Working with the K’ómoks Nation towards Q’waq’wala7owkw on their unceded territory.
We are hosting two community drop-in sessions for elders who remember the estuary prior to 1950: On February 24th from 1-5 PM at the Comox Mall, and on On February 25th from 1-4:30 PM at the CVRD Board Room (550 Comox Road) We invite elders of the Comox...
By Ralph Shaw - Comox Valley Record Published: February 03, 2012 7:00 AM Baynes Sound is a huge sea garden area that has produced food for Comox Valley residents for thousands of years. The picture with this column features natural produce from the waters of the...
On Saturday, January 21 around 11 PM to catch the lowest tide of the month, a team of Project Watershed volunteers and a group of Chemical and Biological engineering students from the University of British Columbia walked out onto the mud flats to obtain some samples...
Paul Horgen (left) of the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society receives a cheque for $1,500 from Creekside Commons Community Services Society (represented by left to right: Pam Munroe, Tim Crossin and Don Munroe) for the Eel Grass project to sequester carbon in the...
Students from UBC and volunteers from Project Watershed braved the dark mudflats of the Courtenay River estuary last night in order to gather sediment samples and eelgrass shoots for a UBC carbon sequestration research project. The low tide was at 10:30 pm, so...
Happy New Year to all. I look forward to a very successful 2012 and thank staff and Board members for their dedication and hard work. Although we continue to struggle with finding appropriate sources of financing, we have had some recent successes with a number of...
Submitted by Celina on Wed, 2011-11-30 15:26 Keeping It Living is guided by the phrase “return of abundance,” which comes from the name “Comox” (“K’ómoks”), which means “land of plenty or abundance.” With a mission to bring about the return of abundance, the Keeping...
Spencer Anderson, Comox Valley Echo Published: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 North Island College is reaching for a potential $1-million grant to develop an applied research program in aquatic environmental monitoring. NIC staff has submitted an application with the...
By Ralph Shaw - Comox Valley Record Published: November 24, 2011 4:00 PM Updated: November 24, 2011 4:58 PM Modern society is addicted to high returns on investments, and success is measured on a percentage-based return over costs of investment. As with...
Approximately 90 people participated in the carol walk along the Riverway, including children, dogs and singers on balconies. The bird participation was slightly higher. Some of the trumpeter swans responded to Jim Boase’s brass trumpet. St. John's Ambulance, RCMP...
City of Courtenay Receives Keeping It Living Award from Project WatershedThe Comox Valley Project Watershed Society has chosen the City of Courtenay to receive its Courtenay River Estuary-Keeping it Living Award. It was presented at Courtenay City Council’s regular...
Comox Valley Echo November 4, 2011 A small bouquet of eel grass to the authors of the Regional Growth Strategy, for recognizing that Baynes Sound is threatened by failing septic systems. Septic systems don't need to fail. It costs less than 25 cents per day to...