Before colonial impacts, this river hosted salmon so abundant that it is said that, at times, one could walk across it on their backs. Sulsulxumaat Cindy Daniels and Kate Segall A commentary. Sulsulxumaat Cindy Daniels is Chief of Cowichan Tribes and Kate Segall is chair of the Cowichan Valley Regional District, director for Area A […]
[CBC News] Drought signs raise fears of another fish die-off in B.C. rivers
Range of species across province struggled with warm water, low stream flows in 2023. Biologists fear a repeat Nono Shen · The Canadian Press May 8, 2024 Crayon rubbings form part of Project 84,000, an art project and environmental awareness campaign that honours thousands of steelhead, trout and other fish that died in the […]
[The Skeena] Massive Fish Die-Off Mystery on Vancouver Island Explained
by The Skeena September 2023 New report by the DFO says environmental stress killed hundreds of fish in the Cowichan River New report by the DFO says environmental stress killed hundreds of fish in the Cowichan River. A new report just published by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) explains the mystery behind a massive fish […]
[SunFM]Changing Conditions Force Difficult Decisions for Managing Cowichan River
Source: SunFM 89.7 Mike Patterson Tuesday, Sep. 19th, 2023 The Strategic Priorities Director of the Cowichan Watershed Board says 2023 has been a year of “hard decisions” regarding management of the Cowichan River. Tom Rutherford says the first difficult choice was to reduce the flow of water from Cowichan Lake into the river in late […]
[CTV News} Workers to pump water into Cowichan River amid drought
Source: CTV News Vancouver Island Brendan Strain, CTV News Vancouver Island Journalist Sept. 11, 2023 A crew from Catalyst Paper is installing 18 pumps along the company’s weir on the Cowichan River. The weir’s floodgates are fully open and that has some water flowing into the river but with no substantial rain in the […]
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