#protectnature — Public Fediverse posts

The #Indigenous Roots of #RegenerativeAgriculture

“All flourishing is mutual.”
– Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

August 9, 2023

"While a new wave of enthusiasm has crested in recent years, regenerative agriculture is an ancient concept that originated with #IndigenousPeoples around the world more than a thousand years ago. In many Indigenous world views, humans and nature are not separate forces, but parts of a whole that need each other to thrive. Regenerative agriculture supports this by promoting farming methods that enrich the land—so it can continue to provide for present and future generations.

"Embracing #TraditionalKnowledge

"Due to the long and horrific history of #StolenLand and #colonization, the Global North often refers to #IndigenousPeoples’ culture and knowledge in the past tense. Yet today, Indigenous peoples are indisputably the best guardians of our world’s most precious #ecosystems. When you take into account that the few remaining Indigenous lands are home to 80 percent of the world’s #Biodiversity, while modern #IndustrialAgriculture is responsible for 80 percent of global #deforestation, it’s clear that Western society still desperately needs to learn what Indigenous people have known for millennia: that human beings must live in a reciprocal relationship with the Earth.

"Around the world, Indigenous peoples have long practiced the key elements of regenerative agriculture. Here are just a few examples:

The art of #agroforestry

Some Indigenous communities, like the #Lenca people in #Honduras, know agroforestry simply as 'traditional technique.' Agroforestry—or the concept of growing crops in a way that mimics the forest and offers shade, protection, and nutrients—is such common practice there is no special name for it.

"Our lead for sustainable forest management, Emmanuelle Bérenger, explains the importance of Indigenous growing methods: 'By using #sustainable practices taught from one generation to another, [Indigenous peoples] actively safeguard forests, preserving biodiversity and keeping a delicate balance essential for both the environment and their own sustenance.' "

Learn more:
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/the-indigenous-roots-of-regenerative-agriculture/

#SolarPunkSunday #Intercropping #FoodForests #ProtectNature #ProtectBiodiversity

《WMFS chief fire officer Simon Tuhill said 19 houses had been fully destroyed by the fire, while 18 more had been damaged.
He described the conditions as "some of the most challenging" he has seen in 28 years of service, and residents have been warned they could be away from their homes for days.》

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UK #WestMidlands #StopFossils #CleanEnergy #ProtectNature #BeTheChange #ResetSociety

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8xr2n9560o

#OntarioGreenbelt is a Refuge for Species at Risk

#Toronto, May 22, 2026 – "On World #Biodiversity Day, a new report published by #OntarioNature demonstrates the critical role that the Greenbelt plays as a safe haven for some of Ontario’s most vulnerable species.

"The report – Species at Risk in the Greenbelt: Successes, Challenges and Opportunities – shows that since 2004, the number of species at risk living in the Greenbelt has increased by 68%, rising from 72 to 121 species. That growth far outpaces provincial trends, confirming the Greenbelt’s critical importance for biodiversity in southern Ontario.

"The 121 at-risk species that inhabit the Greenbelt represent 42% of the total species at risk in Ontario – including rare birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and plants. Some, like the hooded warbler, are showing signs of recovery thanks to protected habitats and coordinated conservation efforts. Others, like redside dace and Jefferson salamander, are struggling as habitat fragmentation and pollution harm breeding and feeding grounds. The habitats the Greenbelt provides for the hooded warbler, redside dace, Jefferson salamander and many other species not only sustain this diversity of life but play an essential role in human health by ensuring the flow of clean water, filtering the air and providing a natural buffer against flooding.

" 'The Greenbelt shows us what’s possible when nature is given space to breathe,' said Ontario Nature’s Acting Conservation Science and #Stewardship Director, Jenna Quinn. 'But we can’t expect it to do all the work on its own. Species at risk need action to ensure their recovery.'

"According to Ontario Nature’s Conservation Policy and Campaigns Director, Tony Morris: 'The #Greenbelt isn’t just a buffer against #UrbanSprawl, it’s a refuge for a diversity of life. Greenbelt #forests, #wetlands and #rivers are vital strongholds for many species that have lost habitats elsewhere in southern Ontario.'

