Great Salmon Send-off 2010
Welcome to Stoney Creek
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Well, last year's Great Salmon Send-off was a great success. Our theme was "Water for all". As part of our effort for the GSSO, we created a water-wise garden using native plants that require less water than more widely-used garden plants, and planted in a way that reduces water loss. Exhibitors were asked to stress water usage in their displays. Our theme for 2010 will be "Water for Life". All life, whether human beings, farm animals, wildlife, or vegetation, needs water to survive, but the world's water supply is under siege. Many formerly fertile parts of the world are becoming deserts. The Polar ice-caps are melting, as are many glaciers all over the world, leading to low-lying islands being submerged, and increased spring run-off and summer droughts. Much of the available water supply is polluted by industrial and agricultural run-off. We need to take control of our water supply and use it more wisely.
We gratefully acknowledge the following agencies for their financial support of the 2009 Great Salmon Send-off:
and also the following groups for their efforts (past and present) toward protecting Stoney Creek - home of the Great Salmon Send-off:
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