Image Credit: Contributed - In the spring of 2012, residents along the Dyke Road were evacuated by the RCMP due to flooding. This was how things looked in front of the old cement tower. Contributed - Comox Valley Record; posted Oct 15, 2014 at 1:00 PM Today’s coastal...
Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up
[av_testimonials style='grid' columns='1' interval='5' font_color='' custom_title='' custom_content=''] [av_testimonial_single src='2690' name='Kathryn Clouston' subtitle='Project Watershed Staff Member' link='http://' linktext=''] Trust you all had a relaxing and...
Project Watershed Plants Eelgrass near Port Augusta Park in Comox
[av_heading heading='Project Watershed, as part of their Blue Carbon efforts and habitat restoration activities, collected 2500 donor eelgrass shoots and then transplanted them into an area devoid of eelgrass off Port Augusta Park in the Town of Comox. These...
No Tankers Community Action
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$1000.00 Raised at 2014 Art and Garden Fete
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K’omoks Estuary at the Forefront of Blue Carbon Research
Something interesting is happening in our local waters. Project Watershed, a local environmental stewardship organization, is working on a project to learn more about how salt marsh and eelgrass beds in our local Estuary contribute to the uptake and storage of carbon...
Project watershed's Pacific Institute for Climate Studies Internship Report
[av_testimonials style='grid' columns='1'] [av_testimonial_single src='4286' attachment='' name='Russell Prentice' subtitle='Project Watershed Pacific Institute for Climate Studies Intern' link='http://' linktext=''] I have had a busy and exciting first month with...
20th Anniversary and Annual General Meeting
The Comox Valley Project Watershed Society, founded in 1993, is holding its Annual General Meeting at the Deep Bay Marine Field Station on Saturday, May 24th, from 4:30-8:30. The AGM will be a very special event as we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Project...
Blue Carbon Pilot Project in Comox Valley Getting Attention
By Mandy Larade - Comox Valley Record; posted Apr 9, 2014 at 4:00 PM A letter of federal recognition was given to the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society on the Blue Carbon Pilot Project from federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq. "Your organization's...
Project Watershed awarded grant for Blue Carbon Project
(CEC funds will help to address North American environmental problems locally Courtenay —The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) today announced the winners of $1.2 million of grants under the CEC’s North American Partnership for...
Project Watershed talks about Blue Carbon at TEDX
Looking back at 2013 I noticed we hadn't yet posted about our TEDX talk so as a recap here it is! On Thursday May 23, 2013 a local group, Imagine Comox Valley, organised and presented a TEDX event. A TEDX event is a local independently organised TED event where...
Project Watershed Presents Airpark Breach Project to Courtenay Council
On November 18th, 2013 Comox Valley Project Watershed Society made a presentation to Courtenay Council regarding the background and rationale for breaching the upper area of the Courtenay Airpark Lagoon. We were looking for support from the Council for our Phase III...