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.

Jun 12 2015October 9, 2020

Lee Creek, gateway to the North Shuswap

Communities

This Lee Creek aerial photo shows most of the community with the virtually unexplored and protected Corning Creek Canyon on the right The North …

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May 29 2015October 9, 2020

Finally, A book about the Shuswap!

Memoirs

It was over ten years ago that I began writing this column with the goal of producing enough material for a book about the geography …

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May 14 2015October 9, 2020

The Secwepemc use of wild plants

History

Balsamroot Sunflower above Shuswap Lake at the Lee Creek bluffs With balsamroot sunflowers now blooming on hillsides throughout the Shuswap it is a good …

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