by MEC, Paddlefest is an urban celebration of kayaking, canoeing, and BC’s ocean environment. The day will feature learning opportunities on water and on land. Paddlers of all skill levels are welcome. Fraser Riverkeeper has participated in this event for the past couple years, raising awareness of Fraser Riverkeeper’s interventions, and community programs.
This year we will be raffling tickets to win a pair of Jack Johnson’s tickets for his upcoming October 1st concert at GM Place. Jack Johnson has chosen Fraser Riverkeeper again as one of its charities. Please stop by our booth at Paddlefest, say hello, and buy a raffle ticket for 10.00 to enter in the drawing for the Jack Johnson concert! If you buy two tickets, you become an annual member of Fraser Riverkeeper with a chance of also winning a t-shirt.
That’s $20.00 for double the chance to win a pair of tickets to see Jack Johnson on October 1st, an annual Fraser Riverkeeper membership, and a chance at winning a t-shirt. The final drawing will be held at our TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup event on September 25 near Stanley Park.
All raffle sales are considered donations, so please be sure to sign our sign-in sheet with your complete contact information so that we can send you a charitable receipt.
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Friday, June 11 is the first-ever “Water Hour”. From 8-9 pm EST, people are being asked to do something watery and share it with the world: http://waterhour.org. The group organizing the event is hoping to make it global next year.
To celebrate Water Hour, the Swim Drink Fish Music Club will be FREE 8-9 pm EST in North America. No $10 membership fee! The code gives you a one-year membership on the house.
Go to www.swimdrinkfishmusic.com/login tonight, June 11, between 8-9 pm EST. In the “I Have a Code” blank, type waterhour and then click Redeem. Fill in the profile form, and your one-year membership is active.
Even better, when you’ve joined the music club, tweet about it with the #SDFM and #waterhour tags. Visit http://waterhour.org to let people know you took action.
Since its inception, the Annual Waterkeeper Conference has educated, inspired, and energized individual Waterkeeper organizations, strengthening their fight for clean water.
Nearly 300 Waterkeepers, water experts, and stakeholders convene each year to share information and insights from our global network, learn cutting-edge advocacy strategies, and be reinvigorated to continue our work protecting watersheds and leading the fight for clean water.
This year’s conference is in La Paz, Mexico. Fraser Riverkeeper will be attending, so watch for pictures soon!
Updated news: We will attend the Vancouver “Hands across the Sand” on June 26th between 11:00 and 12:30, at English Bay. Read more on the Facebook event.
On June 26th, individuals and organizations have a chance to say Yes to clean energy and No to offshore oil drilling.
Hands across the Sand is a movement made of people of all walks of life wishing to protect our coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife, fishing industry, and coastal military missions. Let us share our knowledge, energies, and passion for protecting all of the above from the devastating effects of oil drilling.
Please contact Hands across the Sand to get involved.
Salmon Are Sacred is calling on everyone who loves wild salmon to participate in ‘The Get Out Migration’, which starts on Earth Day (22nd April) and ends on Mother’s Day. In British Columbia, Alexandra Morton will start the migration in the Ahta River in the heart of the Broughton Archipelago with Quoashinis Lawson leaving the Bedwell River in Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve before joining up en route to Victoria. Other migrations are planned from Gold River, the Cowichan Valley, the Gulf Islands, the Fraser River Valley, Adams River and Washington State.
Join the Action!
Updated schedule:
8:00am – March starts at Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre in Sidney (9811 Seaport Place)
12:30am – Meeting point: Lana Popham’s Office in Saanich (4085 Quadra Street)
2:00pm – Rally at Centennial Square (1 Centennial Square)
SPEAKERS – starting 2:00pm
Main Stage MC’d by Tamara Hermann, VIPRG and Rick Glumac, Wild Salmon Circle
1. Musical Welcome: August Thomas, Esquimalt Nation. Song(s) in honour of event, located near Spirit Poles
2. Speaker: Cheryl Bryce, Lekwungen. Words of welcome and comments on purpose and intent of event and journey. Main stage.
3. Musical Entertainment: Marimba Mazuva. Main stage
4. Speaker: Tria Donaldson,Wilderness Committee Victoria. Main stage.
5. Speaker: Mary Vickers, Heiltsuk Nation. Main stage.
6. Musical Entertainment: to be announced. Main stage.
7. Speaker: Carolyn Knight reads a statement on behalf of Raincoast. Main stage.
8. Speaker: Tyee Bridge from WSC and Lauren Hornor from Fraser Riverkeeper announce the launch of the Pacific coast SUPS (Stand Up for Pacific Salmon) consumer campaign. Main stage.
ACTIVITIES – starting at 2:00pm
2-3:00pm Salmon BBQ
2-3:15pm Fish on Sticks. Make your own fish-theme artsy regalia in preparation to welcome walkers and take part in procession to Legislature.
MARCH TO LEGISLATURE – 3:45pm
3:00pm – Walkers arrive (Augie Thomas sings in welcome: Northern Nations welcomed with Alexendra Morton).
3:45pm – March along Government Street to Legislature (Masala Percussion group provides music as MIA salmon puppet + the public join Alex and Migration walkers to final rally destination 4pm).
4:00pm – Final Rally at Legislature.
SPEAKERS
MC’d by Arthur Black, from CBC
1. Speaker: Grand Chief Stewart Philip
2. Speaker: Mary Vickers, Heiltsuk Nation
3. Speaker: John Volpe, Scientist, Seafood Ecology Research Group (SERG)
4. Speaker: Vicky Husband
5. Speaker: Fin Donnelly, MP
6. Speaker: Alexandra Morton
Fraser Riverkeeper will be participating in the festivities in Victoria on May 8th, at the march and the rally. Please join us!
