Jim Cooperman – Page 64 – Shuswap Passion

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.

Aug 21 2012

Monashee Park 50 years old

Environment

Fifty years ago, Shuswap’s largest protected area, Monashee Provincial Park, was established thanks to the efforts of a number of local conservationists. Nearly 200 […]

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Jul 21 2012

Sorrento 100 – the Lee Creek connection

History

In 1912, a new post office in what was then called Trappers Landing first used the name Sorrento for the cancellation stamp. Early land developer

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Jul 13 2012

Presentation to the Special Committee on Timber Supply

Environment

Background British Columbia has wrongfully endured over a decade of serious forest mismanagement. Early in the last decade the B.C. government enshrined in law forestry

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Jul 13 2012

Abnormal is the new normal – Shuswap flooding analysis

Environment

Preface Federal and provincial government staff operate under a gag order that restricts the flow of information to the public. Communication staff manufacture the only

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Jun 22 2012

Shuswap Coffee House piano still in tune

Culture

Although the Shuswap Coffee House music festival was a washout, it did not dampen the enthusiasm for events during the remainder of 1980 and throughout

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