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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Project Watershed in partnership with CV Nature and the Courtenay Air Park Association are hosting an Earth Day Planting Event on Saturday April 22nd. This is a call out for volunteers to help with the removal of invasive species and replanting of indigenous plants...
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The non-profit stewardship group Project Watershed has been focused on the long-term health of the K’ómoks Estuary since 2008. The Society’s mission is public education and information coupled with habitat restoration and research. In 2010, the Society's Estuary...
[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color=''] by Debra Martin - Comox Valley Echo posted Jan 27, 2017 Courtenay should just go with the flow when it comes to flood management. Project Watershed representatives gave a presentation to city council last week about...
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A First Nation’s perspective of the estuary and our relation to it.
This film debuted in April 2016 at the Courtenay Museum as part of the Pieces of an Estuary presentation. Pieces of an Estuary was an environmental art and public education project of the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in consultation with the David Suzuki Foundation and in partnership with Project Watershed. The project was offered as a combined studio and humanities course at North Island College in the Spring of 2016, as part of the collaborative BFA program with Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Many thanks to the Denise, Heather, Jenna and Tonja for their work in creating this film.
What is an estuary? This film explores this from the bottom of the ocean to the top of the glacier.
During the Fall of 2015 there were two events causing oil spills into the K'omoks Estuary. The October event was caused by a leaking residential oil tank which caused a major spill and the November event was caused by a plane crashing into the estuary. Project...
[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color=''] The Comox Valley Project Watershed Society (CVPW) and the Squamish River Watershed Society (SRWS) received funding from the CEC (Commission for Environmental Cooperation) to carry out Blue Carbon research and development...
[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color=''] This spring and summer Project Watershed and some very dedicated and hardworking volunteers have been busy planting saltmarsh around the Courtenay Airpark and Royston Wrecks (check out the photos and time-lapse photography...
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