"The Greenbelt is a cherished public policy that celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2025. On this #WorldBiodiversityDay, we reflect on the importance of the variety of life on Earth and encourage actions to protect it. The Greenbelt’s role in protecting habitats and vulnerable species is more important than ever. Collectively, we must do everything we can to protect, strengthen and expand the Greenbelt to keep Ontario self-reliant, secure and ready to meet future challenges."

Learn more:
https://ontarionature.org/news-release/greenbelt-is-a-refuge-for-species-at-risk/

#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridors
#PreserveTheForest #ReconnectNature #Canada #Biodiversity #ProtectNature #Interconnectedness #NatureCorridors #EndangeredSpecies #HabitRestoration

Please stop cutting down trees. Every tree provides oxygen, cleans the air, protects wildlife, and helps fight climate change. When we destroy forests, we also destroy our future. Let's protect the trees we have and plant more for generations to come. Together, we can make a difference.
#SaveTrees #ProtectNature #environment #climatechange #climatecrisis #climatecrisis #sustainability #ecology #wildlife #SundayVibes #ecotourism #forestry #deforestation #afforestation #agroforestry #nature

Please stop cutting down trees. Every tree provides oxygen, cleans the air, protects wildlife, and helps fight climate change. When we destroy forests, we also destroy our future. Let's protect the trees we have and plant more for generations to come. Together, we can make a difference.
#SaveTrees #ProtectNature #environment #climatechange #climatecrisis #climatecrisis #sustainability #ecology #wildlife #SundayVibes #ecotourism #forestry #deforestation #afforestation #agroforestry #nature

#Navajos Protest Planned 110-Year Lease for #CoalMine Expansion

Coal Mines, #OilAndGas #Methane and #Uranium Transport: Deadly Mix on
the #NavajoNation

By Dine' CARE, Censored News, July 23, 2026

Dine' CARE (Citizens Against Ruining our Environment)

#WindowRock, #NavajoNation -- "On Monday, #DinéCARE. hosted a press conference with #BurnhamNM residents and other coal impacted community members at the Navajo Nation Council
Chambers.

"They called for the Navajo Transitional Energy Company (#NTEC) to withdraw its No Name Permit application, which seeks a 110-year, 11,526-acre coal mine expansion.

"The proposal threatens health, the environment, and Navajo cultural heritage.

"The Burnham Chapter formally opposed the permit in February 2026, citing incomplete materials, inadequate impact review, and lack of transparency.

"Advocates demand a thorough Environmental Impact Statement (#EIS), coal supply plan disclosure beyond 2031, and accountability from leaders. A decision is expected next month."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/07/navajos-protest-planned-110-year-lease.html

#ProtectTheSacred #NoMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #PeabodyCoal #DirtyCoal #DontNukeTheNavajo #BuuNygren #FourCornersStation #UraniumTransport #NativeAmericans #USPo #CorporateColonialism #CulturalErasure #EnvironmentalRacism #BigOilandGas #ProtectNature #ProtectOurEnvironment

#PlasticPollution in #ShootingRanges and warfare areas - an overlooked #environmental issue

Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo, et al. 15 July 2026

Abstract
"Shooting ranges and military training fields, including warfare-impacted areas, have been widely recognized as environmentally impacted zones by inorganic and organic #contamination, such as #HeavyMetals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or explosive-related compounds. However, the possible contamination by #plastics and #microplastics in soil has been widely overlooked despite potential plastic sources, such as #ShotgunCartridges, #PlasticWads or #landmines. Due to how these activities occur, plastics have remained in the field for decades or centuries, favoring their conversion from macro to microplastics, polluting the soil and water resources. Moreover, shooting and recreational activities such as #airsoft or #paintball practices could also be a substantial source of plastics to ecosystems; once shot, pellets can have conventional or biodegradable plastics in their composition, and there left in the environment, favouring impacts on soil properties. Although some initiatives have emerged to avoid the use of single-use plastics in shotgun ammunition, alternative materials (biodegradable plastics) can also be a potential risk, favouring the heavy metal bioavailability of shot pellets. These emerging pollutants should also be considered in these areas to understand if they could be a potential source of micro- and nanoplastics to the environment and, therefore, an environmental concern that requires changes at industrial and regulatory levels."

Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935125008771

#EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredBirds #AmmunitionPollution #ProtectNature

Collapsing Mountains In Alaska Are Causing Massive Tsunamis 

https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026/07/13/collapsing-mountains-in-alaska-are-causing-massive-tsunamis/

Your daily reminder that data centres are using huge amounts of potable water and electricity to cool off and power sloppy AI

All they give back is lots and lots of heat, adding to the already alarmingly high temperatures.

#AI #BanAI #AISlop #EatTheRich #Capitalism #CorporateGreed #BigTech #BigCorpo #AlternativeEnergy #ProtectNature #SaveThePlanet #BeTheChange #ResetSociety

[Photos] #IndigenousYouths #Reclaiming #Waters and #Rivers: #Bioneers

"During Bioneers annual conference in Berkeley, Indigenous youths shared their struggles, from the Eastern Cherokee to the Klamath on the west coast, to Hawaii, as Native youths reclaim their waters and rivers, and rise to defend the natural world."

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/04/indigenous-youths-reclaiming-waters-and.html

#SolarPunkSunday #WaterIsLife #DamRemoval #RiverKeepers #RestoringNature #ProtectNature #IndigenousNews

No surprise. #ChelliePingree voted against HR556, #JaredGolden voted for it.

Protect #Wildlife from Toxic #LeadAmmunition [and #FishingTackle]

"#HR556, a bill to prevent federal agencies from prohibiting or regulating the use of toxic lead ammunition and fishing tackle on certain public lands and waters, passed the House of Representatives on March 18. However, we are not done fighting this bill! Lead ammunition is a well-documented threat, leading to illness and death for millions of birds and other wild animals each year. Since there is no safe level for lead exposure, hunters, anglers, and their families can also be harmed. Please contact your US representative about their vote on H.R. 556 and urge your senators to oppose this bill."

https://awionline.org/action-center#/535

Bill Status and details:

H.R.556 — 119th Congress (2025-2026)

Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025

"This bill bars the Fish and Wildlife Service (#FWS), the Bureau of Land Management (#BLM), and the Forest Service from prohibiting or regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal land or water. The bill makes exceptions for specified existing regulations and where the FWS, the BLM, or the Forest Service determines that a decline in wildlife population at the specific unit of federal land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, based on the field data from such unit, and the state approves the regulations."

House Roll Call Vote 93 119th Congress - 2nd Session (2026)

Passed - Yea: 215 | Nay: 202
(R 208-1 Pres=0 NV=9, D 7-201 Pres=0 NV=6, I 0-0 Pres=0 NV=0)

Full voting roster:
https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/119-2/93

#USPol #MainePol #ProtectWildlife #ProtectNature #LeadPoisoning #WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #NatureIsLife

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#Buitenplaats
#LandschapNoordHolland
#Natuurmonumenten
#ZwartWitFotografie
#BlackAndWhiteNature
#MonochromeMagic
#TreePhotography
#OudeBomen
#AbstractNature
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#Maine - The #SchoodicToSchoodic Initiative

"Together we can save one of the last places along the #EasternSeaboard where #wildlife can roam to and from rocky #shores and inland #woods seeking food and refuge.

"Seventy-five percent of Maine’s native plants and animals are vulnerable to the impacts of #ClimateChange. As temperatures warm, these threatened species will have to move significant distances to survive, but too often #development makes this impossible.

"Over the past several decades we’ve been working in partnership with #FrenchmanBayConservancy, #TheNatureConservancy, the #StateOfMaine, and other partners to conserve key 'stepping stones' of land between #DonnellPond Unit (state-conserved land surrounding #SchoodicMountain and #TunkLake) and the #SchoodicDistrict of #AcadiaNationalPark (on the #SchoodicPeninsula) to create a protected corridor for #wildlife. Through over 60 conservation projects, #MCHT and partners have conserved more than 55,000 acres from 'Schoodic to Schoodic.' MCHT has played a role in three-quarters of those projects.

"Still, the corridor is not sufficiently protected and critical lands are under threat of development."

