Ocean Watch Task Force Update

Ocean Watch Task Force Update

Nov 20, 2019 | Region Update

The OceanWatch Task Force was created June 2017, by members of the Howe Sound Community Forum (HSCF). The purpose of the Task Force is to progress marine enhancement recommendations created by the Coastal Ocean Research Institute (CORI) Ocean Watch Howe Sound Edition...
Thank you Jonny and Nolan

Thank you Jonny and Nolan

Nov 2, 2019 | Project Update

This year the Howe Sound/Átl’ḵa7tsem Marine Reference Guide was grateful to have Jonathan Williams and Nolan Rudkowsky, members of the Squamish Nation, join our team as Indigenous youth project leaders. Jonny is currently a student at SFU completing a First...
Squamish Estuary Clean Up

Squamish Estuary Clean Up

Sep 13, 2019 | Project Update

  Footage on April 14th of some volunteers and the area cleaned of debris around the Squamish Estuary. Video taken by Dustin Wales with Quest University. April 14th more than eighty volunteers from Whistler to Vancouver met at Nexen Beach in Squamish. Six hundred...
Glass Sponge Reef Protection in Howe Sound

Glass Sponge Reef Protection in Howe Sound

Sep 13, 2019 | Region Update

Underwater oases of 500 million year old reefs made out of glass sponges in the Howe Sound have become protected by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.  With summer coming to an end, the fishing season is still in high force. People partaking in commercial,...