Current Board of Directors:
| Dave Duncan | Smithers resident |
| Doug Bysouth | Burns Lake |
| Tom Euverman | District of Houston |
| Sybille Haeussler | Smithers |
| Simon Schat | Village of Telkwa |
| Genvieve Paterson | Town of Smithers |
| Charlie Rensby | Village of Burns Lake |
| Ray Sturney | Village of New Hazleton |
| Nikki Papps | Telkwa Resident |
Directors’ Quarterly Minutes followed by AGM minutes
Minutes for Jan. 17, 2025 still in draft.
- Guest Presentation Colin Vandergaag, PIR’s Burn Season of 2024, process explanation and highlights.
- Correspondence to the EAO regarding the Tenas Coal Assessment Process
Reports discussed:
An Environmental Quality Series Report by Vickie Irish:
PurpleAir sensor Air Quality Summary Report: Smithers January 2022 to December 2023
Illustrative purple air numbers
Summer Report for the RDBN, Wildfire Season
Guest Presentation Corrine Schiller, Senior Atmospheric Scientist – Environment Canada on low cost sensors, spatial models and the role that MSC Science is playing in forwarding that program.
Guest Presentation Paula Tait – Regional Outdoor Air Quality Lead, Northern Health – Outdoor Air Quality and Health
American Lung Association – State of the Air 2022
Illustrations of exposure to our airshed’s PM2.5 and BCCDC Health Risk Tolerances by Sue Brookes
Biomass Smoke Modelling – BCCDC
- Jan 2023_AMSmins
- Nov 2022_AMSmins
- Feb 6, 2020
- April 7, 2009
- Jun 22, 2009
- Nov. 26, 2008
- April 19, 2006
AGM minutes:
Our last AGM was APril 24, 2025 in Burns Lake and on MSTeams.
Guest Presentation ‘Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation for Community Wildfire Risk Reduction‘, by Vickie Irish. Vickie is an Air Quality Meteorologist for the Air Quality Section (Assessment and Stewardship) EMAB | EPD | ENV.
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Guests Patience Rakochy, PG Air The presentation involved a look into their organizational history and current projects. Patience also shared a report on managing Climate Change and Air Quality and Co-Benefits in PG.
Guest Jay Gilden from What Matters in Our Valley concerning the Telkwa Coal Mine EA and missing air and dust information. Notes from Dave Stevens regarding inquiries into concerns. 1, 2, 3. The report.
- Presentation The Energy Transition:Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions for Northern B.C, Merran Smith of Clean Energy Canada
- Purple Air Plots for Smithers
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