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Video: Salmon Mascot meets Plant People – Koksilah River

August 18, 2022 by Shawn DeWolfe

The Cowichan Watershed Board’s new Stth’aqwi’ (Chinook) salmon mascot will be visiting field scientists, planting crews, artists, and other watershed stewards throughout the summer to learn what they are doing and why it might give a wild fish hope for its future! Here is a little clip from Stth’aqwi’s first encounter with the Twinned Watersheds […]

Developing a Water Use Plan for the Cowichan Watershed

August 7, 2022 by Shawn DeWolfe

The Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD), Cowichan Tribes, the Cowichan Watershed Board, and Catalyst Paper have partnered together to initiate a community planning process that will explore future water use needs alongside a range of different potential water supply and storage options. The goal is to seek agreement on a long-term solution to better ensure water […]

Koksilah Watershed Sustainability Plan Steering Committee Summary and Recommendations

August 7, 2022 by Shawn DeWolfe

Koksilah Watershed Sustainability Plan Steering Committee Summary and Recommendations

This Recommendations Brief summarizes the outcomes from a 16-month scoping process undertaken by Cowichan Tribes and the Province of BC (FLNRORD) to: develop consensus decisions regarding planning in the Xwulqw’selu – Koksilah Watershed; and, scope a long-term agreement with respect to ongoing collaborative management and governance of the Watershed. It is being provided to Cowichan […]

Video: Why Fish Need Water

August 3, 2022 by Shawn DeWolfe

Cowichan Watershed Board’s Tim Kulchyski and Tom Rutherford answer common questions about the why, when, where and how much fish need water in the Cowichan/Koksilah watershed. 

Video: Twinned Watersheds 2022 – Project Overview

May 1, 2022 by Shawn DeWolfe

The Cowichan Watershed Board, Cowichan Tribes, and Halalt First Nation undertook field work in 2021 as the first year in a multi-year “Twinned Watersheds” project in the Chemainus and Koksilah Rivers on eastern Vancouver Island, where river flows now frequently fall too low to support the needs of salmon. This phase of the project gathered […]

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