August 18, 2009
ELC student Kyra Bell-Pasht presents her report “Protecting Echo Heights Forest” to the District of North Cowichan Council on Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Prepared on behalf of the Chemainus Residents Association, the report examines Council’s legal duties when making planning decisions and documents the long history of community use of the lands commonly known as Echo Heights Forest in Chemainus, BC. It also argues that Councils proposed residential development plans for Echo Heights Forest run contrary to the publics legal right to use the land recreationally. Kyra and ELC Legal Director Calvin Sandborn recently made the economic case to not sell Echo Heights in an opinion piece, which was published in the Ladysmith Chronicle on August 11 (The Economic Case for Protecting Echo Heights) and in the Cowichan News Leaders on August 14 (The Economic Case for Not Selling Echo Heights). The ELC has worked with the Chemainus Residents Association since 2006. Click here for more information about the ELC’s efforts to help protect Echo Heights…