Oct
7
2010
News Archive
Resort finally on the fast track? Please comment to government
Aug
31
2010
We are getting ready for a ‘surprise’ decision
All has been quiet on the Jumbo front: or has it?
We have reason to expect a forthcoming decision on the Jumbo resort from the B.C. Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts.
Right now, we don’t know what the decision is, but suspect it may be one of the following:
To approve the Master Development Agreement, the next (but not final) step in the long and convoluted application process.
To reject the Jumbo Glacier Resort proposal, thereby finally acknowledging that the people of this region do not want it and wildlife populations cannot sustain its impacts.
If the decision is to approve the Master Development Agreement, we anticipate further delays and more process due to zoning and stakeholder issues.
If it is so, the future of the Jumbo Valley as a wild corridor—absolutely crucial to grizzly populations in the entire Columbia Mountains—is at stake.
Knocking on closed doors
After 20 years’ discussion on this issue, the single constant has been the lack of clarity about the process.
There has never been clear knowledge of exactly who, when or where the ‘final’ decision, the yes-or-no decision, can be made.
Over the years we’ve heard so many times that decisions would be forthcoming—but they weren’t.
This time, though, we’ve heard about a forthcoming decision from an unusually high number of sources and we are fairly certain that the Jumbo file is moving again—this time rapidly.
Our concern is that—despite the lack of any land-use decision supporting resort development in the Jumbo Valley—there remains no further, official, channel for public input.
Keeping it Wild at the 2010 Canada Day Celebrations in Invermere
Jul
1
2010
In a spectacular show of support for Jumbo Wild, the JCCS Canada Day parade
float took first prize for Clubs and Organizations. Maybe it was the fact
that the grizzlies showed up in support of a wild Jumbo Valley; maybe it was
the live, "in float" musical support, delivering a rousing rendition of
"When the Bears Go Marching In"; or maybe it was the joyful dedication of
the JCCS and their members after 20 years on the job. Whatever the cause,
it was clear from the crowd's cheers and chants, and requests for bumper
stickers that Invermere is a town in support of Jumbo Wild! Here's to the
future of Canada's wild places.Jumbo Canada Day Parade from Wildsight on Vimeo.
JCCS AGM Announced: Nov 26th 2009
Oct
31
2009
What’s next for Jumbo?
What’s next for mountain watersheds?
Join author and U.N. Chair for Water Bob Sandford at the Jumbo Creek Conservation Society AGM.
Thursday, November 26, 2009 • 7:30 pm • David Thompson Secondary School
it’s annual general meeting time for the JCCS. Join us to learn what happened in the past year and to help set our future course.
An open letter to the RDEK board
Sep
2
2009
The majority of East Kootenay residents have repeatedly made it known that we want Jumbo valley to remain wild. Your constituents are extremely disappointed, and feel betrayed by the August 7th resolution to abdicate the Jumbo decision to Victoria and request the creation of a new Resort Municipality, one whose provincially APPOINTED (as opposed to elected) corporate board will have access to public decision making at the RDEK level.
Disappointing Jumbo vote
Aug
17
2009
Wildsight members ask: “Now what?”
A Jumbo stab in the back?
An abdication of responsibility?
A way to rezone that erases the public voice?
Voice your opinion, with respect
According to Wildsight executive director John Bergenske, the recent RDEK vote on Jumbo has provided a great opportunity for residents who care about regional land use to discuss the vote with their regional directors.
A Jumbo stab in the back
Aug
7
2009
8-to-7 RDEK vote hands Jumbo decision to Province – breaks public trust
Cranbrook, B.C. — The biggest land use decision the region has ever faced is being handed directly to the Province after RDEK directors voted eight to seven on a controversial resolution.
The resolution, brought forward by Sparwood mayor David Wilks, was that the RDEK ask the Province to legislate the proposed Jumbo Resort site as a Mountain Resort Municipality, skipping over the rezoning and public consultation processes.
