Community involvement in North Central Vancouver Island
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Community involvement groups
| Group | Contact information | Details | |
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| Brooklyn Creek Watershed Society |
Robert Deane 250-702-1733 |
Number of members/students: 20 Initiated 1998. Stewardship, education and habitat restoration in Brooklyn Creek, Comox |
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| Community Fisheries Development Centre |
Bob Grant 250-951-2660 |
Number of members/students: 10 Initiated 1992. Hatchery and habitat restoration on Englishman River. |
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| Comox Valley Project Watershed Society |
Paul Horgen 250-703-2871 |
Number of members/students: 20 Initiated 1992. Watershed, mapping, stewardship and landover contact in Comox valley. |
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| Courtenay and District Fish & Game Protective Association |
Wayne White 250-338-6964 |
Number of members/students: 40 Initiated 1979. Spawning and rearing channel, hatchery and habitat restoration on Trent and Puntledge Rivers. |
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| Englishman River Watershed Recovery Plan | Number of members/students: 40 Education, stewardship, public roundtable on Englishman River watershed |
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| Fanny Bay Enhancement Society |
Judy Ackinclose 250-335-0010 |
Number of members/students: 50 Initiated 1995. Hatchery, fry salvage, habitat restoration and stewardship on Baynes Sound systems. |
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| Friends of French Creek Conservation Society |
Don McConnell 250-586-4485 |
Number of members/students: 30 | |
| Lasqueti Island Fisheries and Forestry Society |
Karl Darwin, Wayne Bright 250-333-8623 (Karrl), 250-333-8789 (Wayne) |
Number of members/students: 8 Initiated 1992. Hatchery, habitat restoration, stewardship and Streamkeepers. |
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| Little River Enhancement Society |
Peter Williams 250-339-7600 |
Number of members/students: 20 Initiated 1983. Hatchery on Comox. |
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| Mid Vancouver Island Habitat Enhancement Society |
Shelley Goertzen 250-288-9945 |
Number of members/students: 20 Initiated 1997. Habitat restoration, awareness, stewardship and education for Parksvill-Qualicum, Englishman River. |
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| Millard - Piercy Watershed Stewards |
Steve Williams 250-338-3879 |
Number of members/students: 15 Initiated 1995. Streamkeepers, restoration, stream monitoring and watershed planning on Millard and Piercy Creeks. |
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| Morrison Creek Streamkeepers |
Jan Gemmel 250-338-1867 |
Number of members/students: 10 Initiated 1999. Streamkeepers and habitat restoration on Morrison Creek. |
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| Nanoose Streamkeepers |
John Dunn 250-390-4229 |
Number of members/students: 10 Initiated 1995. Stewardship and restoration on Nanoose Creek |
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| Nile Creek Enhancement Society |
Bob Ellis 250-757-8597 |
Number of members/students: 10 Initiated 1995. Stewardship, incubation and restoration on Nile Creek. |
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| Nootka Sound Watershed Society |
Kent O’Neil 250-287-5967 |
Number of members/students: 40 Initiated 2000. Stewardship, awareness and enhancement on Nootka Sound. |
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| Oyster River Enhancement Society |
Ron Gammie 778-420-1782 |
Number of members/students: 100 Initiated 1983. Spawning channel, hatchery, rearing and habitat restoration on Oyster River watershed. |
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| Parksville-Qualicum Fish and Game Association |
Pete Spruit 250-752-0455 |
Number of members/students: 35 Initiated 1980. Hatchery and stewardship on French Creek. |
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| Perseverance Creek Streamkeepers Society |
Hamish Murray 250-336-2581 |
Number of members/students: 6 Initiated 2002. Streamkeepers, stewardship and fry salvage on Perseverance Creek. |
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| Qualicum Beach Streamkeepers |
David James 250-594-6788 |
Number of members/students: 20 Initiated 1995. Streamkeepers and habitat restoration on Beach, Grandon Creeks and Little Qualicum River. |
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| Roy Creek Salmonid Enhancement |
Sanda Poole 250-336-8486 |
Number of members/students: 4 Initiated 1981. Small hatchery and rearing ponds on Roy Creek. |
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| Tahsis Enhancement Society (Tahsis River Hatchery) |
Frank Collins 250-934-6674 |
Initiated 1982. Hatchery on Tahsis and Liener Rivers. | |
| Tsolum River Restoration Society |
Wayne White 250-338-6964 |
Number of members/students: 230 Initiated 1994. Stewardship, restoration and hatchery on Tsolum River and tributaries. |
Education activity
| Institution | Incubators | Students | Dissections | Other details |
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| Comox Valley school district | 17 | 370 | 18 | 22 schools and 29 classes, 10 doing tanks |
| Parksville/Qualicum school district | 12 | 570 | 11 | 12 schools, 19 classes, 12 doing tanks |
| Tahsis/Gold River school district | 1 | 150 | 2 | 1 school, 5 classes sharing 1 tank and presentations |
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