Jim Cooperman

Jim Cooperman

Biographic Abstract - Jim Cooperman Author of the local best seller, Everything Shuswap, Jim Cooperman moved to the Shuswap in 1969 as a war resister and a back-to-the-lander, after receiving his BA from the University of California at Berkeley. Over the succeeding years, Jim taught school, worked in construction and log building, operated a sawmill, and edited a provincial environmental journal, the BC Environmental Report. His local environmental work led to the protection of over 25,000 hectares of new parks in the Shuswap, which is documented in the book, Big Trees Saved, by Deanna Kawatski. He has researched and written about local history and helped initiate and edit the local history journal, Shuswap Chronicles I and II. In 1993, he wrote the Chapter on Canada in Clearcut – The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry. And in 1998, he wrote Keeping the Special in Special Management Zones, A Citizens’ Guide, published by BC Spaces for Nature. Jim lives with his wife, Kathleen, in a log home they built on 40 acres above Shuswap Lake, where they raised five children. His column, “Shuswap Passion,” appears every two weeks in either the Shuswap Market News or the Salmon Arm Observer. Additionally, his YouTube channel has over 100 videos, including many that showcase live music, skiing and Shuswap geography.

Aug 2 2018October 8, 2020

Shuswap Lake boating pleasures

Recreation

photo by Mike Simpson The recent news that Shuswap Lake was voted this year’s top boating destination by Boating BC should come as no surprise …

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Jul 19 2018October 8, 2020

Melodic summer evenings in the Shuswap

Culture

Birchbark on the stage at the new Friday Nights Live location Live music in public spaces has long been part of the human equation, given …

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Jul 6 2018October 8, 2020

Stories of those who were lured by gold

History

Emerging from George Hood’s cabin with a 19576 newspaper addressed to George While little is known about those who panned for gold in Scotch Creek …

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Jun 7 2018October 8, 2020

The third Scotch Creek gold rush

History

Chinese diggings at Scotch Creek After three exploratory hikes in the Scotch Creek gold country, I look forward to at least another one because there …

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