Welcome. Our goal is to keep you informed on issues affecting Strathcona Park, and to let you know what actions we are taking to preserve the park in its natural state. You may wish to pay special attention to our Blog where your letters and comments are posted. Thanks for visiting.
Upcoming
- Newsletter prep Dec 1.
- FOSP Christmas potluck Dec 18.
Updates
For the week ending:
- Nov 28/09:
- FOSP strategy meeting on Nov 23.
- Nov 21/09:
- Karl Stevenson and Bob St.John of FOSP attend an informal strategy meeting with the Heathens Mountaineering Club in Campbell River on Nov 20.
- Website: The Gallery page has two ‘before logging/after logging’ photos of the Bedwell Valley by Syd Watts (c/o Lindsay Elms) in the ‘Of Interest’ album.
- Nov 14 /09:
- Oct 24 /09:
- Website: Videos page – See the suspension bridge being repaired from the comfort of your home.
- Field trip to repair the Gayle McGee suspension bridge in the Bedwell Valley, Oct 16, 17, 18. The bridge was successfully re-anchored and re-tensioned. See Karl Stevenson’s report on the trip.
- Presentation to Comox Valley Naturalists Society on Oct 18
- Oct 17 /09:
- Presentation to Comox District Mountaineering Club on Oct 17
- FOSP media release by Kel Kelly: Friends of Strathcona Park Build Bridges
- FOSP strategy meeting on Oct 11.
- Oct 10 /09:
- Field trip to the Bedwell, Oct 2 to Oct 5
- Oct 03 /09:
- FOSP strategy meeting on Sep 28.
- Sep 26 /09:
- Website: Gallery page – ‘Beautiful’ photo contributions from Dave Hutchison. Thanks!
- Website: Videos page – Bob, Karl, and Lori stumble upon camp fire and ATV damage on a hike up Mt Becher on Sep 19, 2009.
- Sep 19 /09:
- Website: moved Newsletters to Reference page.
- Website: Gallery page – ‘Ugly’ photo contributions from Karl Stevenson. Thanks!
- Website: Gallery page – ‘Beautiful’ photo contributions from Tim Penney. Thanks!
- Website: Blog – letters moved from comments to posts.
- Website: Gallery page – photos contributions to ‘Beautiful’ and ‘Of Interest’ albums by William Wright and Christine Jenner. Thanks!
- FOSP strategy meeting on Sep 13.
- Website:Gallery page – ‘Ugly’ and ‘Beautiful’ photo contributions from Dave Ingram and Martin Smith. Thanks!
- Sep 12 /09:
- Website: Gallery page – ‘1988 Blockade’ and ‘Of Interest’ albums expanded. ‘Ugly Strathcona’ and ‘Beautiful Strathcona’ albums initiated. Invitation added for viewer photos. All photos were resized for slower dial-up modems.
- Sep 7: FOSP directors potluck dinner
- Karl Stevenson tracks the attitude of parks staff towards the Master Plan over the last 5 years using excerpts from Freedom of Information (FOI) documents.
- Website: Three pages: Videos, FOI, and the Blog were added. The web log was moved from the home page to the Blog, and this new home page added. Letters and comments from our viewers are attached to blog entries. Two new albums (1988 Blockade and Of Interest) were added to the Gallery.
- Sep 5 /09:
- FOSP strategy meeting on the 4th.
- Website: The following pages were added: Gallery, Letters, Master Plan, Membership, Park Funding, and Reference. LeRoy McFarlane added The Friends Ask: Now What? to the blog.
- Aug 29 /09:
- FOSP strategy meeting on the 24th.
- FOSP strategy meeting on the 28th.
- Website: Karl Stevenson and Bob St.John met with Dave Ingram to discuss a new web presence for FOSP. Dave set up the basic layout including the web log (blog) and the ‘About’ and ‘Newletters’ page. Thanks Dave for your help! FOSP members took it from there. Karl Stevenson started blog entries with Strathcona Update.
- Aug 22 /09:
- Minister of the Environment Penner on Aug 19 released his decision to allow horses in the Bedwell and other areas of the park. read more
- FOSP public meeting on the 19th at the Filberg Centre in Courtenay was attended by 45 people. The current situation regarding Clayoquot Wilderness Resort’s application for horses into the park in the Bedwell Valley was discussed.
- FOSP strategy meeting on the 20th.
