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.
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 …
Have you got an orange? The classic method is to throw an orange into the stream and time how long it takes to float from point A to point B. You then measure the average width and average depth of the stream, do some math and voila! you have a …
We did our usual sampling, visiting all our creek every other week. We retrieved level data from various wells and checked the conductivity of the water in each one. We had sub-committee meetings and moved administrative projects along. We sorted some refundables. All very routine. The ups and downs caused …
One falls into a watershed full of old-growth Douglas-fir. It works its way through the lush, moss-covered branches to the ground where it is absorbed by spongy humus on the forest floor. The other raindrop falls into a watershed that has been clear-cut. It takes a direct path to dry …
