News Release Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Cowichan Tribes First Nation March 11, 2022 VICTORIA – Cowichan Tribes First Nation 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. […]
Swimming upstream: For B.C.’s Cowichan Tribes, life by the river fraught by climate change and a fight for return of their chinook salmon tradition
Toronto Star, Sun., Nov. 28, 2021 Even though chinook stocks have returned to historical levels, tribes still being limited to catching a total of 200 fish for ceremonial purposes. By Katharine Lake Berz North Saanich, B.C.—Larry George is working flat out helping his Cowichan Tribes community on Vancouver Island cope with devastating flood damage. The […]