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Editions of the Englishman Patient newsletter help keep readers informed about progress on the Recovery Plan for the Englishman River.  They provide updates on restoration activities, profiles of people involved with the Plan, and information and education about watersheds in general and the Englishman River in particular.

 
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The Qualicum Beach Streamkeepers have launched a new website!  Please visit them at qbstreamkeepers.ca.

 

 

 
Broom Blitz
Distribution of scotch broom in estuaryMVIHES would like to invite you to help eradicate the masses of broom on the west side of the Englishman River estuary  on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 10 am or 1 pm.

Our Project Manager, Faye, will greet people at Surfside RV park (foot of Corfield Street in Parksville) at 9:45 for the morning crew and 12:45 for the afternoon crew.  She will provide instructions on the effective removal of the broom and then we can all go through the private gate together.   If you arrive late, please go to the RV Park office and ask for entry through the gate.

The Broombusters will bring some loppers, but if you have your own, hand held pruners or appropriate shovels please bring them.  You are welcome to work for as long or short of time as you would like.  We look forward to seeing you out there!

 
Beach seining along the shoreline on each side of the Englishman River Estuary
bigrockfish3.jpgWhat an awesome diversity and number of fish we caught in our (relatively) small net at four sites! We netted hundreds of pipefish, Staghorn and Buffalo Sculpin, hundreds of juvenile flatfish, about a hundred Midshipmen, loads of Kelp Crab, Kelp Greenling, Sandlance, many Shiner Perch, Ghost Shrimp, and even some of what we were looking for - chum salmon smolts - and more!

The beach seine surveys are supervised by Fisheries Biologist, Dave Clough, with help from MVIHES volunteers and funded by Georgia Basin Vancouver Island Living Rivers. We'll be going out again in early June. Check the Current Events Calendar for dates if you want to become involved.