Mountain View Park Wetland, Vancouver North, British Columbia. This natural park, pond, and upland area (beyond the park boundaries) is categorized as a Woody Wetland, inside a second-growth temperate rain forest. It is critical habitat to a species at risk, and one of the few remaining viable wetlands left in the District of North Vancouver. … Continue reading Friends of Mountain View Park Wetland – Canada

Warburton residents have again expressed their frustrations about overcrowding in town as scores of visitors take to the new Warburton Water World. https://upperyarra.mailcommunity.com.au/news/2021-01-14/water-world-wonders-and-worries/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/68497230221/posts/10157774258005222/ It’s great see people visiting Warburton. But this so wrong. It’s hot. How is an emergency vehicle going to get through this in a hurry? What’s going to happen if there’s a fire & locals need to leave. Not to mention all the scared tourists. It’s pretty typical build a tourist hot spot with … Continue reading Something has to be done about this, Jim Child – 10 January, 2021

The pandemic has brought on a property boom for surf towns as cashed-up city dwellers make a sea change. But while that is great for homeowners selling at high prices, it has created a nightmare for some renters. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-08/surf-coast-rentals-at-zero-vacancy/13037172?utm_medium=social&utm_content=sf241779294&utm_campaign=abc_melbourne&utm_source=m.facebook.com&sf241779294=1&fbclid=IwAR0FpP6-sV48PCpfm7Sc_wduxQEXQTuyxvSbr3mOt1031Kf4P02Y8pa_d14

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-11/alpine-businesses-cry-out-for-government-help-with-insurance/12964354?fbclid=IwAR0IqHUJxByVdsyg5JFIJSkIdmmm2YdUhAeGkQQ6dzPyh75O71Tz2A5mmTU Victorian alpine property owners say they're losing sleep as they struggle to get insurance after last summer's fires, while other are forking out for price increases of more than 400 per cent.

Mt Donna Buang is prone to Landslip. This large landslip has seriously threatened Mt Donna Buang Road, which is the Road that is proposed to carry mountain bike traffic to the top including shuttle buses regularly taking mountain bikers to the top to scoot down to be picked up again to be transported to the … Continue reading MP calls for action, Mountain Views Star Mail, 8 December 2020 (Landslip on Donna Buang Road)