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.

Oct 16 2019October 8, 2020

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The Shuswap Economy

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Sep 27 2019October 8, 2020

Climate change – think globally, act locally

Environment

My speech to the Climate Strike rally, held Friday Sept. 20th in Salmon Arm in front of the city hall: There is no doubt we …

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Sep 12 2019October 8, 2020

An outstanding biography of James Teit, author of The Shuswap

History

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Sep 1 2019October 8, 2020

The many benefits of community forests

Economy

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