Learn more:
https://www.mcht.org/conservation-work/initiative/the-schoodic-to-schoodic-initiative/

#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridors #MaineCoastHeritageTrust #Nature #MaineCoast #Acadia #ProtectNature

Two #Environmental #ActivistArt pieces, for free, public, non-commercial usage.
Over the years, I've collected a lot of activist art graphics from Tumblr, Reddit & other sites where the artist wasn't always identified. I looked up who these artists were to identify them.

The 1st is by Roger Peet.
https://thefunambulist.net/network/roger-peet

The 2nd & 3rd are by Pete Railand.
https://www.peterailand.com/

I was a part of #StopTMX in 4 separate frontlines places across mainland BC & saw the ecocide, up close. BC NDP sent their CIRG goons in at remote areas of BC, where we had set up citizens watch stations. CIRG came to harass, beat up & eventually remove us. #RCMP protect corporate interests/profits, not citizens.
https://www.stoptmx.ca/

#TransMountainPipeline #StopEcocide #NoTMX #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcoCrimes #PublicAccountability #StopCorporateWelfare #MakePollutersPay #DirtySnakeOil #BCpoli #CDNpoli #ClimateCrisis #Ecological #Art #Activism #WaterIsLife #ProtectWater #ColonialViolence #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CapitalistEvils #DavidEby #MarkCarney #AbolishCIRG #ProtectNature #BCpoli #CDNpoli #BCNDP #StopInsuringEcoCrimes #Burnaby #Vancouver #YVR #RemoveQualifiedImmunity #StopInsuringTransMountain #CanadianEcocide

Two #Environmental #ActivistArt pieces, for free, public, non-commercial usage.
Over the years, I've collected a lot of activist art graphics from Tumblr, Reddit & other sites where the artist wasn't always identified. I looked up who these artists were to identify them.

The 1st is by Roger Peet.
https://thefunambulist.net/network/roger-peet

The 2nd & 3rd are by Pete Railand.
https://www.peterailand.com/

I was a part of #StopTMX in 4 separate frontlines places across mainland BC & saw the ecocide, up close. BC NDP sent their CIRG goons in at remote areas of BC, where we had set up citizens watch stations. CIRG came to harass, beat up & eventually remove us. #RCMP protect corporate interests/profits, not citizens.
https://www.stoptmx.ca/

#TransMountainPipeline #StopEcocide #NoTMX #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcoCrimes #PublicAccountability #StopCorporateWelfare #MakePollutersPay #DirtySnakeOil #BCpoli #CDNpoli #ClimateCrisis #Ecological #Art #Activism #WaterIsLife #ProtectWater #ColonialViolence #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CapitalistEvils #DavidEby #MarkCarney #AbolishCIRG #ProtectNature #BCpoli #CDNpoli #BCNDP #StopInsuringEcoCrimes #Burnaby #Vancouver #YVR #RemoveQualifiedImmunity #StopInsuringTransMountain #CanadianEcocide

Two #Environmental #ActivistArt pieces, for free, public, non-commercial usage.
Over the years, I've collected a lot of activist art graphics from Tumblr, Reddit & other sites where the artist wasn't always identified. I looked up who these artists were to identify them.

The 1st is by Roger Peet.
https://thefunambulist.net/network/roger-peet

The 2nd & 3rd are by Pete Railand.
https://www.peterailand.com/

I was a part of #StopTMX in 4 separate frontlines places across mainland BC & saw the ecocide, up close. BC NDP sent their CIRG goons in at remote areas of BC, where we had set up citizens watch stations. CIRG came to harass, beat up & eventually remove us. #RCMP protect corporate interests/profits, not citizens.
https://www.stoptmx.ca/

#TransMountainPipeline #StopEcocide #NoTMX #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcoCrimes #PublicAccountability #StopCorporateWelfare #MakePollutersPay #DirtySnakeOil #BCpoli #CDNpoli #ClimateCrisis #Ecological #Art #Activism #WaterIsLife #ProtectWater #ColonialViolence #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CapitalistEvils #DavidEby #MarkCarney #AbolishCIRG #ProtectNature #BCpoli #CDNpoli #BCNDP #StopInsuringEcoCrimes #Burnaby #Vancouver #YVR #RemoveQualifiedImmunity #StopInsuringTransMountain #CanadianEcocide

Two #Environmental #ActivistArt pieces, for free, public, non-commercial usage.
Over the years, I've collected a lot of activist art graphics from Tumblr, Reddit & other sites where the artist wasn't always identified. I looked up who these artists were to identify them.

