Lexi Bainas, Cowichan Valley Citizen, May 20 2015 Both area residents and local volunteers saw and smelled a problem as thick masses of brown algae appeared in the waters of Cowichan Lake recently. The Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society is now supplying more information about what led to it. According to the society's Parker […]

KIRO-TV News, May 15 2015 OLYMPIA, Wash. — Record low snowpack and worsening conditions in watersheds has led Gov. Jay Inslee to declare Washington State to be in a drought. The drought conditions around the state are the most serious in about 10 years. Click here to see a map. “We’re really starting to feel […]

The Cowichan River section will be added shortly. The Wikipedia entry contains a brief introduction to the river.

Cowichan Lake Level Discharge Charts CVRD: The New Normal Catalyst Paper: Lake Level Catalyst Paper: River Flow Snowpack   LGL & Cowichan Tribes: Cowichan River Flow Management Strategy Weekly Updates, Authorizations, & other documents    

Precipitation in the Cowichan Watershed in winter has historically been in the form of rain and snow. In higher mountain areas surrounding Cowichan Lake, the snowpack that builds through the winter is a reservoir of water that augments the capacity of the lake, and contributes significantly and critically to the lake in spring and summer. […]