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Younes Alila

    DOWNLOAD A COPY OF: “Living Water Smart in British Columbia: Coming this fall on Waterbucket eNews”– released by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in September 2025


    A request from Todd Pugh of CivicInfo BC was the inspiration for the Partnership for Water Sustainability featuring stories behind the stories of local government champions. “The idea is pretty simple. We run a lot of municipal press releases, but there are deeper stories to be told. We want thoughtful columns that highlight interesting ideas, concepts, or experiences. In short, we would love to hear about the journey – a behind-the-scenes story, from a first-person perspective,” stated Todd. He called his idea Civic Voices. The Partnership made it happen.

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    SNEAK PREVIEWS OF STORIES COMING THIS FALL ON WATERBUCKET eNEWS: “Years ago, a request from Todd Pugh of CivicInfo BC inspired our decision to provide a platform for unsung heroes and local government champions to share their stories behind the stories,” stated Kim Stephens of the Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia


    “We run a lot of municipal press releases, but there are deeper stories to be told,” stated Todd Pugh, Executive Director of CivicInfo, the data and information agency serving BC’s municipal sector. Waterbucket eNews has evolved to meet a growing need for a trusted source of information, one that provides context and perspective for a changing local government setting. Stories draw attention to the elephants in the room and that starts conversations. Headlines and supporting quotable quotes for 10 stories are sneak previews that foreshadow what is coming this fall.

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    DOWNLOAD A COPY OF: “Living Water Smart in British Columbia: Landscapes and watersheds in BC are at a heightened risk” – released by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in May 2024


    “The story of my forest hydrology research over the past 30 years is actually a traumatizing story. Most of the landscapes in British Columbia and most of our watersheds are sitting at a very heightened risk when it comes to hydrology and geomorphology. The risks are greater than we were led to believe by government, industry, and professionals. But scholars in the philosophy of science will tell you that scientists will never admit to erroneous precedents. An eminent scientist once said, science progresses one funeral at a time,” stated Dr. Younes Alila.

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    LANDSCAPES AND WATERSHEDS IN BC ARE AT A HEIGHTENED RISK: “Younes Alila is in the news because he is raising the alarm. His message boils down to RISK AND LIABILITY. The actual consequences of clearcut logging, he warns, are magnified in this era of weather extremes,” stated Kim Stephens


    “UBC forestry professor Dr. Younes Alila is courageous in challenging conventional wisdom about what he believes to be the misguided and scientifically indefensible practice of forest hydrology in BC. His findings are relevant to urban drainage practice. Trained as a civil engineer, Younes Alila found himself having to do science. In the process, he landed on a discovery of great import. Research by Younes Alila and his grad students over the past three decades demonstrates how clearcut logging leads to more frequent flooding, including extreme floods,” stated Younes Alila.

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