The PW office is now closed for the holidays. We will be reopening on Monday, January 6. See you in the new year!
Kus-kus-sum: End of Season Wrap-up
Now that we have put the Kus-kus-sum site to bed for the winter, we wanted to give you all a little update on how things progressed this season – lots happened!
Kate McKeown
Meet our new Forage Fish Technician!
Casey Doucet
Restoration and Monitoring Coordinator
Tin Town Christmas Open House
We will be a stop on the Tin Town Christmas open house tour! Looking for volunteers to help greet visitors and sell items at our office on December 7.
Greenshores at Dyke Road Park – Reimagining a Park
On September 20 and 21, over 20 people were on site to help with planting at the Comox Valley Regional District’s (CVRD) Dyke Road Park redevelopment project.
Fiesta Booth Volunteers Needed!
Project Watershed will have a booth at Fiesta Market on November 16 and 17. We are looking for volunteers to sell merchandise and take donations.
Gartley Beach Green Shores for Homes Project
Project Watershed is teaming up with the CVRD and the Stewardship Centre for BC to do some shoreline restoration at Gartley Beach in Royston.
Retired Teachers Fund Environmental Education
To launch a new field-based environmental program, the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society has received a $5,000 donation from District 47 Vancouver Island of RTOERO.
Planting Along the Riverway Walk
We will be planting native plants from 1 gallon pots in areas beside the Riverway Walk. Species will include Nootka rose, baldhip rose and common snowberry. Invasive species removal has been done in these areas and these plants should add native vegetation as well as help keep the invasives out.
Puntledge Hatchery Open House 2024
The Hatchery is having their annual Open House where you can get up close and personal with salmon returning up river from the ocean. We intend to have a booth at this event and need volunteers to help run it.
Fall and Winter Forage Fish Sampling
We’re gearing up for the fall/winter season of forage fish sampling!