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: Why Fish Need Trees
Tim, Tom and Heather explain why fish need trees to survive and thrive in coastal watersheds like the Cowichan-Koksilah (Eastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia), particularly with the added stress of climate change already apparent here. Featuring Indigenous fisheries biologist, Tim Kulchyski, Registered Professional Forester Heather Pritchard, and Executive Director of the Cowichan Watershed Board, Tom […]
Praying for Rain – Don Henley
Landslide at Stoltz Bluff following heavy rainfall
James Craig, BC Conservation Foundation, December 12 2014 This short video illustrates the type of landslide that can result on slopes that saturated as a result of heavy rainfall, and which are not stabilized by vegetation. In this instance, significant engineering and reconstruction at Stoltz Bluff a few years ago, included catchment ponds areas to […]
Cowichan Lake Bathymetry sample
Bathymetric Mapping of Cowichan Lake In 2012 the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS – a division of the Science Branch of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada) completed a bathymetric survey (underwater contour mapping) of Cowichan Lake for the Cowichan Watershed Board. In 2014 the CVRD’s GIS Department will utilize UBCM Gas Tax funding to […]