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,...
The aftermath of the winter storms

The aftermath of the winter storms

Apr 4, 2019 | Region Update

      Squamish is a loose English adaptation of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, meaning “Mother of the Wind”. With these past winter storms you can imagine why it has that name.   In December 2018 through February 2019, massive windstorms ripped through Howe Sound,...