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.

Apr 1 2015October 9, 2020

Last one room school was at Brennan Creek

History

Brennan Creek School Continuing the community tour, we head to Shuswap’s second northernmost community of Brennan Creek, where logging has always been the economic …

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Mar 19 2015October 9, 2020

Watershed protection must move forward

Environment

2010 algae bloom in Mara Lake We cannot afford to go backwards. The current debate within local governments about how to fund the ongoing …

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Mar 4 2015October 9, 2020

The Shuswap community of Sexqéltqin

Communities

Chief Atahm School, with the sod covered kekuli-room in the centre The Shuswap is home to approximately 50 communities, ranging in size from the tiny …

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