Zooplankton and Microplastics: a research project begins
Research Scientists meet with ADIMS and KFN Guardian Watchmen on Denman Island by Barbara Mills Governments change, and government bureaucracies often evolve too slowly to address even the most urgent needs of a community and the environmental ecosystems that sustain them. Often…
Thank you for helping clean up Denman shores
Denman Island Annual Community Beach Cleanup Sept 15 - 22, 2018A huge thank you to Denman community volunteers and our co-sponsorsThis year over 160 volunteers participated in our Denman Beach cleanup event, including over 40 students and teachers from our Community School. For the second year,…
Beach Cleanup - September 15 to 22, 2018
14th Annual Denman Island Community Beach CleanupSeptember 15 to 22, 2018Denman Island Debris Drop Off Event:Saturday, September 22, 2018, 9.30 am to 1 pm.Debris Drop Off Location:Marcus Isbister Old School Centre - recycling areaWe will be working again this year with our neighbouring communities…
Applying pressure against geoduck aquaculture with our petitions
When DFO released its Integrated Geoduck Management Framework in March of 2017, we at ADIMS responded with a petition calling for a moratorium on geoduck aquaculture until it was proven safe within the marine environment. Ninety percent (90%!) of Denman’s western shore is used by the shellfish…
Baynes Sound/Lambert Channel Marine Ecosystem Forum: May 22-23, 2018
Islands Trust and World Wildlife Fund together have organized the Baynes Sound/Lambert Channel Marine Ecosystem Forum. ADIMS will join over 40 participants gathering at the Kingfisher Inn, in Royston BC, for two days of intensive discussion and problem-solving, May 22nd and 23rd. Participants…
Earth Day 2018: Beach Cleanup April 21
ADIMS Spring Cleaning beach cleanup will be Saturday April 21, 2018 Let’s make a clean sweep of our beaches to honour Earth Day the following day (April 22nd). A lot of plastic debris washed ashore this winter. We’ve come to expect a ‘usual’ amount – an extremely…
Spring Cleaning!
Why wait for the fall? The sheer tonnage of debris we collect from our beaches every year has got us thinking about a semi-annual cleanup. We're organizing a cleanup in April: details coming soon.
Beach Cleanup video
Hope you enjoy our most recent video, created by the talented Sussan Thomson, featuring the 13th annual beach cleanup in September 2017.