October 25, 2022 Living Water Smart in British Columbia: The Series Interview with Lori Iannidinardo, outgoing Chair of the Cowichan Valley Regional Board on Vancouver Island. Her key takeaway is that collaboration among all levels of government is necessary and essential to advance drinking water and watershed protection. Read the article here.
Learnings from the Xwulqw’selu Sta’lo’ (Koksilah River)
By Shalu Mehta | August 12, 2022 A group of citizen volunteers is mobilizing to explore connections and create solutions for the Koksilah watershed. In June 2022, a group of community members gathered near the Xwulqw’selu Sta’lo’ (Koksilah River) to sign up for a community science project. As hot dogs and veggie dogs grilled over […]
Report: Twinned Watershed Project – Xwulqw’selu/Koksilah River Environmental Flow Assessment
Media Release: BC’s First Water Sustainability Plan Being Developed for Koksilah Watershed
Cowichan Tribes, March 11 2022 Cowichan Tribes 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. “Cowichan Tribes is pleased to see this important step towards taking care of Xwulqw’selu Sta’lo’,” says Chief Lydia […]
Cowichan Tribes and Province to develop BC’s first Water Sustainability Plan
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. […]