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Media Release: BC’s First Water Sustainability Plan Being Developed for Koksilah Watershed

March 11, 2022 by Shawn DeWolfe

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 […]

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Work begins on new weir for Cowichan Lake, Cowichan Valley Citizen

April 22, 2020 by Jill Thompson

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Work begins on new weir for Cowichan Lake A contract has been awarded to Stantec Engineering Services to do designs, engineering and studies Andrea Rondeau Apr. 22, 2020 12:00 p.m. Work to bring a new weir to Cowichan Lake to control water flows into the Cowichan River has started. “On behalf of the project partners, […]

Filed Under: News, Weir Ready Tagged With: Weir

[Chek TV] Dozens gather for community-wide clean up along the Cowichan River

August 26, 2018 by Jill Thompson

WATCH: A clean-up along the Cowichan River is part of an annual event aimed at preserving the waterway for future generations. Ceilidh Millar reports.  Dozens gathered in Duncan on Sunday morning to clean up their backyard and the river that runs through it. “This is a heritage river that is going directly into our oceans,” […]

Filed Under: content, News, River Cleanup, Water Quality Target, Watershed IQ Target

Drought has volunteers walking Cowichan Lake area’s dry rivers and creek-beds looking for stranded fish fry

April 22, 2018 by Shawn DeWolfe

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 […]

Filed Under: News, Weir Ready

Catalyst completes pump installation at Cowichan Lake weir

September 26, 2016 by Shawn DeWolfe

Lake Cowichan Gazette / James Goldie / Sep. 26, 2016 12:00 p.m. Twenty pumps are now underwater at the weir, installed and ready to go, which leaves one big question: will it be necessary to turn them on? Last week, crews were hard at work installing the equipment that will ensure water flow over the […]

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