Fish found in Cowichan River have genes of both coho and chinook salmon CBC News Oct 12, 2019 Two salmon researchers say a surprising discovery has been made on Vancouver Island. Andres Araujo, a biologist at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and Will Duguid, a PhD biology student at the University of Victoria, recently […]
The Cowichan River: loving and logging it to death. By Stephen Hume.
[By Stephen Hume, May 7, 2020, Focus on Victoria] A NEAR-SILENT CURRENT SLIPS THROUGH WILLOW RUN. The jade-green swirl of eddies and back-eddies causes darker reflections of trees to ripple in the August glare. Here and there, the slick surface boils over a hidden boulder, or abruptly sucks down with a wet slurp into some […]
‘Heroic intervention’ saves Cowichan River, but future shaky
Richard Watts / Times Colonist September 1 2019 The Cowichan River, with its resident fish and float-tube-loving humans, would be dead without the heroic intervention now underway, says a regional politician. On Thursday, massive pumps operated by Catalyst Crofton pulp and paper mill were turned on to pump water from Cowichan Lake directly into the […]
Dire Forecast for Canadian Heritage River
Dire Forecast for Canadian Heritage RiverMEDIA RELEASEJune 5, 2019For Immediate ReleaseDIRE FORECAST FOR CANADIAN HERITAGE RIVER(Duncan BC) Concerns are rising in the Cowichan Valley as the iconic Cowichan River faces a strong likelihood of running out of water by August unless there is heavy and sustained rainfall. The Cowichan is major salmon producing river, including […]
It Rains a Lot. That Doesn’t Mean We Can Take Fresh Water for Granted
For those behind the POLIS Water Sustainability Project, the stakes are simple. But very, very high. Zoë Ducklow, TheTyee.ca, 7 Nov 2018
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