June 2 2026 EcoCentric

New Denver and Silverton need a walk and bike route. – Miranda Hughes, North Slocan Trails
Kootenay Food Council works on food resilience – Damon Chouinard, Kootenay Food
LNG promo, wishful thinking – Andy Hira, Clean Energy Research Groups, SFU

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New Denver – Silverton trail – Miranda Hughes, North Slocan Trails Society.

The narrow highway between New Denver and Silverton is only a 3.5 km stretch. Locals want a separated bike and walk trail to go back and forth. Miranda Hughes and the North Slocan Trails Society are working on it.
https://northslocantrails.ca/

Local food and food vulnerability. Damon Chouinard, executive director of the Kootenay Food Council.

Almost everything people eat in the Kootenays comes from far away. That’s a food vulnerability and the Kootenay Food Council is working on it. Damon Chouinard, Executive director Kootenay Food tells us more. https://kootenayfood.ca/

Flurry of BC LNG promotion, is it wishful thinking? Dr. Anil Hira, Clean Energy Research Group, Simon Fraser University

The federal government made a big deal about an LNG deal with Germany but Andy Hira from the Clean Energy Research Group at Simon Fraser University says the road to a second LNG plant in BC is still far from paved. https://www.sfu.ca/politics/CERG.html

Full June 2 2026 EcoCentric Show 57 minutes. 30 mb.

ENVIRONMENT EVENTS

May 30 to June 5 2026
Go By Bike Week all across BC

Take a bike to work, ride to school, go for a joyride, it’s all fun for Go By Bike Week coming up at the end of the month.
You can register provincially and log your rides or join a local logging team to see how many kilometres you can log together.
Last year BC riders logged 790,252 rides covering 11,994,563 km. The saved on exhaust emissions of about 600 typical passenger cars from the road for one whole year.

There are provincial prizes too so register at GoByBikeBC.ca.

Here in the Kootenays West Kootenay Cycling Coalition is planning events for Go By Bike week. Including as Solita said a BIKE RAVE. Find our more at https://westkootenaycycling.ca/

Wednesday, June 3 7 pm
Hume Hotel Nelson
Presentation on the New Forestry Act initiative.

Jennifer Houghton, Campaign Director of the New Forest Act initiative, will present a citizen-developed legislative proposal designed to replace B.C.’s current forestry framework.
Residents in the Central Kootenay Region are increasingly interested in how forest management decisions affect drinking water, wildfire risk, and long-term economic stability.
Events are structured as a public presentation followed by a question-and-answer period.
The full tour includes communities across the Interior and Vancouver Island throughout June.

More information and full tour details:  https://boundaryforest.org/new-forest-act-roadshow-2026-info/