Funders & Partners

Project Watershed has maintained its leadership role by building productive, durable partnerships with and amongst many community organizations, all levels of government, the business sector, industry leaders, resource managers, land use planners, land owners and citizens. Our recent partners include:

Millard/Piercy Creek Watershed Steward	Oyster River Enhancement Society
Portuguese Creek Watershed Stewards	Oyster Bay Streamkeepers
Tsolum River Streamkeepers	Roy Creek Enhancement Group
Tsolum River Restoration Society	Little River Enhancement Society
Fanny Bay Salmonid Enhancement Society	Finlay Creek Streamkeepers
Denman Conservancy Association	Steelhead Society - Comox Valley Chapter
Woodhus Slough Restoration Society	Perseverance Creek Streamkeepers
Dove Creek Streamkeepers	Georgia Strait Alliance
Burns Marsh Streamkeepers	Brooklyn Creek Streamkeepers
Comox Valley Land Trust	Courtenay & District Fish & Game Protective Association
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BC Environmental Network	Oyster River Watershed Mgmt Committee
Hart (Washer) Creek Watershed Stewards	Human Resources Development Canada
Environment Canada	BC Ministry of Fisheries
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada	BC Ministry of Transportation and Highways
BC Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks	Vancouver Island Highway Project
BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food	BC Land Use Coordination Office
Canadian Wildlife Service	Village of Cumberland
Regional District of Comox-Strathcona	Comox Indian Band
City of Courtenay	Black Creek Building Supply
Town of Comox	Comox Valley Naturalists
Comox Valley Greenways Project	Baynes Sound Round Table
Community Fishermen’s Adjustment Centre	Citizens Action on Recycling and the Environment
Baynes Sound Stewardship Action Group	Tsolum River Task Force
Upper Island Communities Health Society	School District #71
Comox Valley Environmental Council	Comox Valley Unitarian Fellowship
Fisheries Renewal Partnership Group	North Island College
Crown Isle Development Corp.	Comox Valley Watershed Assembly
Earthfest Society	Creative Employment Access Society
MacMillan Bloedel	BC Shellfish Growers Association
Timber West	North Island Woodlot Association
John Hancock	Vancouver Foundation
Pacific Salmon Foundation	B.C. Real Estate Foundation

This extensive network puts Project Watershed in a unique position to generate and nurture community collaboration. Through the establishment of advisory groups and "think tanks" and the development of an effective consultation process, we have been successful in fostering cooperation amongst volunteer organizations, various levels of government and the business sector. This has enabled local stewardship groups to contribute their knowledge and be part of generating effective solutions. Our efforts in bringing people together have also resulted in greater understanding of and support for grassroots initiatives throughout the region.

watersehd Originally established to serve the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, Project Watershed has increased it's capacity and it's area of influence. We have been developing technical skills, acquiring equipment and sharing our expertise with other organzations and our community partnerships have grown. Our office receives dozens of requests from the public each month for guidance on specific watershed-related concerns. We also respond to regular requests for maps, reports, databases, technical information and professional advice on community stewardship issues and initiatives from individuals, stewardship groups and government agencies, mainly in the Comox Valley, but also from across Vancouver Island, throughout B.C., and other parts of Canada and the United States. Staff members have been invited to speak at workshops all over Vancouver Island, in Vancouver, Guelph, Ottawa, Oregon and in South Carolina.

watersehd Project Watershed is in a position to maximize the effective use of resources and minimize the risk of duplication in the community. Our track record includes eight years of impeccable project management. Staff levels fluctuate between 2 and 15, according to funding and project activity. Committed to fostering collaboration within our community, Project Watershed uses a team approach and strives to model collaboration within our organization.

We are acknowledged as a catalyst for strengthening the capacity of volunteers in our community. We provide valuable services to hundreds of volunteers to make their work consequential and rewarding.

Besides providing valuable water quality and sensitive habitat mapping data and community involvement projects addressing non-point source pollution sources and sensitive habitat issues in the Comox Valley, we have created the opportunity for citizens, government agencies and community groups to work together.

Project Watershed’s Baynes Sound and Watershed Stewardship activities have given the citizens of the Comox Valley and Baynes Sound region access to information, education and hands-on involvement with action-based programs. There has been a significant increase in awareness of sensitive habitat and water quality issues, and a powerful stewardship ethic is emerging in our community.