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.

Dec 21 2012October 10, 2020

A Shuswap Pioneer Christmas

History

Given today’s frenetic shopaholic holiday season, it can be enlightening to reflect upon the way Shuswap’s early settlers celebrated Christmas. While the focus now for …

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Dec 6 2012October 10, 2020

Adapting to climate change

Environment

It has been a tough year across the globe, as the impacts of climate change have continued to intensify. The litany of weather related disasters …

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Nov 23 2012October 10, 2020

Salmon Arm’s history of cooperation and community

History

The town’s leading merchant, 1904 photo courtesy of the Salmon Arm Museum The first regions of the Shuswap to be settled were those with the …

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Nov 18 2012October 13, 2020

Pipeline – the protest music video

Videos

Nov 17 2012October 10, 2020

Trappers Landing News

History

Original St. Mary’s Church in Sorrento, built in 1911 A special edition of the Sorrento Wave to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Sorrento. Includes articles …

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