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Cowichan River gets needed federal boost. By Stephen Hume

November 27, 2020 by Jill Thompson

[By Stephen Hume, November 27, 2020. Focus on Victoria]  A reprieve for the Cowichan River offers a rare good news story. PERHAPS IT’S A GOOD MOMENT to let our attention drift from the pandemic-propelled collapse of the Trumpian snake-oil-sales dystopia to the south and the daily litany of coronavirus woes across Canada to some good […]

Filed Under: Documents, Resources Tagged With: Drought, Weir

Hybrid salmon discovered by scientists on Vancouver Island

October 12, 2019 by Jill Thompson

Fish found in Cowichan River have genes of both coho and chinook salmon CBC News Oct 12, 2019 Two salmon researchers say a surprising discovery has been made on Vancouver Island. Andres Araujo, a biologist at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and Will Duguid, a PhD biology student at the University of Victoria, recently […]

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The Cowichan River: loving and logging it to death. By Stephen Hume.

September 7, 2019 by Jill Thompson

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[By Stephen Hume, May 7, 2020, Focus on Victoria] A NEAR-SILENT CURRENT SLIPS THROUGH WILLOW RUN. The jade-green swirl of eddies and back-eddies causes darker reflections of trees to ripple in the August glare. Here and there, the slick surface boils over a hidden boulder, or abruptly sucks down with a wet slurp into some […]

Filed Under: Documents, Resources Tagged With: Drought, Forests, Weir

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Why Fish Need Water (in the Cowichan/Koksilah watershed)

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Replacing the Weir at Cowichan Lake.

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In 2018, a broad consensus was reached to build a higher weir. Learn more: www.cowichanlakeweir.ca (Image source: Cowichan Water Use Plan, 2018)

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Warmerland: Cowichan Climate Change and Wild Salmon.

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