Working with the K’ómoks Nation towards Q’waq’wala7owkw on their unceded territory.
Working with the K’ómoks Nation towards Q’waq’wala7owkw on their unceded territory.
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- Earth Day Edition Comox Record, Feature by Paul Horgen, Project Watershed Board Chair, Professor Emeritus University of Toronto One of the key components of the "Salmon Highway” from the ocean to the rivers and streams where the fish lay their eggs are marine...
Dear editor, Project Watershed and the Estuary Working Group, with representatives from 10 environmental groups in the Valley plus independent professionals and scientists, are all committed to a healthy, productive K’ómoks Estuary. We are concerned with any proposals...
The Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference April 13-15, in Vancouver is the largest most comprehensive event of its kind in the region. The purpose of the conference is to assemble scientists, First Nations and tribal government representatives, resource managers,...
You can purchase the booklet by clicking on the Add to Cart button and it will be shipped to your home. If you enjoy the outdoors, walking and learning about the Comox Valley, the Walking the Watershed’s map booklet is for you. This full color booklet features 18 easy...
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Let's celebrate together with a traditional Irish meal, Irish music and local 40 Knots wine and Gladstone beer. The evening will get under way with Celtic music provided by Mary Lynn DesRoches (accordion) and Lisa Doig (fiddler) of...
The Coastal Invasive Species Committee has a new home, and is the latest community organization to join the Conservation Centre. The Conservation Centre has been operating since 2010 at 2356 Rosewall Crescent (in Tin Town). You are invited to join us for an Open...
The K'ómoks First Nations Guardians attended Project Watershed's Estuary Working Group (EWG) on the first Friday in February. At the meeting Randy Frank, a Guardian Watchman Program member and local Carver, presented a First Nations’ “talking stick” that he had...
England’s monarchs were sacrificing to Woden and persecuting Christian missionaries when First Nations managed a vast, highly-productive, industrial-scale fish harvesting complex in the estuary of the Courtenay River.
At first, the elaborate arrangement of 300 ingenious traps on the sandy flats of the river mouth harvested herring, which still mass to spawn off the east coast of Vancouver Island every March.
But 700 years ago, perhaps in response to climate change, the technology was altered to exploit pink, chum, coho, chinook and possibly sockeye salmon.
by Paul Horgen - Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Board Chair Project Watershed Quoting the great New York Yankee hall of fame catcher Yogi Berra, “Its deja vu all over again." In an announcement released on Wednesday, January 20th, Both NASA and NOAA...
Emily Carr Students Tour of the K’ómoks Estuary On January 14th, good weather prevailed and Project Watershed hosted a tour of the K’ómoks Estuary for 10 Emily Carr students and six North Island College Adventure Tourism students. The Emily Carr students are studying...