Our Mandate:

Englishman Estuary

Conservation and restoration of habitat related to salmon including watersheds, estuaries and shorelines from Deep Bay to Lantzville on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Connecting people to their landscape through partnerships focussing on field study, education and restoration

FORREX Watershed Management Webinar Series: Latest Science around Water and Climate Change

MVIHES would like to let our members and readers know that FORREX is presenting the following Watershed Management Webinar Series that will be running from now thorugh February and March.

This webinar series highlights the latest water science and climate change research, focused on management applications and adaptation, throughout British Columbia and western Canada.

Jan 19, 2012 1:30-2:30 pm PST
Irrigation and Water Management
Ted van der Gulik - BC Ministry of Agriculture
Ted will be discussing the basics of landscape and agriculture irrigation design and management.  Participants will also learn how to use the online Agricultural Irrigation Scheduling Calculator.

Feb 8, 2012 1:30-2:30 pm  PST
Mountain pine beetle and forest harvesting effects on small stream riparian zones and ecosystem function
John Rex - BC MFLNRO
 
Feb 15, 2012  1:30-2:30 pm   PST
Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change in Select Watersheds in British Columbia, Canada
Markus Schnorbus - PCIC
Feb 22, 2012 1:30-2:30 pm   PST
Scenarios of hydroclimate variability over western North America associated with large-scale circulation patterns
Suzan Lapp - FORREX
Mar 8, 2012  TBD
Part One: Results from the Invitational Drought Tournament
Nancy Lee - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Mar 22, 2012    TBD
Part Two: Results from the Invitational Drought Tournament
Nancy Lee - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

 

For more information and to register contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources (FORREX) is a British Columbia, Canada-based charitable non-share corporation, founded in 1998 to help people develop science and knowledge-based solutions to complex natural resource challenges. For more information about the organization, and this webinar series please visit their website.

 

 
Centre Creek Restoration 2011

There was a full spanning debris jam at survey station 11, a distance of 540 m from the confluence. This jam was approximately 10 m long and 20 m wide filled with 200 to 300 pieces of historic logging debris as well as second growth trees washed in from erosion. There was one full spanning cedar log holding it all together.

Centre Creek Log Jam

Work parties were held during a total of three full days within a period of 10 weeks. We positioned approximately 15 pieces of  large conifer/maple on-site logs and anchored them with 300 feet of 1/2 inch galvanized steel cable and hardware. Volunteers and students moved the rest of the wood to the anchored habitat structures creating log spurs on each bank.  Cable, hardware and heavy tools were purchased with the capital funds.  Due to the volume of wood in this jam, which was much greater than anticipated, this was the only location dealt with in 2011.  

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The chloroplast browse covers on a hundred riparian red cedars previously planted by our volunteers, were removed and saved for re-use. Approximately 90% of the trees survived and were over one metre in height. We also did some grubbing and debris clean up around them. New trees will be planted during the spring planting season.  

jamcleared1

The project was developed from the 2004 Restoration Plan by MVIHES's biological advisors, D. Clough & W. Warttig.

 
Castaways Flyfishing Club Hosting Bob Hooton

The Castaways Flyfishing Club will be hosting retired Senior Steelhead Biologist, Bob Hooton on Tuesday, January 17th at the Qualicum Civic Centre at 7:30 pm.  Bob is an excellent speaker, and has a great story to tell with respect to the Skeena Steelhead.  He has recently published a book about the history of the Skeena fishery: Skeena Steelhead Unknown Past, Uncertain Future.

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MVIHES encourages you to spend an evening with the Castaways club and take in Bob's presentation.

 
The Englishman River and its Aquifers video of Nov 4th Presentation

For those that may have missed Gilles Wendlings November 4th, 2011 presentation on The Englishman River and its Aquifers, here is a video of that presentation.

 
Update on Groundwater Presentation

MVIHES would like to thank all of you who came to the Groundwater presentation by Dr. Gilles Wendling on Friday evening (November 4th, 2011). We had an overflow crowd in a room that accommodates 180 people so there is no doubt that there is plenty of interest in this topic in the Englishman River watershed and beyond.

There will be a DVD available if anyone would like to view the presentation. Dr. Wendling's report will be posted to the website on December 1st.

 
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