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 13 2013October 10, 2020

How the Shuswap was settled

History

Prior to 1896, there were few permanent settlers in the Shuswap. Other than the early-formed settlements in Chase, Westwold (Grande Prairie), Fortune’s Landing (Enderby) and …

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Mar 29 2013October 13, 2020

Sol Full Daze

Videos

Mar 29 2013October 10, 2020

Eagle Pass Landing – Another Shuswap frontier boomtown

History

Eagle Pass Landing in 1886, Maynard photo courtesy of the BC Archives and the Kamloops Art Gallery While the story of the Shuswap’s first town …

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Mar 15 2013October 10, 2020

More creative economic development ideas

The Shuswap Economy

The multiple economic benefits that could be achieved by paying better attention to changing demographics was the focus of the last column and this strategy …

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Mar 1 2013October 10, 2020

An economic development plan for Salmon Arm

The Shuswap Economy

Graphs courtesy of Footwork Consulting (David Foot) There is no doubt that a great deal of effort went into producing the Salmon Arm Economic Development …

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