by Jeff Lawrence July 14, 2025 8:41 am Tens of thousands of fish died in the Cowichan River amid a brutal drought in 2023. (CHEK News) Officials are sounding the alarm over dangerously low water levels and rising temperatures in the Cowichan River. In a news release Monday, the Cowichan Watershed Board (CWB) warns the […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Cowichan Watershed Board Warns of Critical Drought Conditions
July 14 2025 […]
[On The Island with Gregor Craigie] Cowichan Lake water levels critically low
Tom Rutherford. Photo by Shalu Mehta of the Discourse. Tom Rutherford, biologist and director of strategic priorities for the Cowichan Watershed Board says they are worried the drought conditions will lead to another mass fish death like 2023. LISTEN [10 mins]
[Chek News] ‘It’s dropped so fast’: Low snowpack impacts Cowichan River
‘It’s dropped so fast’: Low snowpack impacts Cowichan River by Skye Ryan The Cowichan River is pictured on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (CHEK News photo) Concern is rising fast on the Cowichan River, as water levels drop. Days into June, snowpack levels in the area are sitting at just 35 per cent of normal for […]
[Times Colonist] Comment: Let’s give a dam for Vancouver Island’s only heritage river
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 […]
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