Rethinking Maps: History, Culture, and Ways of Knowing

Rethinking Maps: History, Culture, and Ways of Knowing

Maps can be more complicated than what we initially see on the surface. Many of our modern maps have a history of colonialism, with aims of cutting up the landscape, separating people from their traditional territories, and claiming borders and areas for political...
Five Nature Apps to Try

Five Nature Apps to Try

Are you looking for ways to learn more about nature, spend time outdoors, or get involved in conservation? Although it can be difficult during these times of social distancing, technology has provided us with some new ways of learning—for example, through apps! There...
Listen, Learn, Take Action and Inspire

Listen, Learn, Take Action and Inspire

During our World Oceans Day event (Celebrate the Sound/Átl’ḵa7tsem) we shared a few tips and ideas for ways that YOU can protect the Sound’s ocean and communities. Here are links to these websites and more! If you can, get out on or around the water. Gingerly...
Ocean Watch Task Force Update

Ocean Watch Task Force Update

The OceanWatch Task Force was created June 2017, by members of the Howe Sound Community Forum (HSCF). The purpose of the Task Force is to progress marine enhancement recommendations created by the Coastal Ocean Research Institute (CORI) Ocean Watch Howe Sound Edition...
Glass Sponge Reef Protection in Howe Sound

Glass Sponge Reef Protection in Howe Sound

Underwater oases of 500 million year old reefs made out of glass sponges in the Howe Sound have become protected by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.  With summer coming to an end, the fishing season is still in high force. People partaking in commercial,...
The aftermath of the winter storms

The aftermath of the winter storms

      Squamish is a loose English adaptation of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, meaning “Mother of the Wind”. With these past winter storms you can imagine why it has that name.   In December 2018 through February 2019, massive windstorms ripped through Howe Sound,...