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Fraser Riverkeeper is implementing an exciting new book club that will connect environmental authors with friends and members of our organization. We plan to host several reading events this year, and would like to invite you to be a guest speaker at one of our meetings. If you are interested in donating a couple hours to a book club event, please contact Mary.
Authors may bring copies of their books to sign and sell. The venue will be casual and educational for the audience, and will be promoted among our members and contacts. Our venue will include the following:
1. A coffeehouse, pub, or other location decided upon by Fraser Riverkeeper and the author.
2. A guest author giving a brief presentation of his or her book, and being open to a question-and-answer period.
3. A speaker from Fraser Riverkeeper introducing the author and tying up the event.
4. A place at the venue for the author to sell and sign books.
5. A growing network of author and reader relationships, which will enhance Fraser Riverkeeper’s community-based educational and advocacy programs.
Welcome to Fraser Riverkeeper’s interactive map. When you click the map link, note that you can zoom in and out of the map area and click the layer filters (points of interest, FRK events, etc.) to find only the information you’re looking for.
We want to thank IM Rivers for their generous donation of a one-year license to Fraser Riverkeeper in 2010. IM Rivers provides an interactive mapping interface for river network organizations wishing to provide their communities with updated information on the state of their waters.
Our map is under construction, and has some of the following areas added, but will have much more in the coming weeks and months. Please check back.
1. Recreational, historical, and conservation points of interest along the Fraser.
2. General data findings on FRK’s water sampling and what this means for the health of your community and marine life.
3. General updates and findings of other organizations on the state of our river.
4. Risk profile: a swim, drink, fish index project that we will incorporate with IM mapping to provide advisories, alerts, and information dealing with how safe it is to swim, drink, and fish along the Fraser and its lower mainland tributaries.
5. Event mapping.
The public has a right to know about the state of its river. It is crucial that we share all investigations/findings with the public. FRK disseminates information to the public through newsletters, website and the media, including information pamphlets and brochures, research documents, public conferences, and student training/internship opportunities.
Network of Eyes and Ears: We are reaching out to people and building alliances as well as a network of eyes and ears throughout the watershed.’
We will be expanding our “public right to know” campaign in the future, to include water quality reports, an expansive news section, and more community events!
Full-Time Citizen Presence: It is vital that FRK maintains a full-time citizen presence on the water by engaging in regular pollution patrols by boat. By doing so, FRK’s presence not only serves as a deterrent to potential polluters, but it allows FRK to investigate citizen complaints about pollution issues. FRK must monitor water quality, become familiar with the river and track changes over time, map important ecological features, meet people who are using the river and educate them about FRK. FRK can bring media and decision-makers onto the river, promote stewardship and be a visible presence, all while learning from the river.
Full-time Riverkeeper, Doug Chapman, patrols the waters in, and surrounding, the Fraser River by boat, responding to community pollution concerns, monitoring water quality, and defending local waterways, to protect and enhance the Fraser’s aquatic integrity.
Tips from citizens alerting us to problems in communities all along the Fraser River and surrounding waters play a vital role in Fraser Riverkeeper’s work. To report a polluter, please call (778) 737-4422 or email pollution@fraserriverkeeper.ca. Alternatively, you may fill out our pollution intake form.
• FRK is available to the public to hear issues of concern with respect to the Fraser River. FRK maintains a pollution hotline, website, and a pollution-specific email address. The Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley community is encouraged to contact FRK using these avenues to voice concerns on the water they believe need to be investigated. Our hotline (778-737-4422) allows FRK to answer questions and concerns from the general public regarding the river.
• The community is encouraged to contact Fraser Riverkeeper with concerns of pollution that warrant further investigation. A site visit to determine whether contamination is present is done, and samples are collected if needed. Depending on analytical outcome, the appropriate governmental agency is advised. When pollution or contamination is found to be present, Fraser Riverkeeper then works with the community and appropriate government agency to determine a solution.
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Thu, March 11, 10:49 am
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