In addition to monetary donations, we accept, process, and return cans and other refundables. The funds go towards the purchase of monitoring equipment for streams and wells. We are so grateful for your refundable donations. The following is part of the work of processing the refundables. If you are able …
Beaufort Watershed Stewards now have two years worth of data for selected streams in our watershed. Our neighbour watershed has many years of data due to BC Hydro’s monitoring and management of the Puntledge River flow. Each year BC Hydro issues a water supply forecast for the February to September …
It’s been a good year for strawberries. And now the raspberries are demanding attention. The ruby red flashes among the leaves remind us we need to get serious about picking them. And the blueberries are beginning to live up to their name, so it won’t be long before they’re ready …
The Beaufort Watershed Stewards in mid 2017 was but a group of eight people who gathered together around a table to form a grass roots organization to discuss the concerns of the quality and quantity of the drinking water in Fanny Bay. As we head into our fourth year, the …
During recent summer months well levels have been lower than previous years. Some are going dry. This is not unprecedented. There were similar problems in 2015. Perhaps the time has come to take stock of how we use this resource we call water. The first thing to realize is that …
I woke up to the sound of heavy rain this morning and it’s raining quite hard now as I write this. But by some stroke of luck it was only a drizzle earlier when we did our regular Tuesday stream sampling. Mud Bay was its usual constant self, perhaps a …
On a recent Thursday morning, under drizzly grey skies, a small group of BWS volunteers gathered in the Fanny Bay Hall parking lot. We were meeting Neil Goeller, a Regional Hydrologist who works out of the Nanaimo office of FLNRORD*. Neil had given a presentation at a recent symposium demonstrating …
Volunteers Still Welcome! Stream Sampling Program Accepted by Province As you know, we started a stream sampling program last year. We have made the data from this program available to local stakeholders but our goal was always to have it included in the provincial groundwater database. This entails meeting certain …
BECOME A CITIZEN-SCIENTIST WITH BWS! Last year we focused on QUALITY. We began a program to gather data for three local streams, monitoring and recording specific elements of stream health. This year we’re adding QUANTITY. We will begin measuring and recording flow rates for those same three streams in addition …
On Sunday, April 7th, BWS, with the support of the Fanny Bay Community Association, held a town hall meeting to discuss our water supply. ( )The attendance exceeded our most optimistic expectations. We had hoped for 50 or 60 and there were 130 people who showed up. Clearly, folks are concerned about water. Pat …
