The Beaufort Watershed Stewards work to promote the health and resilience of local watersheds in the Beaufort Range and to ensure the quality and quantity of fresh water for the future.
We respectfully acknowledge that the watersheds we depend on are on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks, Pentlatch and Qualicum First Nations, the traditional keepers of this land.
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PO Box 253, Union Bay, BC V0R 3B0
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Who knew that sorting cans and bottles could be fun! The secret is a great group of people intent on making an otherwise tedious job fun. We receive loads of refundables and do sorting in clusters of time. We work in approximately 2 hour shifts. Lise organizes everyone and is …
Beaufort Watershed Stewards several types of data gathering on a regular basis. The most frequent involve water sampling from 13 creeks along the eastern slopes of the Beaufort Range. Stream Monitoring for Quality The majority of our volunteer work is focused on surface water sampling. This is done year-round. During …
The year 2022 saw the province emerge from the restrictions of Covid. Our BWS group all welcomed this return to in-person meetings and more live community engagement. This last fiscal year was BWS’s most significant in our brief time in the community. We grew in size and scope not seen …
Once again we have prepared a mind map to illustrate all the the activities that Beaufort Watershed Stewards was involved in over the past year. To see a full size version of this document, click Read More and then HERE.
Our Annual General Meeting will be held Thursday January 26 at 7pm. To attend and receive your zoom link and the package of AGM documents please email us at info@beaufortwater.org. We look forward to seeing you on screen!
The year is winding down. Daylight hours shrink as we slide towards the solstice. Before long we’ll begin again the slow ascent to brighter, warmer days. It’s a good time for reflection, for assessing the year past, and for planning the year to come. In many ways, 2022 was an …
Over the last two summers the University of Victoria (UVic), in conjunction with BWS, conducted a series of Vertical Electrical Soundings – resistivity surveys (VES) on the eastern flanks of the Beaufort Range, eastern Vancouver Island. The purpose of the project is to evaluate resistivity surveying as a cost-effective aquifer mapping …
Once again Beaufort Watershed Stewards are selling the Comox Valley Conservation Partnership calendar. The photos are by local photographers and 50% of proceeds go to local conservation groups who sell the calendars. They make great Christmas gifts! They are $20.00 and can be purchased by emailing info@beaufortwater.org. Payments may be …
What we think of as normal was at one time unusual. In a recent edition of the Waterbucket, Dr. Daniel Pauly, Global Fisheries Scientist at UBC is quoted: “We transform the world, but we don’t remember it. We adjust our baseline to the new level, and we don’t recall what …
In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed the idea of continental drift. The complementary shapes of western Africa and eastern South America were one bit of evidence. The chemical similarity of minerals on those two coasts was additional evidence. But no one could explain how continents could “drift,” so the idea was …
