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MVIHES invites you to the presentation "How will Climate Change Alter Our Shorelines" on Tuesday, July 27th at the Parksville Conference Centre at 7pm.
Doug Biffard, Aquatic Ecologist, and Tory Stevens, Terrestrial Ecologist, of the Ministry of Environment will be presenting. Together they will show us changes we can expect to see along our shoreline as a result of sea-level rise.
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Mid Vancouver Island Habitat Enhancement Society (MVIHES) has just learned that their application to the RBC Blue Water Project has been approved. MVIHES will be receiving $70,000 over 2 years for Groundwater Mapping and Education in the Englishman River Watershed.
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The Salmon Friendly Lawn program is intended to promote wise water and pesticide use in the Oceanside area. Our homes and gardens are connected to local streams, and we have an immediate impact. Using too much water or too many chemicals hurts salmon and other wildlife but you can make a difference by using a natural approach to lawn care with three simple changes.
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This first phase of the Caring for the Englishman Estuary Project has been completed, and you're welcome to share in what we've learned by downloading our final document . MVIHES would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors for their support.
Partners in this Project: Pacific Salmon Foundation, Vancouver Foundation, Georgia Basin Living - Rivers Fund, Environment Canada's EcoAction, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Shell Environmental Fund, Parksville Qualicum Community Foundation, The Nature Trust of BC, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ministry of Environment British Columbia, City of Parksville, Regional District of Nanaimo, Seachange Marine Conservation Society, Qualicum Beach and Parksville Streamkeepers, and Arrowsmith Naturalists
During this phase we conducted an inventory of all plants, birds, fish and wildlife, in the forest, along the river and in the foreshore areas attached to the estuary, andmeasured water quality and quantity, salinity and toxin levels, and other information to provide us witha picture of the health of our estuary.
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Water Limited is a public education program to inform media, residents, business, and decision makers about our water supply, and what we know and don’t know about managing it into the future.
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