Myrtle and the Nocturnal are a Revelstoke-based collaboration between Myra Morrison and Denis Severino. We recorded Going Across the Mountain at Revelstoke's Centennial Park on a sweltering hot July 8, 2015. This interview and song is a preview of their performance at the Revelstoke Street Music Festival on Saturday, July 11, 2015.

D.R. Michel is the Executive Director of the Upper Columbia United Tribes (UCUT), and he told the Revelstoke Mountaineer the June 25 presentation in Revelstoke will explore the ongoing technical, scientific and political efforts underway to promote restoration of traditional salmon migrations in the Columbia.

He will also explain the importance and progress of UCUT and other groups’ efforts to link ecosystem and salmon restoration to the international Columbia River Treaty, which is in the midst of a process to explore negotiation and modernization of the Canada/U.S. deal concerned with water and hydro issues relating to the international river system.

The presentation starts at 7 p.m. on June 25 at the Revelstoke United Church, 314 Mackenzie Avenue.

D.R. Michel is the Executive Director of the Upper Columbia United Tribes (UCUT), and he told the Revelstoke Mountaineer the June 25 presentation in Revelstoke will explore the ongoing technical, scientific and political efforts underway to promote restoration of traditional salmon migrations in the Columbia.

He will also explain the importance and progress of UCUT and other groups’ efforts to link ecosystem and salmon restoration to the international Columbia River Treaty, which is in the midst of a process to explore negotiation and modernization of the Canada/U.S. deal concerned with water and hydro issues relating to the international river system.

The presentation starts at 7 p.m. on June 25 at the Revelstoke United Church, 314 Mackenzie Avenue.

Revelstoke-based geologist Agathe Bernard is gearing up for a fall scientific expedition from Africa to Brazil aboard a sailing ship that will explore plastic waste in the Atlantic. Bernard will participate in the experiments and document them as a photographer and filmmaker.

Revelstoke-based geologist Agathe Bernard is gearing up for a fall scientific expedition from Africa to Brazil aboard a sailing ship that will explore plastic waste in the Atlantic. Bernard will participate in the experiments and document them as a photographer and filmmaker.

The Martha Creek Makeover initiative is a summer 2015 community project to repair and renovate the popular downhill-oriented trail on Sale Mountain just north of Revelstoke.

Organizer and mountain bike guide Matt Yaki is leading the push to raise funds for the project, and the target is about $30,000.

Currently, they’re past the halfway mark on a crowdfunding campaign on the fundrazr platform — see the Martha Creek Trail page here — and they’ve just announced a big new prize for anyone donating $100 or more.

The Martha Creek Makeover initiative is a summer 2015 community project to repair and renovate the popular downhill-oriented trail on Sale Mountain just north of Revelstoke.

Organizer and mountain bike guide Matt Yaki is leading the push to raise funds for the project, and the target is about $30,000.

Currently, they’re past the halfway mark on a crowdfunding campaign on the fundrazr platform — see the Martha Creek Trail page here — and they’ve just announced a big new prize for anyone donating $100 or more.

Revelstoke residents are encouraged to attend wildfire FireSmart sessions to learn how to prepare their properties before this fire season, which is shaping up to be drier and hotter than usual.

The May 26–28 sessions will also provide Revelstoke residents the opportunity to review a new draft fuel break plan for the community, part of ongoing wildfire management planning in Revelstoke.

Consultant Cindy Pearce explained the new fire break design maps out existing fuel breaks around Revelstoke – such as roadways, hydro lines, and ski runs on Mount Mackenzie – and also proposes some new ones. The gaps in forest cover are used as defensive barriers in the event of a wildfire.

Revelstoke residents are encouraged to attend wildfire FireSmart sessions to learn how to prepare their properties before this fire season, which is shaping up to be drier and hotter than usual.

The May 26–28 sessions will also provide Revelstoke residents the opportunity to review a new draft fuel break plan for the community, part of ongoing wildfire management planning in Revelstoke.

Consultant Cindy Pearce explained the new fire break design maps out existing fuel breaks around Revelstoke – such as roadways, hydro lines, and ski runs on Mount Mackenzie – and also proposes some new ones. The gaps in forest cover are used as defensive barriers in the event of a wildfire.

The Revelstoke Board of Education has been ranked first in B.C. alongside their West Vancouver counterpart in a report by the Fraser Institute. The neo-liberal think tank’s report is usually accompanied by an asterisk denoting criticism of their school ranking reports. Critics say the ranking focuses on unhelpful selection of criteria that favours private schools and produces a snapshot that doesn’t factor in important socio-economic differences between districts. Alan Chell is the long-serving chairperson of the Revelstoke Board of Education. In the interview with the Revelstoke Mountaineer embedded below, Chell said the Revelstoke School District is data-focused and utilizes the information to improve education here.

He spoke with the Revelstoke Mountaineer about the 2015 edition of the annual report on May 14.