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.
Our Values
Watershed ecological integrity
Evidence-based decision making
Scientific rigour
Open collaboration
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.
BWS Interactive Web Maps
Searchable maps of the aquifers on the eastern slopes of the Beaufort Mountain Range. This work is the result of Beaufort Watershed Stewards’ collaboration with the University of Victoria and Vancouver Island University
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Video: A Watershed Moment
by Jori Grace Prokopetz, 2024 CVAG Youth Media Project
Waterloo Creek Watershed We live in a world where change appears to be presenting itself at every turn in our daily lives. We are fortunate to be able to delve into the forests that surround our communities to connect with nature and realize the benefits that our natural environment brings …
Santa started her annual presentations by acknowledging that every one the BWS volunteers deserved a gift for giving of their valuable time and expertise to the group. Please know that it is sincerely appreciated. But Santa, as in previous years, chose a few gifts to celebrate and recognize an event …
One of the main BWS activities is gathering data. We’ve been gathering data for over seven years. We’ve got tons of it, piled up in boxes, tucked away on closet shelves, sealed in jars in the back of the fridge. I accidentally kicked a bucket of data over in the …
For those of us who live in the communities surrounding Bowser if you start a question with “I wonder who would know something about …?” You will most likely hear a common response: “Ask Brian at Lighthouse Feed & Garden, he has helped us out with that.… He knows who’s …
I spent the third week of September peering into people’s wells in Fanny Bay. This was part of our most recent collaboration with researchers from the University of Victoria’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. In the past, we helped them look at rock layers beneath the surface. This time …
Monitoring Tire Wear Toxins in Local Streams It was a dark and stormy night … sounds like a gloomy, pull the covers over your head scenario for some except for the Beaufort Watershed Stewards (BWS) tire toxin sampling crew — it is a weather forecast that sounds a call to …
Last month I got an email from a neighbour telling me his old, unused well had dried up a month earlier than it did last year. I talked to another neighbour in Fanny Bay who said their well had gone dry for the first time in over thirty years. There …
The Beaufort Watershed Stewards (BWS) will once again be working with a student from the University of Victoria School of Earth & Ocean Sciences (SEOS) to learn more about one of the aquifers that provide all of our fresh water on the eastern slopes of the Beaufort Range. The student …
BWS is one of almost 30 environmental groups who form the Vancouver Island Private Managed Forest Action Alliance, lead by Jenn Holland. In this CBC video, released 17 July 2025, Claire Palmer interviews Dave Weaver and Jenn Holland to provide an introduction to the challenges inherent in the outdated Private …
This article and image were originally posted by CHEK News on 5 July 2025. The author is Dean Stoltz who lives in the Comox Valley and covers stories from Duncan to Tofino to Port Hardy. Residents living along the shores of Baynes Sound have been concerned and lobbying for action …