Updated news from Alexandra:
Two hundred and fifty people greeted us in Campbell River the heart of the Norwegian salmon farming industry. Hundreds of people honked and waved as we walked the 25 km south on the old Island highway.
However, this is not going to be enough. As a friend walking with me today said, “If you want to be represented, you will have to represent yourself.”
If you want to see BC’s coast produce wild salmon again you need to show up wherever possible, so I am listing the dates of where the Get Out Migration will be, more information is at www.salmonaresacred.org
April 29 Thursday we will be on the highway heading south into Courtenay, We will arrive around 2:30-3:00 at the Exhibition Grounds please walk with us to Simms Park, in the evening we will be at the Komox Native Band Hall 600pm.
April 30 Friday Walking from Courtenay to Fanny Bay 3pm Cowie Creek to Fanny Bay, 4pm Fanny Bay Hall
May 1 Saturday Fanny Bay to Big Qualicum 5-9pm celebration at Big Qualicum River Campground live entertainment
May 2 Sunday 11 am Town of Qualicum Beach 2pm luncheon at Pheasant Glen Golf Course
May 3 Monday arrive Saw-Nas-Aw campground Lantzville
May 4 Tuesday Lantzville Road from Saw-Nas-Aw campground at 7 am to Costco Parking lot at lunch time then walk to Maffeo Sutton Park for a Rally then take the 5:55 Ferry to Gabriola evening presentation at Agi Hall
May 5 Wednesday walk through Gabriola
May 6 Thursday walking into Duncan evening event at 5 – 7pm City Square
May 7 Friday walking Duncan to Mill Bay ferry for 4:10 ferry, 7:30 presentation at Mary Winspear Centre
May 8 Saturday – Walking Sidney to Victoria meeting at Centennial Square at 3pm then onto the Legislature at 4 pm!!! This is the grand finale and the most important part of this effort. MP Fin Donnelly and our west coast Fisheries Critic will meet us there.
It is vital that everyone show up for these events if possible. Ottawa is not going to inconvenience this industry without enormous public participation.
Alexandra
Fraser Riverkeeper’s Executive Director Lauren Hornor appeared April 29th on NPR at 1:30 Eastern. The program is called EcoReport, and you can listen live through your computer by clicking on the “Listen Live” button on the top-right side of the website. The show will be archived for two weeks, so if you can’t make it on the 29th, you can check it out later.
Click here for the show (will be archived for 2 weeks).
Lauren was interviewed about a new campaign Fraser Riverkeeper is about to launch called “Stand Up for Pacific Salmon,” a consumer campaign that will take place from Alaska to Southern California.
Fraser Riverkeeper’s Annual Earth Day Cleanup at Pegleg Gravel Bar, Chilliwack
Fraser Riverkeeper, in partnership with Woodtone, the City of Chilliwack, Rotz Disposal, and other friends of the Fraser River, cleaned up Pegleg Gravel Bar in Chilliwack on Sunday, April 18th, to honor Earth Day.
The event was focused on beautifying and restoring the riverbed at Pegleg Bar while increasing community participation in environmental stewardship and awareness of the significance of these gravel bars to local flora and fauna as well to local residents and community groups who appreciate their value.
Pegleg Bar provides easy access to the Fraser River for recreation fishing, and is one of the more popular and productive bars for fishing without a boat. Bar fishing the Fraser River is a great way to appreciate the river and all it has to offer, providing prime gathering spots for socializing in the great outdoors. Unfortunately, such easy access to the “Mighty” Fraser River has resulted in the accumulation of various types of garbage, from aluminum cans to couches.
We want to thank everyone for coming out to Chilliwack on such a beautiful day this year. We collected nearly 7 tonnes of trash, including 1.5 tonnes of scrap metals, from around the bar. Special thanks go to our volunteers Jami Questa and Kristen Sivertz for leading the children’s corner with face-painting and salmon activities as well as Maheen Javed for her development of the kids corner project. We want to thank Woodtone, The Young Foundation, City of Chilliwack, Andy Rotz, Waste Services Inc., Fortin’s Home Hardware, Preserved Seed Café, Valley Tank, United Tool Rental, Chilliwack Water Store, Pro-Fab Manufacturing, Watson Gloves, and Tim Horton’s for providing services and in-kind donations. We’d also like to thank the press that showed up to find out more about this event and help create awareness in the Fraser River communities: Hawk FM, Valley Voice Online News, and Shaw T.V. Thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who donated their time and services.
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A beautiful day for a cleanup
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Kristen’s salmon
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These boys found an interesting partial skeleton of something!
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Kristen did a fabulous job with face-painting!
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Fencing and bed springs — a lot of metal found on the bar
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We had two bins; this one had non-metal litter
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Thanks to those with pickups and trailers for getting the heavy stuff!
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Jami Questa and Kristen Sivertz leading a children’s corner
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Woodtone and FRK tents
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Board member Michael Chapman, Riverkeeper Doug Chapman, and Executive Director Lauren Hornor
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Someone found an entire sofa at the bar
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Part of the crew (at the end), with Kathy from RBC’s Blue Water Fund presenting Fraser Riverkeeper with a grant for a new project later this year
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Canadian Waterkeepers Express Concerns on Bill C-9
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Fraser Riverkeeper, Ottawa Riverkeeper, Sentinelles Petitcodiac Riverkeeper, and Georgian Baykeeper sent a submission to the Committee on Finance regarding the proposed changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act contained within Bill C-9, strongly urging committee members to vote against the clauses in Part 20. Please see our submission for more about the reasons as well as the combined qualifications and experience the Waterkeepers offer to back up this submission.
Read full submission.