Alison Nicholson – CVRD Director, Area E (Cowichan Station, Glenora, Sahtlam)
Alison was honoured to become the CVRD Director for the Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora area in 2014. The Chemainus, Cowichan and Koksilah rivers all pass through Area E and working with the community to care for those watersheds is her number one priority. She has a background in biology, ecology, and public administration and lives on a small farm in the Koksilah watershed.
Alison is also a founding member of the Cowichan Station Area Association and its Koksilah Watershed Working Group. She volunteers as a Xwulqw’selu Watershed Planning Community Advisory Team member, Xwulqw’selu Connections groundwater monitoring project, a member of the Koksilah Low Flow Working Group, and other community initiatives.