Over the past number of years water has been elevated to the centre of planning, resource management, and policy discussions. First Nations often refer to water as the life–giving force, as sacred, and as essential for all life. Similarly, western science has described water as the ‘master variable’ in both the distribution and abundance of […]
Twinned Watersheds Project: Riparian Vegetation Assessment in the Chemainus and Koksilah Watersheds
The Twinned Watersheds Project of the Chemainus River and Koksilah River in the Cowichan Region of southern Vancouver Island assessed salmonid habitat, water flow regimes, and riparian habitat within the lower reaches of the main rivers. The fish habitat information is presented in a separate report. This part of the Twinned Watersheds Project focused on […]
It’s Hip to Fix a Drip
Fresh water is Canada’s most precious resource, vital to our ecology, economy and wellbeing.Although it is relatively abundant in Canada compared to the rest of the world, fresh water is a finiteresource not to be taken for granted, and yet Canada’s water consumption rates are among thehighest in the world. In 2011 the average Canadian […]
CWB Pathways and Partnerships
Pathways and Partnerships: Framework for Collaboration and Reconciliation in the Cowichan Watershed
Nutsamat kws yaay’us tth qa’: We come together as a whole to work together to be stronger as partners for the watershed. Please read and download the report of the Cowichan Watershed Board’s watershed co-governance conversations, which took place from 2017-2018, between its founding partners, Cowichan Tribes First Nation and Cowichan Valley Regional District. Abstract: […]
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