Working with the K’ómoks Nation towards Q’waq’wala7owkw on their unceded territory.
Working with the K’ómoks Nation towards Q’waq’wala7owkw on their unceded territory.
Project Watershed is very excited to announce the award of $1.4 million dollars of funding from the BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund to support our forage fish research, monitoring and restoration!
Project work at Kus-kus-sum isn’t taking a holiday break. In early January, you may have seen some large machines near the wall – we got some excited phone calls about this! However, they were not there to start removing the wall, they were there to take important soil cores to analyse a patch of soil near the wall.
As you may know, Project Watershed has been researching forage fish and their habitats for many years now. To date our work has focused on beach spawning forage fish, specifically Pacific sand lance and surf smelt.
Looking back at last year and forward to the year to come. A huge thank you to all our supporters: whether you gave time, money, or both – we are grateful for your contributions.
Operations Director
Restoration Data Coordinator
December 8th was the first annual Pacific Sand Lance Day!
These skinny forage fish are understudied and important to our coastal ecosystem. Sand lance have over 100 known predators, and are particularly important to nesting sea birds. This eclectic fish buries into sandy sea beds, hibernates all winter, and spawns on beaches!
As a token of our appreciation for donations of time, energy and funds contributed to Project Watershed and our projects, we will be throwing a party at the Old House Hotel on January 27th. All donors, volunteers and members are invited to attend.
Our organization is looking for an enthusiastic leader to help us grow and manage our restoration projects and document our restoration success. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in ecology/biology, in both freshwater and marine systems, as well as restoration.
Pacific sandlance eggs ~ Aaron SchmidtBeach survery ~ Tom GrimmerSand sample under microscope ~ Aaron Schmidt Our winter Pacific sand lance season was kicked off with eggs being found on Cortes Island on November 6! Later in the month eggs were found at Shingle Spit...
A huge thank you to all our industrious volunteers and supporters who came out to assist with our fall planting at Kus-kus-sum!
It has been a productive year at Glen Urquhart. There is lots more to do but we are already seeing the fruits of our labour.