Project Watershed Fundraiser Art for the Estuary View this years world class art at the Pearl Ellis Gallery May 12 - 31st Upstairs Downstairs Gala Evening May 23, 7-9pm at the Pearl Ellis Gallery and Lions Den A ticketed event ($20pp) featuring: A taste of the Estuary...
Project Watershed 2014 Volunteer Appreciation event
On 12/12/2014 Project Watershed invited their regular volunteers, and some other friends, to an appreciation event at the Comox Valley Community Justice Centre in downtown Courtenay. With more than 50 attendees, including some of the local city council members who...
Courtenay Council Candidates Consider Field Sawmill Site
With an election coming in a few days, all of the candidates running in Courtenay are firming up their platforms. One of the important issues facing our beautiful community and is on the minds of not only citizens of Courtenay, but all of us who have chosen the Comox...
Restoring Tidal Marshes in Royston
A tidal marsh is a type of marsh that is found along the shoreline of coasts and estuaries of which the flooding characteristics are determined by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary. The vegetation on the shore is called a salt marsh and it is a complex of...
Climate change could increase estuary flooding
Image Credit: Contributed - In the spring of 2012, residents along the Dyke Road were evacuated by the RCMP due to flooding. This was how things looked in front of the old cement tower. Contributed - Comox Valley Record; posted Oct 15, 2014 at 1:00 PM Today’s coastal...
Blue Carbon Pilot Project in Comox Valley Getting Attention
By Mandy Larade - Comox Valley Record; posted Apr 9, 2014 at 4:00 PM A letter of federal recognition was given to the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society on the Blue Carbon Pilot Project from federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq. "Your organization's...
See who is Keeping It Living at the Swan Festival
Every year Project Watershed bestows an array of Keeping It Living Awards to a deserving group and chosen artists. These awards are part of a campaign created to promote community knowledge of and pride in the K’omoks Estuary. One such award is the Keeping It Living...
Keeping It Living Art Cards Now Available
Project Watershed has created a set of specialty Keeping It Living Art Cards just in time for the winter season. Now you can share the beauty inspired by the K’omoks Estuary with others.
Reclaiming Field Sawmill
Project Watershed and the Estuary Working Group have been developing restoration possibilities for the Field Sawmill site since 2009. “It is our belief that this property has the potential to become a highlight of a restored K'ómoks Estuary, itself a signature feature...
The K’ómoks Estuary- A cultural & archaeological treasure
This video was produced and prepared through the Comox Valley National Historic Site Committee, as a descriptive information piece to go along with the submission to the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada to respect, honor and give Historic Site recognition to the Ancient Wood Stake Fish Trap System studied by Community Archaeologist Nancy Greene and Geologist David McGee in the K’ómoks Estuary.
Puntledge Hatchery Open House
The staff of Puntledge River Hatchery Invite you to: Interact with Hatchery staff as well as local volunteer Community Groups hosting displays at the facility. This family event provides opportunity to view hatchery activities as well as painting fish...
A Plan for Improved Habitat at the Airpark Lagoon
Following the Restoration and Prioritization study that occurred in 2010 Project Watershed has been investigating the possibility of doing some restoration work at the Air Park Lagoon, one of the sites identified as a high priority from that study.