"...we celebrate... Kelly’s meaningful and well-deserved national recognition, recently received: the Canada Volunteer Award for “Community Leadership” for BC - Yukon.

> > skagiteec.org/kelly-pearce > >

#hopemountain #skagiteducation #hopebc #outdooreducation #bctrails #hopebctrails #kellypearce

I came across photos by Eric Tsoi. You may know (of) him. Eric lives in Vancouver, British Columbia and has gathered images from so many places that I’ll admit, an hour went by as I travelled with him for a minute.

→ skagiteec.org/blog

#erictsoi
#upperskagitwatershed
#rosslake
#rossdam

The Commission was excited to meet two new Canadian Commissioners at the annual September planning retreat in Hope BC!

Please welcome with us, Zita Botelho and Hugues Letourneau.

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#upperskagit #transboundary #watershed #skagit #rosslake #skagitriver #hopebc

The Commissioners on their annual planning retreat, this year based out of #hopebc and in Manning Park.

Who are the SEEC Commissioners? Check here!
→ skagiteec.org/about/commis...

→ More: skagiteec.org/blog

#hopemountaincentre
#skagitriver
#firstnations
#washingtontribes
#nlakapamux

A 1971 Report!
The upper Skagit watershed in the late sixties and early seventies, courtesy of Canadian Wildlife Service. Prior to the ‘High Ross Treaty’...

→ skagiteec.org/blog

#skagitriver
#upperskagitwatershed
#rosslake
#rossdam
#stolo
#Nlakapamux
#sauksuiattle
#upperskagittribe
#firstnations

July 28, 1974 International “Canoe-In”

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#skagitriver
#skagit
#upperskagitwatershed
#rosslake
#rossdam
#stolo
#Nlakapamux
#sauksuiattle
#upperskagittribe
#transboundary
#northcascades
#manningpark
#silverskagit
#hopebc
#indigenous
#tribes
#firstnations
#watershed

SEEC's grant making and strategic initiatives focus on five areas:

Ecosystem Science, Indigenous Peoples Engagement, *Environmental Education, Watershed Integrity and Recreation

Learn more here!
→ skagiteec.org/blog

#skagitriver
#skagit
#hopemountain
#ncascades
#rosslake
#rossdam
#firstnations

SEEC Co-chair Shannon Bentley and Commissioner Anna Warwick Sears, presented a poster at @CWRA_Flows, introducing SEEC to the CWRA national audience.

Read More → skagiteec.org/cwra

#skagitriver
#rosslake
#Nlakapamux
#sauksuiattle
#upperskagittribe
#transboundary
#silverskagit
#tribes
#firstnations

On behalf of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission, we are pleased to provide you a copy of the Annual Report for fiscal year 2024 – 2025.

→ skagiteec.org/about/about-...

#Nlakapamux
#sauksuiattle
#upperskagittribe
#transboundary
#northcascades
#silverskagit
#indigenous
#firstnations

Anna is an alternate commissioner on the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission, appointed by the B.C. Premier.

More here:
> tinyurl.com/anna-warwick...

We are excited by this news and wish SEEC Commissioner Anna Warwick Sears every success!

Until further notice, the gate at Hozomeen will remain closed; vehicle and foot traffic across the US/Canada border is prohibited.

Good information from the North Cascades National Park Service Complex here:

> www.nps.gov/noca/planyou...

#skagit
#upperskagitwatershed
#rosslake
#rossdam

Recently Hope Mountain Centre for Outdoor Learning (HMCOL)’s Executive Director, Kristine Pérez de León, presented a summary of their wonderful work in 2024...

→ skagiteec.org/blog

#outdooreducation
#skagitriver
#skagit
#upperskagitwatershed
#rosslake
#rossdam
#Nlakapamux
#manningpark
#stolo

The Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission (SEEC) provides project funding. We have ideas conversations with land managers, First Nations, Tribes, large organizations, small organizations and individuals.

Visit our Fund page. Does your idea align with SEEC goals?

→ skagiteec.org/funding-app

UPDATE
Silver Skagit Road will be closed to traffic from 6.3 km to 58 km (Canada/USA border) for seasonal shutdown from October 15, 2024 to April 14, 2025; the road will not be maintained during this time

tinyurl.com/skagitroad

#skagitriver
#skagit
#upperskagitwatershed
#firstnations
#WAtribes

Two yreas ago, the BC Govt announced an agreement to extinguish mineral tenures within ecologically sensitive headwaters region of the Skagit R. on Silverdaisy Mtn.

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#bcpoli #BCParks #bcmining #silverdaisy #northcascades #skagitriver #firstnations #nwtreatytribes

Today's 3rd Quarter business meeting of the SEEC Commissioners was held in the iconic Richmond Olympic Oval, in Richmond, British Columbia. It was excellent to hear presentations by the Hope Mountain Centre for Outdoor Learning and Student Conservation Association >>more>>