Sponsor Kus-kus-sum
Thanks to Shane Philips of Island Soul Films for creating an uplifting and invigorating film to start us on our way to raising the $6.5 million needed to acquire and restore this site.
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Kus-kus-sum Forum ~ Year II Restoration
We are starting Year II restoration works at the Kus-kus-sum site the last week of June! To learn more about this process, please join us for our virtual public community forum on June 16th at 6:30pm.
First Plants in the Ground at Kus-kus-sum
Drone Footage of Planting ~ RickskopterK'omoks First Nation Welcome by Elder Donna Mitchell and Councillor Katherine Frank ~ Graeme RobetsonPlanting and watering ~ Caila Holbrook I wanted to give a big, heart-felt thank you to all the volunteers who came out to help...
Kus-kus-sum Materials Available for Projects and Developments
We have some materials available from the first phase of the restoration at Kus-kus-sum.
Concrete Wall Found at Kus-kus-sum
Currently, most of the remaining concrete is in the form of a 170m-long wall buried just behind the steel-piling wall that separates our site from the Courtenay River. Removing this concrete wall is the next step of our restoration and will be undertaken over the next 2 weeks.
Project Watershed Starts Concrete Removal Work Feb. 3rd at Kus-kus-sum
Project Watershed will be a continuing with the work that happened last summer and fall which entails excavating the remaining concrete, separating concrete and rebar, crushing concrete, and removal, repurposing, and recycling material offsite.
Kus-kus-sum Unpaved; A look at our progress in 2021
Enjoy the short video and a photo gallery showing the progress of our restoration efforts at Kus-kus-sum in 2021.