The 1st is by Roger Peet.
https://thefunambulist.net/network/roger-peet

The 2nd & 3rd are by Pete Railand.
https://www.peterailand.com/

I was a part of #StopTMX in 4 separate frontlines places across mainland BC & saw the ecocide, up close. BC NDP sent their CIRG goons in at remote areas of BC, where we had set up citizens watch stations. CIRG came to harass, beat up & eventually remove us. #RCMP protect corporate interests/profits, not citizens.
https://www.stoptmx.ca/

#TransMountainPipeline #StopEcocide #NoTMX #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcoCrimes #PublicAccountability #StopCorporateWelfare #MakePollutersPay #DirtySnakeOil #BCpoli #CDNpoli #ClimateCrisis #Ecological #Art #Activism #WaterIsLife #ProtectWater #ColonialViolence #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CapitalistEvils #DavidEby #MarkCarney #AbolishCIRG #ProtectNature #BCpoli #CDNpoli #BCNDP #StopInsuringEcoCrimes #Burnaby #Vancouver #YVR #RemoveQualifiedImmunity #StopInsuringTransMountain #CanadianEcocide

Two #Environmental #ActivistArt pieces, for free, public, non-commercial usage.
Over the years, I've collected a lot of activist art graphics from Tumblr, Reddit & other sites where the artist wasn't always identified. I looked up who these artists were to identify them.

The 1st is by Roger Peet.
https://thefunambulist.net/network/roger-peet

The 2nd & 3rd are by Pete Railand.
https://www.peterailand.com/

I was a part of #StopTMX in 4 separate frontlines places across mainland BC & saw the ecocide, up close. BC NDP sent their CIRG goons in at remote areas of BC, where we had set up citizens watch stations. CIRG came to harass, beat up & eventually remove us. #RCMP protect corporate interests/profits, not citizens.
https://www.stoptmx.ca/

#TransMountainPipeline #StopEcocide #NoTMX #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcoCrimes #PublicAccountability #StopCorporateWelfare #MakePollutersPay #DirtySnakeOil #BCpoli #CDNpoli #ClimateCrisis #Ecological #Art #Activism #WaterIsLife #ProtectWater #ColonialViolence #CrimesAgainstHumanity #CapitalistEvils #DavidEby #MarkCarney #AbolishCIRG #ProtectNature #BCpoli #CDNpoli #BCNDP #StopInsuringEcoCrimes #Burnaby #Vancouver #YVR #RemoveQualifiedImmunity #StopInsuringTransMountain #CanadianEcocide

[Short film] #Ákhuin

Radio-JusSunná / Sunná Nousuniemi (#Sámi) & Guhtur Niillas Rita Duomis / Tuomas Kumpulainen with Ááná Jyyrki Sáárá-Máárjá / Saara-Maria Salonen

"With the singular Sámi oral storytelling tradition of joik at its center, ÁHKUIN is a visual and musical call-and-response between a grandmother and her descendants. Archival interviews and the joik of Maarit-áhkku (dir. Sunná Máret Nousuniemi’s grandmother) unspool as a connective thread across time, inviting the viewer through a portal into this corner of Sápmi. Here, the rhythms of time are set by the daily tasks that assured the survival of those who came before; seemingly mundane chores — carrying water from the river, setting up the sauna, boiling reindeer bone marrow — offer up gifts of memory, music, and Indigenous knowledge.

"As in Indigenous communities the world over, colonization has profoundly shaped recent Sámi history through stories of loss. Drawing aesthetic inspiration from sources as diverse as duodji (Sámi handicrafts and land-based knowledge systems), the work of David Lynch, Pauliina Peodoroff’s Matriarkaatti (Matriarchy), and the environmentally focused, community-based art of Niillas Holmberg, Jenni Laiti and Outi Pieski, ÁHKUIN presents a melancholy yet playful Sámi story with lessons for a new era defined by giving and receiving."

