News Release Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Cowichan Tribes First Nation March 11, 2022 VICTORIA – Cowichan Tribes First Nation and the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNRORD) have reached an historic agreement to develop a Water Sustainability Plan for the Xwulqw’selu (Koksilah) Watershed. […]
Interview with Ken Ashley: Ecological Impact of Flooding
Global TV Nov 27 2021. Ken Ashley, Director of the Rivers Institute at BCIT, discusses how flooding can carry pollutants into rivers and other waterways, and the potential long-term implications. https://globalnews.ca/video/8407187/the-impact-of-b-c-s-flooding-on-local-waterways
Severe flooding throughout Cowichan Region Nov 15 2021
Historic rainfalls have caused massive flooding across BC and in Cowichan Region. Times Colonist: Flooding closes Malahat, Cowichan declares state of local emergency. Afternoon winds that followed the rain led to close to 48,000 power outages in the south Island by 4:30 p.m. Cowichan Tribes reserves were evacuated due to flooding. Read Evacuation order here. Second […]
Presentation by Dr. Shannon Waters to Okanagan Water Board
Presentation to Okanagan Basin Water Board This is the presentation of Cowichan Valley Medical Health Officer and Cowichan Watershed Board member, Dr. Shannon Waters to the Okanagan Basin Water Board on Nov 3. 2021 on the topic of indigenous co-governance of watersheds. This webinar was part of a series to promote the Okanagan Basin Water […]
Drought has volunteers walking Cowichan Lake area’s dry rivers and creek-beds looking for stranded fish fry
Cowichan Valley Citizen / Lexi Banas / Aug. 22, 2018 4:30 p.m. Rescue squads have been busy this summer moving fish fry from the small pools that are all that’s been left of the creeks flowing into Cowichan Lake. Even rivers, like Mesachie Lake’s Robertson River, that can roar during the winter time, have become […]
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