Enjoy the short video and a photo gallery showing the progress of our restoration efforts at Kus-kus-sum in 2021.
Kus-kus-sum Unpaved; A look at our progress in 2021
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Technician Report – Tuesday, December 14th
Happy Technician Tuesday! This will be our final tech post of the year. We’d like to reflect on the work we’ve done in 2021.
Technician Report – Tuesday November 23, Beach Seine Monitoring
Happy Technician Tuesday! Last week our team partnered with Laura Terry from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to conduct a beach seine at Hollyhock Flats.
Dinner event helps with Keeping It Livingv
Project Watershed and our guests had a wonderful evening at 40 KNOTS on September 11th, 2021. The Keeping It Living Dinner was spectacular.
Project Watershed Continues Restoration Works at Kus-kus-sum
We are excited to announce that as of the end of September, we finished the removal, crushing and repurposing of the surface concrete at Kus-kus-sum. All crushed concrete was successfully repurposed offsite to projects throughout the Comox Valley to be used as fill and road base. As we removed the surface material, we uncovered a few areas with additional sub-surface concrete.
Technician Report – Tuesday, Sept 21th
Happy Technician Tuesday! The team has been busy assisting at the Kus-kus-sum site these past few weeks. Caila Holbrook, Project Watershed’s Manager of Fundraising and Outreach, has been organizing our efforts.
Remembering Micah and Honoring his Legacy at Kus-kus-sum
The family of Micah Messent would like to announce their support of the Kus-kus-sum restoration project, and Project Watershed, through the creation of the Micah Messent Legacy Fund. The fund will support the restoration of Kus-kus-sum and Project Watershed’s work to further Micah’s legacy within and beyond the Comox Valley.
Keeping It Living Dinner at 40 KNOTS
Join Project Watershed for our 2021 Keeping It Living Dinner at 40 KNOTS to celebrate environmental restoration and research in the Comox Valley.
Kus-kus-sum Progress Update – August 2021
We are now over a month into removing the hard surface at Kus-kus-sum and we are on schedule to complete the process by the end of summer.
Metal Recycling at Kus-kus-sum
Unpaving paradise at Kus-kus-sum is underway! Over the summer the concrete and asphalt on the site was removed. As there is a lot of rebar, and other metal embedded in the concrete, it is being removed and recycled as well.
Public Announcement about Kus-kus-sum
We are excited to announce that we are starting restoration works at Kus-kus-sum site June 21th, 2021.
Preparations Have Begun to Unpave Kus-kus-sum
Even though there isn’t much activity on the Kus-kus-sum site just yet, don’t be fooled. Behind the scenes, Project Watershed staff and volunteers are busy getting everything ready to start removing the hard surfacing, both concrete and asphalt on site this summer.