Post from the Tsleil-Wautuh nation on fb:

"Check out the new Stewardship Initiatives Map developed by səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation)’s Treaty, Lands and Resources Department to summarize previous and ongoing work that contributes to restoring the health of səlilwət (Burrard Inlet). "

Learn more: https://twnation.ca/explore-twns-stewardship-initiatives-in-a-new-interactive-map/

That map of colonial impact is... impactful
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/17665281aa8341e0bfdd32e4d950a9e5

#WaterKeepers #RiverKeepers #StreamKeepers #Stewardship #Indigenous

I did a quickie fun mirroring edit on one of my nature photos ☺️
Original & mirror edit shown on this post.

#VancouverIsland #nature #wilderness #GetOutside #photography #PhotoEdit #Trees #forest #river #ecosystems #ecological #environment #Cowichan #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Cascadia #VanIsle #mosstodon #GreatOutdoors #Watershed #streamkeepers #Westcoast #CoastalTemperateRainforest

#CowichanRiver - there's salmon swimming in it but you can't really see them in vid.
Backroads access.

This is a major part of the #TwinnedWatershedsProject - joining #Koksilah to #Cowichan & #Chemainus #watersheds.

Learn more about the Twinned Watersheds Project:
https://cowichanwatershedboard.ca/twinned-watershed

#BCRivers #RiversOfVancouverIsland #BCWatersheds #WaterIsLife #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #PNW #ProtectWatersheds #Nature #Rivers #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #Streamkeepers

Mini cascading #waterfalls along #FellowsCreek - one of several tributaries that feed into the #KoksilahRiver. It's part of the Xwulqw’selu #Koksilah #Watershed on Southern #VancouverIsland.
Backroads access view. In Summer, it dries up in multiple areas.

Fellows Creek is part of the #TwinnedWatershedsProject, which is co-led by #CowichanWatershed Board, #CowichanTribes & #Halalt #FirstNation. It launched in 2021 to document the state of the watersheds & identify possibilities for improving their #ecological health. #Salmon are specifically being studied as part of this 5 year project because they are a #KeystoneSpecies that helps signal the health of a watershed.

The Xwulqw’selu & Chemainus watersheds are both located in the highly privatized, highly degraded landscape of southeast Vancouver Island & face similar issues. The #rivers and their #tributaries have been deeply impacted by land use & #ClimateChange. Unlike the neighbouring Quw’utsun (Cowichan) watershed, the Xwulqw’selu & Chemainus rivers have no lake to store water, which leaves them more vulnerable to drought & dangerously low flows.

Learn more about the Twinned Watersheds Project:
https://cowichanwatershedboard.ca/twinned-watershed

#BCWatersheds #WaterIsLife #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #PNW #ecosystems #ProtectWatersheds #Nature #Streamkeepers #WaterMonitoring #WaterHealth #Environmental #WaterfallWednesday #Ecology #hydrology

#SilentSunday

Lush willow trees & plants #biodiversity, surrounding #ColquitzRiver.

#nature #SaanichParks #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #GetOutside #NatureWalks #YYJ #waterway #ColquitzWatershed #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #Wsanec #PNW #Saanich #Streamkeepers #ecological #ecosystem #LeaveOnlyFootprints #TakeOnlyPhotos

Yesterday, my family and I helped the #CougarCreek Streamkeepers in #NorthDelta to pull garbage from the #creek. We also put bark mulch on the muddy parts of the trail to make them passable, which will hopefully mean fewer people leave the path and trample the sensitive creekside vegetation. I highly recommend volunteering with a stewardship organization that projects local waterways (if there is one near you!).

#salmon #salmonhabitat #cougarcanyon #streamkeepers #environment

Come to hear Caitlin talk about Kus-kus-sum! Both the Millard Piercy Watershed Stewards and Project Watershed Society are part of the Conservation Partnership, and we are thrilled to help promote this event.

#kuskussum #streamkeepers #conservation #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #pacificnorthwest #BritishColumbia #Kuskussum #Komoks #Comox #CourtenayBC #ProjectWatershedSociety #watersheds #waterislife #waterprotectors #Grassroots #Grassroots #decolonize #Cascadia #protectwater #protectnature