Watch:
https://www.reciprocity.org/films/ahkuin

#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateCrisis #Nature #ProtectNature #LandBasedKnowledge #Sápmi #joik #DCEFF #IndigenousStorytellers
#IndigenousFilms #OceansAreLife #ReciprocityProject #Reciprocity #IndigenousFilmMakers #IndigenousWisdom #ProtectTheSacred #IndigenousKnowledge #Reciprocity #duodji #colonization #Maaritáhkku #Matriarkaatti #Matriarchy #CulturalSurvival

#FlashbackFriday
2020.

Cruising back to Campbell River from #FishFarmsOut flotilla protest & no restocking patrol.

Always put #WildFirst ✊️

#ProtectTheWild #WildSalmonAlliance #NoLicenseRenewal #Frankenfish #Environmentalist #Ecological #Activism #DirectAction #OneEarth #OceanGuardians #SalmonGuardians #StandUpForSalmon #BoycottFarmedSalmon #SayNoToFarmedSalmon #CDNpoli #BCpoli #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #BCcoast #CoastalBC #Westcoast #Oceans #DemandMPAs #PNW #Activist #ProtectNature #DiscoveryIslands #archipelago #boating #marine

#FlashbackFriday
2020.

I was invited to go on a #flotilla #protest led by #IndigenousChiefs & leaders from the North Island in late 2019 - we went in March of 2020. To stop 2 open net fish farms, in the #DiscoveryIslands archipelago, from restocking their pens. These fish farms are remote & they don't want public to access them. No restocking was able to happen on day we went on flotilla protest & patrol.

I've been a part of the battle here to get #FishFarmsOut for over a decade. There's finally some progress but we need to still keep up the pressure on federal & provincial governments.
#SaveWildSalmon because they're a #KeystoneSpecies & if we lose them, it sets off chain reactions in both #ocean & #OldGrowthForest #ecosystems. Wild salmon are extremely important to the Indigenous peoples of BC & the fight to protect them goes back decades.

Always put #WildFirst ✊️

#ProtectTheWild #WildSalmonAlliance #NoLicenseRenewal #FloatingViruses #Frankenfish #Environmentalist #Ecological #Activism #DirectAction #OneEarth #OceanGuardians #SalmonGuardians #SalmonPeople #StandUpForSalmon #BoycottFarmedSalmon #SayNoToFarmedSalmon #CDNpoli #BCpoli #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #BCcoast #CoastalBC #Westcoast #Oceans #DemandMPAs #PNW #Activist #ProtectNature

#Vancouver folks! Please let your family & friends know about Salmon Day in October! Volunteers are still needed too!

#WatershedWatch is co-hosting the second annual #SalmonDay on Saturday, October 5 along with #ResilientWaters, #Kwikwetlem #FirstNation, and #UBC's Zachary Sherker from the #PacificSalmonLab. The event will be held next to the community garden at ƛ̓éxətəm #ColonyFarm Regional Park.

We need #volunteers to help with setup and tear down, manning info booths, supporting exhibitors, and supporting attendees. No prior experience is necessary, we will get you up to speed at the event!

The event runs from 11 am - 3 pm. Snacks and drinks will be provided for volunteers.

#Carpooling from Coquitlam Central Station can be arranged. Pickup from the skytrain will be at 9 am. Email [email protected] to coordinate.

Questions? Email [email protected]

Note: Volunteer RSVP window closes on Thursday, October 3 but if there is still space and you want to attend, please send Meghan an email!

#YVR #Environmental #ecological #nature #WildSalmonAlliance #WildFirst #BCWatersheds #SaveWildSalmon #ProtectHabitats #ProtectNature #SaveEcosystems #Conservation #WaterIsLife #WaterProtectors #NatureGuardians #NatureStewardship #ProtectRivers #ProtectWatersheds #KeystoneSpecies #ClimateChange #BritishColumbia #WildSalmon #BCSalmon #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #VancouverBC #VolunteerVancouver #VolunteersWanted

Where do we go from here?

