Watershed Watch Salmon Society, a Coquitlam-based salmon conservation charity, is seeking feedback on ecosystem services and well-being in the Coquitlam watershed to promote watershed planning and resilience-based ecosystem stewardship. “Watershed Watch, working with the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable, has selected the Coquitlam River watershed as a case study in promoting ecosystem stewardship,” said Craig Orr, […]

In the Coquitlam River Watershed, a new kind of watershed plan has been developed. Read all about it, and the partnerships that made it possible, in the November 2015 edition of Municipal World Magazine! Municipal World is read by municipal staff and elected officials across Canada. Founded in 1891, it is the most influential publication […]

The issue of human well-being or “happiness” receives considerable attention in annual UN reports ranking countries by happiness. Though well-being, or quality of life, is strongly influenced by health and economics, it is also tightly linked to other key factors. Read more about this, and how it relates to the Coquitlam River watershed, in an […]

Vancity’s Shaughnessy Station community branch is thrilled to present an amazing event on Saturday, June 13 with the support of our local partners and businesses. Bring your confidential documents for secure shredding and recycling by Urban Impact Recycling. This service is by donation to benefit our community partner, Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable. And the first 50 […]

It is with great excitement that we announce a very special milestone: The completion of Phase 2 “Action Planning” for the Lower Coquitlam River Watershed Plan! Attached is the first progress report on the plan. Thank you to the partners and funders who made this possible, and to the community for being fully involved and […]

Spring Backgrounder released at the Roundtable Meeting held May 31, 2014. What’s inside? Water Quality Monitoring Update; Advancing an Action Plan for the Watershed; Watershed Awareness Through Outreach, and more… Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable Backgrounder Spring 2014_0

Article from Tri City News, Friday, May 9, 2014  ABriefHistoryofValuableandEverChangingTrees

Article from Tri-City News, Friday May 9, 2014, By Diane Strandberg.  HowtoGetFishBackinRiverMay2014

Backgrounder Fall 2014 What’s inside? Advancing an Action Plan for the Watershed; Level 1 Fish Habitat Assessment; Ecosystem Services and Land Use Planning, and more…  Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable Backgrounder Fall 2014.pdf

During the summer and fall of 2012, the City of Coquitlam initiated a water quality monitoring program for the Coquitlam River to help build a current database of water quality data.  The monitoring approach was adapted from the draft “Stage l ” framework for water quality monitoring as developed by Metro Vancouver’s Stormwater Interagency Working Group (SILG). […]