Several conservation groups in the Comox Valley are being supported by the Pacific Salmon Foundation, which is awarding $1.2 million to 117 grassroots salmon projects around B.C.
The groups include:
•Oyster River Enhancement Society in Black Creek: $4,900 for new equipment;
•Project Watershed Society, Courtenay: $1,500 for volunteer training and equipment to identify forage fish spawning beaches in the Northern Salish Sea;
•Project Watershed: $6,382 for riparian habitat restoration and reed canary grass removal in Mallard Creek;
•Millard-Piercy Watershed Stewards in Courtenay: $12,636 for Piercy Basin habitat assessment;
•Fanny Bay Salmonid Enhancement Society: $1,500 for River Never Sleeps Festival;
•Conservancy Hornby Island: $7,955 for Beulah Creek Salmon access improvement;
•Tsolum River Restoration Society in Merville: $19,000 for Comox Valley Regional Flow Monitoring Project;