Unlike the Cowichan River, the #Koksilah is an uncontrolled #river with no storage and as such, there are limited options available to manage flows. The only options available to us are to change our current practices around #LandUse and #WaterUse. Most importantly, the #KoksilahRiver is challenging all of us to work together to collaboratively identify and implement solutions that will impact us all. New collaborations and partnerships are emerging.

An informal “Koksilah #DroughtManagement team” has been formed to discuss how to collaboratively make short term in-season decisions and work with water users to navigate periods of low flow. This ad-hoc group is comprised of representatives from #FLNRORD, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Cowichan Station’s Koksilah Working Group, BC Dairy Association, BC Agriculture Council, Cowichan Watershed Board, Farmland Advantage, Water Survey of Canada, Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre and private forestry representatives.

In the longer term, an innovative government to government partnership has been struck between Cowichan Tribes and the FNLRORD to explore and scope the feasibility of initiating a joint #WaterSustainability Planning process, an innovative new tool under #BCWaterSustainabilityAct (2016).

For more information about the potential of Water Sustainability Plans, see Curran, D. and O.M. Brandes. 2019 Water Sustainability Plans: Potential, Options and Essential Content (2019) by Deborah Curran and Oliver M. Brandes, University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre and the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance.

https://poliswaterproject.org/polis-research-publication/water-sustainability-plans/

"As one element in the modernized provincial water regime, Water Sustainability Plans are a promising tool that can enable and enhance adaptive water management and new governance relationships that express core elements of government-to-government relationships for water and watersheds, as well as address the challenges of environmental flows, sustainable groundwater management, drought planning and protecting and enhancing watershed health."

Deborah Curran & Oliver M. Brandes
Water Sustainability Plans: Potential, Options and Essential Content (2019)

#BackroadAdventures #VancouverIsland #water #river #Shawnigan #DayAdventure #DayTrip #PacificNorthwest #ProtectWatersheds #nature #VanIsle #Cascadia #PNW #NaturesPower #WaterIsLife #ProtectWatersheds #ProtectNature #Hydro #RiversOfBC #RiversOfVancouverIsland #Indigenous #FirstNations #Historical #Cowichan #WaterFlow #RiverFlows #HydrologyManagement

This low elevation river without a regulation structure (dam) supports over 1,100 water users, including irrigators, dairies, vineyards, and domestic households. The #KoksilahRiver is especially valued for its:

#Cultural & #Spiritual significance: The Koksilah aka #Xwulqwselu #Watershed is central to the identity of the #QuwutsunMustimuhw. A prominent, multi-summit ridge named #Hwsaluutsum (formerly known as #Koksilah Ridge), is central to Quw'utsun Origin stories. Hwsalu-utsum is where the first man, #Syalutsa, fell from the sky. Hwsalu-utsum is the origin or headwaters of several tributaries that flow into the Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo' (Koksilah River); including Wild Deer Creek, Kelvin Creek and Glenora Creek. There are many #SacredPlaces and #CulturalStories associated with this ridge as well as across the entire watershed. On the southern slopes of Hwsalu-utsum the pockets of rare grasslands have important plants with both spiritual and practical uses. The #XwulqwseluWatershed is critically important not only spiritually and for its #OriginStories, but also as an important area for fishing, harvesting plants, and hunting.

#BackroadAdventures #VancouverIsland #water #river #Shawnigan #DayAdventure #DayTrip #PacificNorthwest #ProtectWatersheds #nature #VanIsle #Cascadia #PNW #NaturesPower #WaterIsLife #ProtectWatersheds #ProtectNature #Hydro #RiversOfBC #RiversOfVancouverIsland #Indigenous #FirstNations #Historical #Cowichan

Part of #KoksilahRiver / #Koksilah #Watershed on South Vancouver Island.

Koksilah River - #XwulqwseluStalo Watershed is located south of #Duncan on Vancouver Island and lies within the traditional territories of #CowichanTribes, #MalahatNation and other #FirstNations.

The Koksilah River originates on the slopes of Waterloo Mountain, southwest of Shawnigan Lake. It flows eastward for approximately 44 km before discharging into the Cowichan/Koksilah estuary. The watershed area is approximately 302 square kilometres. The main tributaries of the Koksilah River are Fellows Creek in the west, and Kelvin, Patrolas, Howie and Glenora creeks, which enter the Koksilah about 4-6 km upstream of the estuary in Cowichan Bay, which it shares with the Cowichan River.

