*Image: Eelgrass restoration by Project Watershed in the estuary Comox Valley Project Watershed is pleased to host a one-day workshop on Saturday, March 14: “Climate Change Solutions and Habitat Restoration at the Community Level: Results of Projects completed by...
Upcoming Streamkeepers Course
Streamkeepers is a fun and educational 2½ day introduction to stream stewardship which will be taught by Michele Jones.
Voices of the River
Project Watershed 2014 Volunteer Appreciation event
On 12/12/2014 Project Watershed invited their regular volunteers, and some other friends, to an appreciation event at the Comox Valley Community Justice Centre in downtown Courtenay. With more than 50 attendees, including some of the local city council members who...
Courtenay Council Candidates Consider Field Sawmill Site
With an election coming in a few days, all of the candidates running in Courtenay are firming up their platforms. One of the important issues facing our beautiful community and is on the minds of not only citizens of Courtenay, but all of us who have chosen the Comox...
Restoring Tidal Marshes in Royston
A tidal marsh is a type of marsh that is found along the shoreline of coasts and estuaries of which the flooding characteristics are determined by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary. The vegetation on the shore is called a salt marsh and it is a complex of...
Climate change could increase estuary flooding
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
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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...