A DNA Diagnostic Approach for Following Sea Grass;
Carbon Distribution in the K’ómoks Estuary and Key New Observations.
Blue Carbon Report
Blue Carbon Sequestration Thesis
Blue carbon sequestration potential in Zostera marina eelgrass beds of the K’omoks Estuary, British Columbia.
Blue Carbon Fact Sheet
Efforts in Blue Carbon, Sea Grass, Kelp, and Salt Marsh Restoration Blue Carbon and Estuaries in the Pacific Northwest.
Project Watershed’s Coastal Restoration Plan Now Available!
The plan identifies 70 potential nearshore habitat restoration projects along the east coast of Vancouver Island (between the Oyster River and Annie Creek near Qualicum Bay). Projects were identified by examining changes in the distribution of eelgrass, salt marsh and kelp habitat using historic and current aerial images and coupling this information with an extensive shore-zone assessment and literature review. The plan will guide future nearshore habitat restoration projects undertaken by Project Watershed and our partnering organizations.
Coastal Restoration Fund Update
After many long hours researching, mapping and writing Project Watershed's Coastal Restoration Team has produced the first draft of the Salish Sea North East Vancouver Island Salmon Highway (Nearshore Habitat) Coastal Restoration Plan. This foundational document will...
Kelp Restoration at Maude Reef
Here is a video of some of the kelp restoration work Project Watershed has been doing with Hornby Island Diving around Maude Reef off Hornby Island in British Columbia. You can see the lines we have seeded and how we have been excluding sea urchins to give the kelp a...
Coastal Restoration Project – Kelp Information
Project Watershed Receives Five-year Funding Contribution from Fisheries and Oceans Canada
[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color='' admin_preview_bg=''] Comox Valley Project Watershed is pleased to announce it received a five-year funding contribution from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). This funding contribution is part of over $75 million allocated...
Project Watershed Helps Grow Kelp
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More marshes at Courtenay Airpark and Royston
[av_textblock size='' font_color='' color=''] This spring and summer Project Watershed and some very dedicated and hardworking volunteers have been busy planting saltmarsh around the Courtenay Airpark and Royston Wrecks (check out the photos and time-lapse photography...
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,...
Comox Valley Harbour Authority Donates to Project Watershed
The Comox Valley Harbour Authority held the first ever "Comox Harbour Hole in One" competition at Comox Nautical Days. They put a "T Box" in the Comox Harbour parking lot with the "Floating Hole" approximately 100 yards away in the water between the docks and the...