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!
Mallard Creek Riparian Planting
We will be planting native riparian species along a section of Mallard Creek that we recently cleared of invasive Reed canarygrass.
Fall Planting at Kus-kus-sum
We are looking for volunteers to assist us with planting native trees, shrubs, and marsh plants at Kus-kus-sum this fall!
Ken Kirkby Challenge raises funds for Project Watershed
Thank you to everyone who helped raise funds for ecological restoration, research and education through the Ken Kirkby Challenge this summer. Over $55,000 was raised through donations, a raffle and the Paintings, By The Numbers event.
A New Day for Forage Fish
Project Watershed and the Coastal Forage Fish Network (CFFN) are celebrating Surf Smet Day on October 25th! This adds another day on which to celebrate and raise awareness about beach spawning forage fish as Pacific sand lance are celebrated on a day in December.
Dyke Road Park Salt Marsh Planting
In partnership with the CVRD and the K’ómoks Guardians, we will be planting the newly prepared tidal marsh and surrounding area at Dyke Road Park as part of the park re-design project. We will be working the intertidal and riparian areas and planting native grasses, shrubs, and tidal marsh species.