President’s Report–Roger Chayer The year 2021 continued to be a difficult year as COVID-19 dominated the headlines. Undeterred, the Beaufort Watershed Stewards’ Board members and the numerous volunteers steadfastly continued the important work of collecting information and advocating for our watershed. My report is an outline of what was accomplished …
By Andrew MacLeod, published 3 Jan 2022, TheTyee.ca B.C.’s opposition parties want the government to extend — for a second time — an approaching groundwater licensing deadline, warning of a looming crisis for local farms and small businesses. “We are just deeply concerned,” said Shirley Bond, the interim leader of …
This LINK will take you to the CVRD recording of their December 8, 2021 board meeting. Dave’s presentation begins at 2 minutes and finishes at 42 minutes.
SCOTT STANFIELD / Dec. 9, 2021 11:30 a.m. / LOCAL NEWS / NEWS A retired forester presented the CVRD board with some key findings from a study concerning four watersheds in the Fanny Bay area. The Beaufort Watershed Stewards 2021 Hydrological Health Report Card reveals potential issues with watershed health, …
Updated: 26 October 2024 The 2021 Beaufort Watershed Stewards (BWS) Hydrological Health Report Card presents initial data from watersheds on the east side of the Beaufort Mountain Range. Data were gathered in the summer of 2021 and included: equivalent clearcut area percentage, total area harvested, road density, number of stream …
Looking for a quick overview of what BWS is all about? Well here is a diagram that illustrates all of the activities that we have taken on over the past year. Needless to say, we’ve been very busy! But it feels wonderful knowing what we have accomplished. We’d love to …
We are not status seekers. We’re humble citizen scientists. We go about our business with no need for fame or adulation. Swaggering, after all, doesn’t help when you’re clambering down a creek bank or slogging through a freshet in chest waders with rushing water up to your thighs. But last …
When I left off last month, Mike and I had just arrived at Waterloo Creek. The day’s task was to first install a stream gage, to measure the creek’s water level, and then go up the creek a bit, to take flow readings across its width, to determine the amount of …
I’m a city boy, raised in, and former resident of, a once-large city in the US rust belt. What I knew then about water was that if you turned a tap, it came out. Having aged out of the work world, and having arrived here in Fanny Bay, I had enough …
Every stream is different. Two months ago, we stood in Wilfred Creek with the water rushing by up to our waists, threatening to topple anyone not paying attention. Six weeks later, we stood in the exact same spot with the water meandering slowly by at a comfortable calf-level. But while …
