The Estuary Working Group was initiated as a sub-committee by Project Watershed following the “Heart of the Watershed” Symposium on Restoring the Courtenay River Estuary held in October, 2008. We are made up of 11 member organisations and individuals dedicated to protecting, conserving and restoring the diverse, productive and highly cherished Courtenay River Estuary.

Our Goal:
To protect and restore the Courtenay River Estuary

Our Objectives:
• To collaborate with local governments to establish an integrated governance system and a plan for protecting and restoring the estuary.
• To establish monitoring projects to gather baseline information on the state of the estuary. This data will be used to determine what needs to be done to restore the health of the estuary.
• To initiate restoration projects.
• To document past human activity in the estuary.
• To Increase public knowledge about estuary issues, health, restoration, and protection through public forums and the dissemination of information.
• To increase public participation in estuary issues, health, restoration, and protection through involvement in monitoring and restoration projects and educational opportunities.

We meet every 2nd Friday to discuss, plan and implement projects aimed at restoration and protection. So far we have created a vision, made some maps and initiated a few projects.  Check it out and get involved!

To learn more about estuaries visit www.estuaries.gov .

If you are interested in joining us e-mail info@keepingitliving.ca or visit our group on Google to find out more.