Land Acquisition Project – Friends of Holland Creek Fund-raising drive saves trail from developer by LEXI BAINAS – The Cowichan Valley Citizen Newspaper After months of frantic fund-raising, the Friends of Holland Creek Trail happily announced this week that they have gathered the $130,000 needed to protect the “deep woods” quality of their beloved trail. […]
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Tzouhalem Protection Project The Tzouhalem Protection Project is mobilizing the residents of the Cowichan Valley Regional District to actively participate in a permanent protection strategy for an ecologically significant area which is threatened by the pressures of urban growth and development. Estuarine mud flats, mountains, ridges, shoreline, wetlands, creeks, old growth fir, and Garry Oak
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Cowichan Freshwater Stewardship Project In 1997-98 the Cowichan Freshwater Stewardship Project provided stewardship assistance to landowners with riparian lands, with special emphasis on those lands near 12 fish-bearing streams in the district. A total of 81 landowners, including 10 corporate owners, agreed to a voluntary stewardship pledge. Historical and ecological stream information has been collected
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Cowichan Intertidal Stewardship Project In 1997/1998 the Cowichan Intertidal Stewardship Project was directed towards owners of ocean waterfront property. This project was carried out in partnership with Dr. Bill Austin and the Marine Ecology Station. Project outcomes include: the protection of shoreline lands through voluntary stewardship pledges by 26 landowners (each steward is provided with
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Cowichan-Chemainus Stewardship Project The Pacific Estuary Conservation Program ran a pilot landowner contact program in 1993-94; the Cowichan-Chemainus Stewardship Project. In 1995-96, the Cowichan Community Land Trust Stewardship Project continued the landowner contact and public education program, focusing on land in and around the Somenos-Chemainus wetlands. In addition to assisting these private landowners with their
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