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 […]
Drought-ravaged Koksilah River on Vancouver Island to get monitoring wells
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 […]
Board Members – 2015
Mayor Rob Hutchins – Ladysmith Rob Hutchins is currently serving his seventh term as Mayor of the Town of Ladysmith, having first been elected in 1993. He is also chair for the second time of the Cowichan Valley Regional District Board. Mr. Hutchins retired at the end of 2011 as a school teacher and counsellor. […]
Cowichan Watershed Board member, Dr. Shannon Waters, discusses Drought Impacts on Human Health in a “ClimateReady” Discussion Video
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 […]
Farmers worry about water availability in Cowichan Valley’s Koksilah watershed.
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 […]
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