Citizens for a Livable Cranbrook Society provides grassroots leadership and an inclusive process, with a voice for all community members, to ensure that our community grows and develops in a way that incorporates an environmental ethic, offers a range of housing and transportation choices, encourages a vibrant and cultural life and supports sustainable, meaningful employment and business opportunities.
Glad to see this finally get the approval to go ahead. I may not be completely in favour of the project but there needs to be some economic movement in this valley for it to survive. If we waited for Wildsight to deliver an economic platform for the valley we would all perish. There has to be development for the Kootenays to succeed, Wildsight and the NDP just don't seem to understand that point.
ReplyDeleteBut to build an all year round ski resort, which will rely on Jumbo Glacier being around for a long time?
ReplyDeleteMaybe more people should read what Columbia Basin Trust have to say about glaciers in our region?
“We know there have been substantial changes to the glaciers in our region,” said Kindy Gosal, CBT Director, Water and Environment.“This presentation is part of our commitment to the people who live in this Basin to share the latest science and information about how glaciers are changing and what impact this may have on local water resources.”
Local glaciers act as frozen reservoirs of freshwater and contribute up to half of late-summer river flows in some watersheds in the Columbia Basin. The study of glaciers can help predict what changes in the climate could mean for the future of local fresh water supplies.
“Climate research suggests that local glaciers are already receding and will continue to do so,” said Gosal, noting that the Bull River watershed in the East Kootenay lost 60 per cent of total ice area based on a 15-year period ending in 2000.“These changes will impact people living in this region.”
CBT is taking the lead and is working with a range of partners to increase awareness, help reduce emissions and support communities to adapt to the expected changes. In collaboration with academics and climate change scientists, CBT has developed several technical reports and summaries which outline expected local changes in temperature and precipitation, including warmer winters, drier summers and melting glaciers. View these reports at www.cbt.org/climatechange.