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Jim Cooperman

Author of the local best seller, Everything Shuswap, Jim Cooperman moved to the Shuswap in 1969 as a war resister and a back-to-the-lander, after receiving his BA from the University of California at Berkeley. Over the succeeding years, Jim taught school, worked in construction and log building, operated a sawmill, and edited a provincial environmental journal, the BC Environmental Report. His local environmental work led to the protection of over 25,000 hectares of new parks in the Shuswap, which is documented in the book, Big Trees Saved, by Deanna Kawatski. He has researched and written about local history and helped initiate and edit the local history journal, Shuswap Chronicles I and II. In 1993, he wrote the Chapter on Canada in Clearcut – The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry. And in 1998, he wrote Keeping the Special in Special Management Zones, A Citizens’ Guide, published by BC Spaces for Nature. Jim lives with his wife, Kathleen, in a log home they built on 40 acres above Shuswap Lake, where they raised five children. His column, “Shuswap Passion,” appears every two weeks in either the Shuswap Market News or the Salmon Arm Observer. Additionally, his YouTube channel has over 100 videos, including many that showcase live music, skiing and Shuswap geography.
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Mar 1 2022April 10, 2022

The Shuswap Country by Erskine Burnett to be published soon!

History, Shuswap

The Shuswap Country by Erskine Burnett was produced in the 1940s and includes black and white photos from his many tours throughout our region and …

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Feb 18 2022February 18, 2022

In 2052 crown land will be managed sustainably to absorb carbon and store water

Environment, Shuswap

By 2031, after a decade of ever-increasing impacts on society due the rapidly warming climate, it became incumbent upon all levels of government to change …

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Jan 20 2022January 24, 2022

Doomsday glacier collapse is “Don’t Look Up” event that sparks switch to sustainability

Environment, Shuswap

Imagining a better future in thirty years than the future we are heading for now, requires a major “Don’t’ Look Up” event that would cause …

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Jan 10 2022February 7, 2022

What does the future hold? – Imagining the Shuswap in 2052

Environment, Shuswap

Two years ago, after the New Year’s Eve “snowmegeddon” storm, my first column of the new decade predicted the beginning of “the new roaring twenties …

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Dec 9 2021April 10, 2022

Shuswap’s globally unique organic coho salmon and cannabis farm

Shuswap, The Shuswap Economy

In the heart of Turtle Valley there is a state-of-the-art agricultural operation that is the only one like it in the world. By combining inland …

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