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	<title>Keeping It Living</title>
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		<title>Project Watershed and UBC Students Studying Blue Forests in the Estuary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, January 21 around 11 PM to catch the lowest tide of the month, a team of Project Watershed volunteers and a group of Chemical and Biological engineering students from the University of British Columbia walked out onto the mud flats to obtain some samples of estuary sediment and eelgrass rhizomes.  This is part of a joint effort to measure carbon dioxide uptake by eelgrass first in simulated tanks at the UBC campus and then actual measurements of uptake in photosynthesis in the intertidal areas of our estuary.  Dr. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Support for Blue Carbon Initiative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Horgen   (left) of the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society recieives a cheque for $1,500 from Creekside Commons Community Services Society (represented by left to right: Pam Munroe, Tim Crossin and Don Munroe) for the Eel Grass project to sequester carbon in the Comox Estuary.  This project while removing carbon from the atmosphere also restores our estuary and povides local employment. And, Project Watershed Society as a registered charity can issue income tax receipts for donations. http://projectwatershed.ca/  For more information on the Blue Carbon initiative by Project Watershed, contact p.horgen@utoronto.ca.
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		<link>http://keepingitliving.ca/archives/2805</link>
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		<title>Midnight Madness on the Mudflats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from UBC and volunteers from Project Watershedbraved the dark mudflats of the Courtenay River estuary last night in order to gather sediment samples and eelgrass shoots for a UBC carbon sequestration research project.  The low tide was at 10:30 pm, so Michele Jones led the group out into the dark to a lower intertidal area. Sediments were gathered from two different depths using hand tools .  In addition, 500 eelgrass shoots were harvested.
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It&#8217;s a dirty job, but we got to do it!
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		<link>http://keepingitliving.ca/archives/2801</link>
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		<title>Real Estate Foundation and Keeping It Living</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Celina on Wed, 2011-11-30 15:26
Keeping It Living is guided by the phrase “return of abundance,” which comes from the name “Comox” (“K’ómoks”), which means “land of plenty or abundance.” With a mission to bring about the return of abundance, the Keeping It Living project is dedicated to the “preservation of marshes, sloughs, mud flats, gravel beds, shore grasses, shrubs, forest, streams, rivers, and watersheds that provide nutrients to nourish estuary life.”

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Estuaries are the meeting places of rivers and oceans, where stream flows meet ocean tides. As ever-changing transition ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepingitliving.ca/archives/2797</link>
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		<title>City wins Estuary award</title>
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Published: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
A series of environmental initiatives has resulted in this year&#8217;s &#8216;Courtenay River Estuary Keeping it Living Award&#8217; being awarded to the City of Courtenay by the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society. The award, an original painting of the estuary by local artist Bev Byerley, is given annually to an organization in the Comox Valley in recognition of environmental leadership provided in protecting and restoring the estuary. The recipient keeps the painting to display for one year.
© Comox Valley Echo 2011
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		<link>http://keepingitliving.ca/archives/2792</link>
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		<title>City receives Estuary award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Published: November 08, 2011 12:00 PM
Updated: November 08, 2011 12:17 PM
http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/community/133468168.html
The Comox Valley Project Watershed Society has chosen the City of Courtenay to receive its Courtenay River Estuary-Keeping it Living Award.
It was presented at Courtenay City Council’s regular meeting on Nov. 7.
The award, an original painting of the estuary by noted local artist Bev Byerley, is given annually to an organization in the Comox Valley in recognition of environmental leadership provided in protecting and restoring the estuary. The recipient displays the painting in a prominent place for a period of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepingitliving.ca/archives/2790</link>
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		<title>The Courtenay River Estuary: Rich Past, Hopeful Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As published on page 27 of the Newsletter of the Canadian Unitarian Council Vol. 53 • No. 2 • Summer 2011
Stewardship and sustainability are ‘ecobuzz’ words that are
rapidly becoming mainstream as Canadians think more about
fresh water resources. Thank goodness!
We are accustomed to hearing that one-fifth of the world’s
fresh water sources are located within our boundaries, but less
comfortable with the fact that only 2.6% is in southern Canada
where most of us live. We know that rivers were the highways
for voyageurs and explorers that resulted in a vast country of
2,000,000 lakes, bordered ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepingitliving.ca/archives/2765</link>
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		<title>Celebrate our Estuary &#8211; Sunday, 4 September 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join the K&#8217;omoks First Nation and Project Watershed Society in celebrating our Estuary
Sponsored by the K’όmoks First Nation and Project Watershed Society
The K’όmoks First Nation (KFN) and the National Historic Site Committee (NHSC) would like to extend an invitation to all Comox Valley residents to take part in an historic signing ceremony. The signing is a celebration between KFN and the NHSC to launch a community bid for National Historic Site Status for the ancient Aboriginal fish trap systems in the Estuary. In addition, the Board of Directors of the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepingitliving.ca/archives/2749</link>
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		<title>Project Watershed Now Hiring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two positions are becoming available at Project Watershed this September as one of our staff is going on maternity leave. Descriptions of the positions are included below. One person may be hired for both positions depending on the skill sets of those interviewed. If you are interested in these positions please send your cover letter, resumes and 3 references to pwmaps@gmail.com. We will be accepting applications until August 25th, 2011 and will contact selected applicants the following week to schedule interviews. Full job descriptions can be found at http://projectwatershed.ca/news-and-events.
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Position: Mapping ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepingitliving.ca/archives/2739</link>
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		<title>Count me in for conservation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[logo design courtesy of Jessie Sarfi
At our Day of the Estuary event in April, and subsequently at Earth Day, the Courtenay River Estuary – Keeping it Living group ran a campaign called Count me in for Conservation.
We asked members of our community to actively become involved by making a commitment to take action during the next year by becoming Courtenay River Estuary biodiversity stewards.  We wish to thank the following individuals who made a pledge because they want to sustain the quality of life in the Comox Valley.
Abigail – I ...]]></description>
		<link>http://keepingitliving.ca/archives/2705</link>
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