The Cowichan and Koksilah Rivers were historically connected through side-channels where Duncan is currently situated. #Shhwuykwselu (which translates loosely to “Busy Place”) was a #historical connection and intersection between the two rivers where people gathered before continuing up the Cowichan or Koksilah rivers. Today the place name Sh-hwuykwselu is still carried by a small lower tributary of the Koksilah River, and the name #Xwulqwselu is the name of a Cowichan village nearby.

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The #CowichanRiver #estuary is one of the largest & most important in #BritishColumbia. The #watershed drains 90,000 hectares & provides #CriticalHabitat to dozens of #fish species, including #steelhead, #Chinook, #chum, #coho & #PinkSalmon, as well as brown, #cutthroat & #RainbowTrout. But the #Cowichan’s troubles are by no means unique; they are a #CaseStudy for a much larger problem.

#TimberCompanies store #LogBooms all along the #BCcoast, says Jamieson Atkinson, a fish #biologist & program manager for the #Aquatic #Research & #Restoration Centre at #BritishColumbiaConservationFoundation. “It’s shocking.” While #estuaries make up less than 3% of British Columbia’s coast, they provide rich #habitat for 80% of the province’s coastal #wildlife. The #FraserRiver estuary, near #Vancouver on the mainland, supports more than 300 species of #birds & 80 species of fish & #shellfish for at least part of their life cycles.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/05/Estuary-Marine-Life-Smothered-Timber-Industrial-Log-Booms

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Two past #photographs together ->

#BigLonelyDoug layered over #deforestation #clearcuts 😢 in #CowichanValley
All the #OldGrowthTrees, in what used to be fully forested area, were razed down. This kind of reckless profits before planet #ClearcutLogging absolutely devastates #ecosystems & it annihilates #WildlifeHabitats.

Please join the ongoing fight to #SaveOldGrowth & for #BCForestryReform. We seriously need to transition & work on #NatureFirst #WildFirst solutions for a more ethical, responsible & sustainable future.
https://ancientforestalliance.org/

Read about Big Lonely Doug:
https://thewalrus.ca/big-lonely-doug/

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The #NatureConservancyOfCanada (NCC) on Friday #announced the complete #protection of #ecologically #sensitive lands surrounding #LoonLake - located north of #Kingston #Ontario .

#NCC & #nature #champion #MonteHummel have reached an #agreement to #protect the final piece of #PrivateLand in a #conservation network that spans over 2,000 hectares.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9559585/land-near-kingston-protected-nature-conservancy-of-canada/amp

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The #NatureConservancyOfCanada (NCC) on Friday #announced the complete #protection of #ecologically #sensitive lands surrounding #LoonLake - located north of #Kingston #Ontario .

#NCC & #nature #champion #MonteHummel have reached an #agreement to #protect the final piece of #PrivateLand in a #conservation network that spans over 2,000 hectares.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9559585/land-near-kingston-protected-nature-conservancy-of-canada/amp

#GoodNews #Canada #ProtectNature #WildFirst #ProtectTheWild #biodiversity #ecosystem #ecology #KingstonON #environment

The #NatureConservancyOfCanada (NCC) on Friday #announced the complete #protection of #ecologically #sensitive lands surrounding #LoonLake - located north of #Kingston #Ontario .

#NCC & #nature #champion #MonteHummel have reached an #agreement to #protect the final piece of #PrivateLand in a #conservation network that spans over 2,000 hectares.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9559585/land-near-kingston-protected-nature-conservancy-of-canada/amp

#GoodNews #Canada #ProtectNature #WildFirst #ProtectTheWild #biodiversity #ecosystem #ecology #KingstonON #environment

The #NatureConservancyOfCanada (NCC) on Friday #announced the complete #protection of #ecologically #sensitive lands surrounding #LoonLake - located north of #Kingston #Ontario .

#NCC & #nature #champion #MonteHummel have reached an #agreement to #protect the final piece of #PrivateLand in a #conservation network that spans over 2,000 hectares.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9559585/land-near-kingston-protected-nature-conservancy-of-canada/amp

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