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Ancient Fish Trap at Elevate the Arts
Come help recreate a bit of history. Project Watershed in collaboration with the K'ómoks First Nation Guardian Program and Holbrook's Heirloom Woodshoppe is constructing a model of an ancient fish trap based on Figure 11 from The Comox Harbour Fish Trap Complex: A...
Groundbreaking Archeology Celebrated!
Nancy Greene and David McGee, local archeologists and Comox Valley residents, are going to be speaking at the upcoming K'ómoks Estuary Seafood Dinner. Their groundbreaking research The Comox Harbour Fish Trap Complex: A Large-Scale, Technologically Sophisticated...
The Cape Lazo Kelp Caper
- 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...
Salt Marsh Planting Phase II
To Sign Up Click Here - Planting Extended - Volunteers needed Moday! It is time for phase two of the salt marsh planting project that got started in the spring. We are happy to report that the spring effort was a huge success - we finished two days ahead of schedule!...
Project Watershed addresses sewer issue
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...
Salt Marsh Planting and Air Park Clean Up
To Sign Up Click Here! Project Watershed has been working to rehabilitate lost saltmarsh habitat near the Courtenay Airpark Lagoon. Last summer we constructed two new saltmarsh islands just outside the lagoon and a saltmarsh bench inside the lagoon. These areas are...
Project Watershed has big footprint at Regional Conference
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,...
Pieces of an Estuary ~ Opening and Exhibit
Project Watershed’s Keeping It Living Campaign is run every year to inspire everyone in the Valley to celebrate, protect and restore the hardest working piece of blue-green infrastructure in the Comox Valley, the K’omoks Estuary. This year Project Watershed is excited...
Interactive K'ómoks Estuary Map Online and 2016 Keeping It Living Campaign Underway
Project Watershed officially launched the Interactive K'ómoks Estuary Map and 2016 Keeping It Living Campaign at the Conservation Centre Open House February 26th. It was a packed event and a warm welcome to the Coastal Invasive Species Committee, the newest member of...
Maj Birch Memorial
In November of this year, the wildlife and environmental community in the Comox Valley lost a good friend and a significant leader. Maj Birch was the founder, senior wildlife rehabilitator, and manager of the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS). In 1995, she,...
The K’ómoks Estuary and Keeping It Living – A Review
The K’ómoks Estuary is the gem in the crown of the Comox Valley and the Heart of our Watershed. Since 2008, we at Project Watershed have endeavored to protect and restore the K’ómoks Estuary to its former glory. We work with the Estuary Working Group, which is...