The Cowichan Watershed Society (CWS), aims to enhance the health of the Cowichan watershed through a collaborative, holistic approach. This project aligns with CWS’s organizational targets, focusing on fish health, water flows, riparian health, water quality, and estuarine health. By addressing these interconnected goals, the project will foster sustainable water use, improve ecosystem health, and ensure that local communities in the Cowichan Valley can benefit from a vibrant, resilient watershed.
Major Basin: Pacific and Arctic Coast
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North Fork Stillaguamish Floodplain Acquisitions Project
The Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians plans to acquire and protect 100–150 acres of critical riparian and floodplain habitat along 2.7 miles of the North Fork Stillaguamish River. These properties, prioritized under the Stillaguamish Watershed’s Floodplain Acquisition Strategy, support key Chinook salmon spawning and rearing areas and will help connect previously protected lands. Focusing on properties between Cicero Bridge and Fortson, this effort advances the long-term goal of restoring a continuous habitat corridor from salmon spawning grounds to tidewater, strengthening the Stillaguamish Chinook Recovery Plan and recovering land back to the Stillaguamish tribe.