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NIC and Project Watershed unite for blue carbon research
NIC will sign a Memorandum of Understanding June 4 with Comox Valley Project Watershed to restore the estuary environment and research new guidelines for blue carbon research in B.C. “NIC students are bringing science to life - mapping eelgrass, improving estuaries...
Courtenay Airpark Lagoon Breach Project Underway!
After four years of study and planning the project to breach the Courtenay Airpark Lagoon and reconnect it with the Courtenay River is now underway. The breach will be in the form of a culvert which will direct river flows through the lagoon area. This will flush and...
Project Watershed Receives Paul Harris Award and $1000
Project Watershed was pleasantly surprised when we recently received a Paul Harris Community Award from the Comox Rotary Club, accompanied by a cheque for $1000. Our sincere gratitude goes out to everyone involved in the good work done by Rotary....
Airpark Lagoon Breach Project
[av_notification title='Volunteers Needed!' color='blue' border='solid' custom_bg='#444444' custom_font='#ffffff' size='large' icon_select='yes' icon='ue80b' font='entypo-fontello'] High Profile Airpark Breach Project Monday Jun 15 - Friday Jun 26 [/av_notification]...
Royston Salt Marsh Restoration – getting Royston Elementary kids involved!
Teaches and students from Royston Elementary were invited to participate in a hands-on salt marsch restoration project initiated by Project Watershed Society. Many thanks to Kate Brown from Shaw TV for the short video story below. Please do consider subscribing to the...
Project Watershed Fundraiser – Art for the Estuary
Project Watershed Fundraiser Art for the Estuary View this years world class art at the Pearl Ellis Gallery May 12 - 31st Upstairs Downstairs Gala Evening May 23, 7-9pm at the Pearl Ellis Gallery and Lions Den A ticketed event ($20pp) featuring: A taste of the Estuary...
Project Watershed creates online Comox Valley Map Directory
Local environmental non-profit Project Watershed, in association with other local groups and local governments, has created an online directory of maps for the Comox Valley (CV Map Directory). This directory encompasses a wide array of digitally available maps that...
Mapapolooza
Project Watershed is holding an event to celebrate our mapping efforts! Come join us and you may win one of our great door prizes. Date/Time: Saturday April 25th, 10-2pm Location: Vancouver Island Visitor’s Centre (Map) We will be Launching the Walking The Watersheds...
Project Watershed’s Salt Marsh Project Featured in Stream Talk
Project Watershed's Salt Marsh Project at Royston was featured in the March 2015 Issue of StreamTalk. We encourage you to visit their website and read or download the entire issue there. For your convenience we have posted the article related to our project as...
Children's Author Makes Donation to Project Watershed
Paul Horgen, author of the children’s book Tales of Kona the Guide Dog and board chair of Comox Valley Project Watershed Society is pleased to present the society with a $500 donation from the proceeds of book sales. This fun and colourful book chronicles the life and...
The upstream battle to save our rivers
Image Caption: The huge Thompson River has a drainage area of more than 50,000 square kilometres. British Columbia has tens of thousands of rivers that contribute greatly to our quality of life, Mark Angelo writes. [av_hr class='short' height='50' shadow='no-shadow'...