There's a New Newt in TownProject Watershed's larger than life sized newt mascot debuted at the Royston School Keeping It Living Award Ceremony on Friday the 18th (Scroll down to enter the name our newt contest!). Royston School received the award for their...
Enjoy Spring with our Walking Map Booklet
You can purchase the booklet by clicking on the Add to Cart button and it will be shipped to your home. If you enjoy the outdoors, walking and learning about the Comox Valley, the Walking the Watershed’s map booklet is for you. This full color booklet features 18 easy...
K'ómoks Guardians Present Talking Stick to Project Watershed
The K'ómoks First Nations Guardians attended Project Watershed's Estuary Working Group (EWG) on the first Friday in February. At the meeting Randy Frank, a Guardian Watchman Program member and local Carver, presented a First Nations’ “talking stick” that he had...
Getting Warmer: Globally 2015 Exceeds All Other Years
by Paul Horgen - Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Board Chair Project Watershed Quoting the great New York Yankee hall of fame catcher Yogi Berra, “Its deja vu all over again." In an announcement released on Wednesday, January 20th, Both NASA and NOAA...
Emily Carr Student Tour of K'omoks Estuary
Emily Carr Students Tour of the K’ómoks Estuary On January 14th, good weather prevailed and Project Watershed hosted a tour of the K’ómoks Estuary for 10 Emily Carr students and six North Island College Adventure Tourism students. The Emily Carr students are studying...
In Memory of Ralph Shaw
In Memory of Ralph Shaw: 1926-2015 Ralph Shaw, a key sportsman and conservation personality in the Comox Valley died on January 7, 2016. Ralph who wrote a weekly sportsman column for the Comox Valley Record was proud to tell you that he had not missed a week's...
Project Watershed Welcomes New Board Members
Project Watershed Welcomes New Board Members On December 29th, the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society (projectwatershed.ca) held a celebratory event at the 40 Knots Winery with its new eight member Board of Directors. The Society was established in 1993 and has...
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....
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...
Voices of the River
Taking Action to Identify Illegal Dump Sites
The Comox Strathcona Waste Management (CSWM) service recognizes the ongoing challenges this region experiences with illegal dumping and has recently contracted Wedler Engineering LLP, in partnership with Project Watershed, to map illegal dump sites in the Comox Valley...
Conservation of Mack Laing Houses
The Mack Laing Conservation Committee just submitted their report. This is a report co chaired by Comox Valley Naturalists and Project Watershed to provide the Town of Comox with a plan to develop the original Mack Laing home, Baybook into a Conservation and Nature...