the cowichan land trust steward - fall 2009

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Fall 2009

After conducting several community mappingwor s ops n t e spr ng an count ess e t ngsessions over the summer with many supporters,the Cowichan Land Trust is ready to launch theCowichan Valley Community Green Map.

The Cowichan Land Trust will join othercommunity partners in the Cowichan Sustainable

arvest est va at rov ence arm on un ay,September 27th to celebrate the launch of the

ow c an a ey ommun ty reen ap. e are

excited to give the map back to the community,an s are t e va ues an concerns you to us.

The theme of the green map is that we are allconnected to this land, the people and the food.The message of the green map is that when wevalue the land, we will take care of it and it will takecare of us.

By telling the stories of local people and the manygroups an n v ua s t at care or t e a ey,we hope to open new doors of partnership for

conservation and stewardship.

Where does the Cowichan Valley Green Map gorom ere

e want o e p e etter stewar s o

land and natural places that are important to you. e want o e p eve op effective commun ty

partnerships that lead to better care of the land. e w cont nue commun ty mapp ng y

eveloping web-based mapping tools andresources for the community.

In the Green Map Project

e co ecte ataata becomes colourful map

n ormat onInformation pondered becomesnow e gehis knowledge upon reection,

can ea to w s om

ut u t mate y we opeIt leads to Action.

s t t e an rust reen app ng we s te or moreinformation: maps.cowichanlandtrust.ca

Attention Members!Annual General Meeting is coming up onSeptember 30th from 6:30pm-8:30pm at

Providence Farm in theSt. Annes Garden Room

Come celebrate a great year with the CLTand sample local food and refreshments.


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The next step is data

acquisition and building updigital information aboutt e natura env ronmentfor the Cowichan Valleyarea. s t s n ormat onis gathered, GIS will allowthe CLT to track patternsand trends in our land base and conduct criticalbaseline inventorying and monitoring of naturalhabitats and features. The Cowichan LandTrust envisions GIS as a tool to help bring theLand Trust into the digital age with interactive

web maps and publicly available data that canempower peop e w t t e r conservat on pro ects.The Land Trust will also be able to use GIS toe p create attract ve an accurate maps t at

help to raise greater public awareness of theimportance of protecting natural spaces.

Stop in at the Land Trust the next time you are intown and let us show you how we are using GISto help support local environmental stewardship,

conservation and restoration of natural habitats.

The Steward Fall 2009

Can migratory waterfowlco-exist with farming? GIS - Bringing the

Land Trust intothe Digital Age

S? What isat? Good question.ographic Informationstems (GIS) isp y a way to r ngcation of things thatthe world into a digital

environment and then use this information to

answer questions. The Cowichan Land Trustas recent y acqu re t e capa t es to r ng

GIS into our projects. We applied to ESRI fora conservat on grant an were approve or anArcView and an ArcEditor license. Fantastic!!We also have two new staff members withAdvanced Diplomas in GIS from Vancouvers an n vers ty, w o are een to use t e r

newly acquired skills.


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low price $20!

Cowichan Land Trust T-Shirts are coming soon!

el r s Restoratio

app ng ot transp ant s tes as we as eeelgrass beds will allow the Cowichan Lan

to establish some base line data for eelgwithin our community. Once this base lirecorded, continued monitoring of these

will enable us to use GIS to show how eelsites have increased or decreased over th

per o .

ss restorat on econtinued this summe

transplanted at the end

our wonderful volunteeree grass s oots, pr

focusing on public educationeelgrass beds along the


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Four gigantic sections of the ol

Bridge were towed into Cowicbeside WestCan Terminal in eof this huge structure, towerinvillage, was a surprise to almo

e owner o t e r ge sect othe road and superstructure ct em up, w t t e concrete toand the steel to be recycled. Tsold for use as breakwaters an


Hood Canal SalvageThe Bridge to Nowhere

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