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How valuable is farmland? Site C, a proposal by BC Hydro to build a third dam on the Peace River will flood over 8000 acres of prime farm land with capabilities found nowhere else in Canada. This unique valley has a micro climate that could provide food security for this region and beyond. Canada is losing farm acres every year. According to ...

BC Women’s Institute is opposed to the construction of any further hydro-electric dams such as the proposed Site C on the Peace River.  Even though the resolution regarding Site C was adopted by the membership in 2008, it is still an on-going concern for the following reasons: human health, environmental impact and loss of valuable farm land. Power should be produced ...

Groundwater - A Convenor Report The bulk of this report is based on an October 9, 2010, CBC - Radio 1 "Quirks and Quarks" interview with Dr. Marc Bierkens, Chair of the Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University. 95% of the world's fresh water is stored deep in rock layers as  groundwater, or aquifers. It is ancient water, replenished very slowly, if ...

                REPORT ON PROPOSED PEACE RIVER DAMS, SITES 'C' & 'E' INTRODUCTION: In 1971, the Peace River area had 761,107 acres of improved land in agricultural production, representing over 43% of the British Columbia total.  Of this total acreage, cereal grains and oilseed crops accounted for 560,000 acres and forage seed production for 100,000 acres.  The remaining acreage was used for forage production ...