CWG Activities & Community Projects
The Como Watershed Group is actively involved in the community and provides opportunities for secondary and post secondary students in the field of restoration ecology and environmental studies. The group undertakes annual activities intended to provide long-term monitoring on environmental health in the Como Creek watershed. These range from fish and wildlife inventory and assessments (including fisheries productivity and distribution studies) to biodiversity inventories to assess species use on restoration sites. Water quality monitoring is also a key activity given the ongoing impacts and threats due to urban non-point source pollution and stormwater issues. Opportunities exist for monitoring of water quality parameters such as metals, organics and standard studies as well as instream aquatic invertebrate studies.
The Como Watershed Group is also actively involved in the planning and implementation of *habitat restoration, including design and installation of instream enhancement projects and riparian and upland forest ecosystem restoration. Projects of this nature are supported through the society's native plant nursery at Colony Farm Regional Park and partnership projects with the City of Coquitlam Operations and Parks departments. Another facet of work the society is involved in is advocacy for better land use and development practices (i.e. principles of BC's Naturescaping Program, "Smart Growth", and environmentally friendly community design applications). Participation in local community events such as Salmon Come Home, annual Environment Fair and others is essential to education and outreach. Through providing an ongoing credible voice in local community and regional programs and initiatives, the society hopes to provide a vehicle for attitudinal change towards environmental conservation.
*The CWG like all proponents acquires senior environmental agency, municipal and private landowner approval before undertaking projects of this nature.
The Como Watershed Group is also actively involved in the planning and implementation of *habitat restoration, including design and installation of instream enhancement projects and riparian and upland forest ecosystem restoration. Projects of this nature are supported through the society's native plant nursery at Colony Farm Regional Park and partnership projects with the City of Coquitlam Operations and Parks departments. Another facet of work the society is involved in is advocacy for better land use and development practices (i.e. principles of BC's Naturescaping Program, "Smart Growth", and environmentally friendly community design applications). Participation in local community events such as Salmon Come Home, annual Environment Fair and others is essential to education and outreach. Through providing an ongoing credible voice in local community and regional programs and initiatives, the society hopes to provide a vehicle for attitudinal change towards environmental conservation.
*The CWG like all proponents acquires senior environmental agency, municipal and private landowner approval before undertaking projects of this nature.