Hello everybody! What a great day at the Vedder River Clean up! I have not been to this clean up before, but I have to say that I will be attending all the future ones if possible.
I was fortunate to be teamed up with Tom ( Allwaysfishin ). In only a 400 yard area of the river we managed to collect a truck load of garbage. It is truly amazing how much garbage is out there. I always pick up garbage when I am out fishing (my vest is usually full by the end of the day) but I did not realize how much was really out there until I saw all of these vehicles full of garbage collected from the river!!
It was really good to hang out with Tom. We have a lot in common and have fished and hunted in a lot of the same areas of BC. Cheers Tom!! Tom took a couple of pictures of the garbage collected, hopefully he can post them later.
Congratulations to everybody that was involved with the organizing, and collecting! Not to mention the doughnuts and coffee.
It's hard to believe that they do that three or four times a year and always collect that much garbage. Wow.
Thanks everyone!!
Besides having a great experience with the cleanup and meeting great people, I also had the chance to talk with some people who will be helping with the petition against the gravel pit proposal on the Chehalis/Statlu rivers.
After the clean up I sat with Rodney, Chris, Frank(SFAC), David(FVRD), Gwyn, and Tom(alwaysfishin) to discuss this petition. We swapped contact info, shared ideas, and expressed our concerns about this gravel pit proposal.
I gained a lot from my experience today and contacts I made.
The fight is on, and I will continue gathering information, and making allies over the next week. Durring the cleanup I received a call from Ed Mankelow, the Chairman of Mining Sub Community of the BCWF. After the clean up I called him back, and he expressed his deepest concerns. I sent him all of the information, and he told me he would contact me after looking it over, and doing some investigating. He also gave me some very valuable contacts.
I also asked Ed if he was involved with the Upper Pitt River Gravel Extraction Application and he said yes. I asked him if he would be able to dig up the files and archives. He said he would which is great because hopefully there is some valuable information there that we can use to help support our fight.
I also forwarded the shareholders letter to Bill Otway who had not seen it yet although he had received a link to this forum thread. I also spoke with Bill on the phone and asked him for his support.
Hopefully this week will bring more information, and more contacts, as I have plans to talk again with the DFO, Min of Energy and Mines, the BCWF, and others.
I am also planning to try and get a statement from the consulting firm.
Thanks to all who have helped and supported this petition.
ATS
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Topic: CHEHALIS RIVER GRAVEL PIT COMMING SOON ON THE UPPER RIVER-DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN! (Read 28006 times)