Project Watershed

Citizen-Science Saltmarsh and Eelgrass Monitoring Program

Mar 16, 2020 | Coastal Restoration

The monitoring program provides volunteers and community groups with all the information, materials and support necessary to help us monitor our restoration projects.

Creating Habitat Connectivity

Mar 16, 2020 | Coastal Restoration, Kelp

Comox Valley Project Watershed is focusing on the restoration of three marine habitats – kelp, eelgrass and saltmarsh – to facilitate connectivity between the subtidal, intertidal and foreshore zones in the estuary.

Restoring Kelp Forest Habitat

Mar 16, 2020 | Coastal Restoration, Kelp

Comox Valley Project Watershed Society is working with partners to restore kelp forests using two methods: planting seeded kelp lines and reducing grazing pressure by sea urchins.

Kelp Forests

Mar 16, 2020 | Coastal Restoration, Kelp

A kelp forest is a type of nearshore vegetative habitat, found along rocky coasts with wave action or strong currents in depths of 4 to 20 metres.

Resident Goose Management

Mar 9, 2020 | Current

Introduced to the island in the 1970s for hunting and wildlife viewing, Canada Geese have flourished here, to an extent where they are now overwhelming ecosystems vital to other species, such as salmon.

Reed Canary Grass

Mar 9, 2020 | Current

Reed Canary Grass (RCG) is a perennial cool season grass that can grow up to 2 meters tall and expands by creeping rhizomes, vegetative fragments and seeds.

Forage Fish

Mar 9, 2020 | Current

Project Watershed and a group of fantastic citizen scientist partners and North Island College student volunteers have been working hard to identify forage fish spawning beaches in the Northern Salish Sea.