Migratory Waterfowl Stewardship Project
Resources
Local Groups and Organizations
Nature Cowichan – a collaboration of community environmental organizations
http://www.naturecowichan.net/
Cowichan Community Land Trust Society – the main CLT website
http://www.cowichanlandtrust.ca/
Quamichan Watershed Stewardship Society
http://www.quamichanlake.ca/
Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society
http://www.somenosmarsh.com/
Similar Projects
Delta Farmland Wildlife Trust – a waterfowl habitat project in Delta, BC
http://www.deltafarmland.ca/aware.html
Comox Valley Waterfowl Management Project
http://www.farmwest.com/index.cfm?method=pages.showPage&pageid=478
BC/Canada-Wide Organizations
Ducks Unlimited Canada
http://www.ducks.ca/
Invasive Plant Council of BC – information about local invasive plants
http://www.invasiveplantcouncilbc.ca/
Naturescape BC – native plant gardening and creating wildlife habitat on your property
http://www.hctf.ca/nature.htm
Reifel Bird Sanctuary
http://www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com/bcws2.html
Canadian Wildlife Service
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/mbc-com/default.asp?lang=En&n=CF4732B8-1
International Organizations
Ramsar Convention
http://www.ramsar.org/
Important Bird Areas
http://www.ibacanada.com/
Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/nature/whp/whsrn/index.en.html
Pacific Coast Joint Venture
http://www.pcjv.org
About Birds
Badzinski, Shannon S., Richard J. Cannings, Tasha Smith, and Jason Komaromi, 2005. British Columbia Coastal Waterbird Survey: An evaluation of survey power and species trends after five years of monitoring. Bird Studies Canada, BC Ministry of Environment, and Canadian Wildlife Service.
Birds of North America Online – encyclopedia of bird species
http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna
Butler, Robert W., and Kees Vermeer, Eds., 1994. The abundance and distribution of estuarine birds in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. Canadian Wildlife Service, Occasional Paper Number 83.
Cowichan Land Trust Migratory Waterfowl Report, 2008.
About Wetlands and Stewardship
Fry, Kathleen, 1995. Proposed Habitat Model for the Cowichan Valley. Ducks Unlimited Canada, B.C. Coastal Region, Preliminary Draft.
Living By Water Project – an excellent resource for waterfront property owners
http://www.livingbywater.ca/main.html
Rebhein, Christina, 2004. Remedial Agriculture: Reconciling ecological restoration and agriculture in the design of a wetland complex. Thesis, University of Victoria.
Ryder, John L., James K. Kenyon, Dan Buffett, Kathleen Moore, Marianne Ceh, Katrina Stipec, 2007. An integrated biophysical assessment of estuarine habitats in British Columbia to assist regional conservation planning. Ducks Unlimited Canada, Pacific and Yukon Region, Technical Report Series Number 476.
Think Like a Duck – information about attracting waterfowl to ponds or lakesides
http://www.ducks.org/Conservation/WaterfowlBiology/2115/UnderstandingWat…
Wetland Ways: Interim Guidelines for Wetland Protection and Conservation in British Columbia, 2009, cd. Wetland Stewardship Partnership.
Agriculture-Related Resources
BC Environmental Farm Plan
http://www.ardcorp.ca/index.php?page_id=14
books/articles/cds available through the Land Trust office; contact us if you would like to borrow/print them.
Project Sponsors
Environmental Damages Fund
Thanks to all those who lent their photos to this site.
Resources
Click Here to download a brochure about the Cowichan Valley Regional Waterfowl Stewardship Action Plan