Greenshores http://www.greenshores.caindex.asp?type=rss Subscription to the Entire Site en-us Greenshores - Community of Interest RSS Feed Fisheries and Oceans Canada Pacific Region revises Habitat webpages - Working Near Water http://www.greenshores.ca/index.asp?sid=4&id=66&type=single Fisheries and Oceans Canada Pacific Region Habitat revises webpages Working Near Water, Tue May 11, 2010 Pacific Region's new Pacific Region Habitat webpages Working Near Water in BC and Yukon http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/habitat/index-eng.htm is now live and ready for use. http://www.greenshores.ca/index.asp?sid=4&id=66&type=single Green Example Gallery http://www.greenshores.ca/index.asp?sid=5&id=8&type=single There is ongoing demand for examples of Green Shore ideas - conservation and restoration of habitat, as well as alternatives to hardened methods of shore protection - for a range of shore types and physical settings. To illustrate real life examples, Green Shores is providing an opportunity for design professionals to showcase shoreline projects that incorporate some or all of the Green Shore principles on the Green Shores website. http://www.greenshores.ca/index.asp?sid=5&id=8&type=single Green Shores Principles: Alternatives to Seawalls and Conventional Shore Development http://www.greenshores.ca/index.asp?sid=3&id=33&type=single The guiding principles for Green Shores are: 1. Preserve the integrity or connectivity of coastal processes. 2. Maintain or enhance habitat diversity and function (on a local or regional scale). 3. Minimize or reduce pollutants to the marine environment. 4. Reduce cumulative impacts to the coastal environment. http://www.greenshores.ca/index.asp?sid=3&id=33&type=single Herring Spawn at SE False Creek Olympic Village - Better habitat, water quality http://www.greenshores.ca/index.asp?sid=4&id=58&type=single John Harper of the Green Shores Technical Team was facilitating a volunteer team pilot testing the Green Shores Coastal Development Rating System when he discovered this rare herring spawn, the first in a very long time at this location. The spawn was a result of improved habitat and water quality in the area. http://www.greenshores.ca/index.asp?sid=4&id=58&type=single Green Shores Issue Sheet: climate change, rising sea levels and the implications for waterfront living http://www.greenshores.ca/index.asp?sid=4&id=60&type=single The brand new Green Shores issue sheet on Climate Change, rising sea levels and the implications for coastal living is now posted on the Green Shores website. http://www.greenshores.ca/index.asp?sid=4&id=60&type=single