Over the past few weeks, the City of Coquitlam’s Sustainability and Environmental Advisory Committee (SEAC) as well as the City of Port Coquitlam’s Healthy Community Committee (HCC) received the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable to hear about recent activities and ongoing research and preparation of a Business Plan to secure sustainable funding for the Roundtable’s collaborative […]

The All Candidate’s Meeting focusing on WATER on the evening of Wednesday, April 12, at Douglas College, was a great success! Over 80 concerned citizens were in attendance. All candidates from all parties were invited and there was full representation from the BC NDP and BC Greens. The BC Liberals sent their regrets. There was […]

Watershed Watch Salmon Society, in partnership with the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable, was a grant recipient for the 2017 Community Grants from the Port Coquitlam Community Foundation (PCCF). The $3000 awarded by the PCCF will support an experiential education campaign on invasive plant species. Stay tuned — more to come on these activities throughout the […]

Click below link to access the agenda for the Community Roundtable meeting on Saturday, June 10, from 9:00 am – 2:30 pm at the Workroom, at the Outlet in Leigh Square, Port Coquitlam.  2017-06 Community Roundtable Meeting Agenda.pdf

In this eNews: Links to materials from the June 2017 Community Roundtable Meeting: A great gathering in the Coquitlam River watershed Funding News CRWR comments on Northwest Burke Vision Phase 3 Report Highlights from the CRWR’s participation in the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program’s “Coquitlam River Watershed Action Plan Update” workshop Upcoming community events For […]

Thanks to The Tri-City News for this great article featuring the upcoming Community Roundtable meeting. This is your opportunity to participate in discussions about local watershed initiatives alongside local, regional, provincial, and federal governments, First Nations, businesses, environmental stewards, developers, members of the public, and more. Plus we have stellar guest speakers from the following groups joining […]

This morning, Roundtable Core Committee members Trish Hall, Blaire Chisholm, and Coordinator Melissa Dick provided an update to the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbiadescribing the Roundtable’s activities over the past 6 months and what is coming next. The Roundtable is fortunate to be supported by such an engaging and passionate foundation in its multi-year project […]

Two of the Roundtable’s Core Committee members are retiring in the coming months: Maurice Coulter-Boisvert from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Steve Brown from the City of Port Coquitlam. Today, the Core Committee thanked them for the time and expertise they gave to the Roundtable, to the community, and to the watershed. We wish them […]

An invitation was just circulated to our e-News subscribers, inviting them to participate in a Roundtable discussion about sustainable watershed management in the Coquitlam River watershed and in watersheds across the province, alongside local and regional politicians, First Nations, water users, environmental stewards, real estate developers, and members of the public. In case you are […]

“The Kwikwetlem First Nation is on a mission: trying to resurrect a B.C. Sockeye salmon run that’s been dead for more than a century.” The first of approximately 5,000 sockeye salmon smolts were released on Thursday, April 20, as a first step to restoring the Coquitlam River sockeye salmon population. This is likely the largest […]