BC Gov News. Feb 7 2020 A new government-to-government partnership will help ensure long-term water sustainability in the Koksilah Watershed south of Duncan and explore the benefits of a water sustainability plan for the area. Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, met with Chief William Seymour of Cowichan Tribes […]

Water restrictions were implemented in August 2019 after water levels dipped to extremely low levels CBC News · Posted: Jan 20, 2020 9:30 PM PT | Last Updated: January 20 The province is setting up observation wells to monitor groundwater levels in the Koksilah watershed on Vancouver Island. The Koksilah river system, nestled in the […]

Here is a short video of Cowichan Watershed Board member and Medical Health Officer, Dr. Shannon Waters, talking about the importance of our river, and the salmon it supports, to public health here in the Cowichan Valley. This is part 4 in a series of “ClimateReady” Discussion Videos by the Province of BChttps://engage.gov.bc.ca/climatereadybc/2019/12/13/discussion-4/”The Province is […]

John Vanden Dungen is worried about the future of his farm. Vanden Dungen is the owner of the 380-acre Meadow Green Farms on Koksilah Road, a dairy farm with more than 300 cows that his father began decades ago. It’s one of seven dairy farms in that area, and one of the approximately 30 dairy […]