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Meet our Big Dancing Fish!

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Photo by Tricia Thomas, Salish Eye Productions
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Riparian plant crew looked for big trees that provide benefits as in-stream structures for fish habitats and on the forest floor to slow the flow of water.  Photo by Heather Pritchard
Koksilah area farmers collaborate with non-profits to restore stream and riverbanks on their land to help improve fish habitat in the face of climate change. Photo by Elodie Roger
Koksilah area farmers collaborate with non-profits to restore stream and riverbanks on their land to help improve fish habitat in the face of climate change. Photo by Elodie Roger
Koksilah area farmers collaborate with non-profits to restore stream and riverbanks on their land to help improve fish habitat in the face of climate change. Photo by Elodie Roger

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Salmon and other species in the Cowichan watershed are increasingly stressed by low summer river flows due to climate change. Join Cowichan Watershed Board’s O-fish-al mascot, visiting scientists and others to learn what they are doing to help.

This summer, “Stth’aqwi'” spent a lot of her time with the Twinned Watersheds Field Crews, studying the Chemainus and Koksilah Watersheds. Read more here. 

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