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Pacific Salmon Action Dialogue #6: Made in BC Salmon Recovery Model, Tom Rutherford

February 15, 2024 by Jill Thompson

Webpage with link to recordings.

Session 6: Made in BC Salmon Recovery Model February 5th, 2024 – Building on the 3-scale collaborative model discussion, the team has undertaken a deep dive into the Washington State model inner-workings and developed a report, including recommendations for a ‘Made in BC Salmon Recovery Model’. Welcome Remarks: Jordan Point & Michael Meneer ‘A made […]

Water Quality Attainment Sampling Report 2022-Lower Watershed and Estuary

September 21, 2023 by Jill Thompson

image - WQ samplers 2022

DRAFT Executive Summary Three areas were sampled in the summer (August/September) and fall (October/November) of 2022 for an assessment of water quality. These were seven sites in the lower Koksilah River and its tributaries, nine sites in the tributaries that run directly into Cowichan Bay and nine marine sites in Cowichan Bay. The year 2022 […]

Speaker Series: Safeguarding XPey’ / Cedar

March 12, 2023 by Jill Thompson

Taylor Roades

The Cowichan Watershed Board is pleased to resume its monthly Speaker Series in collaboration with VIU Cowichan Campus with an informative evening about Safeguarding Xpey’/Cedar.  Central to local culture and ecosystems for millennia, this tree, called XPey’ by the Quw’utsun indigenous people, is under stress in our watershed. Learn why, and what Quw’utsun elders, tree […]

The Discourse: Communities come together to clean the Quw’utsun Sta’lo’ (Cowichan River)

September 1, 2022 by Shiming Huang

Volunteers removed 1,700 kilograms of garbage from the riverbank at this year’s Lower Cowichan River Cleanup. By Shalu Mehta ● Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island ● September 1, 2022 Volunteers take to the banks of the Quw’utsun Sta’lo’ (Cowichan River) on Sunday, Aug. 29 for the Lower Cowichan River Cleanup. Photo by Shalu Mehta/The Discourse On […]

Video: Interview with Elodie Roger about Riparian Zones

August 18, 2022 by Shawn DeWolfe

Elodie tells us about the ‘terrestrial’ or land part of riparian ecosystems that are also important for fish habitat, and her work with the Twinned Watersheds Project in the Koksilah and Chemainus Rivers, 2021.

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