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BREAKING NEWS! Province announces full funding for capping the Mt Washington Mine!
 
See the full story in our local papers

 

 
 

Bank Stabilization Project - Funding Received for Design Phase

The Pacifc Salmon Foundation and TimberWest Forest Corp. have provided funding to design two major bank stabilization structures.

David Gooding of Gooding Hydrology is one of the most experienced hydrologists in the province in Rock Groyne technology. The funding we have received allows us to work with Gooding to design these structures over the winter by observing high water events, taking appropriate measurements and drawing up finished, engineered drawings upon which we can move forward in these two locations.

Fundraising for the implementation of these projects is underway and  the TRRS will be completing these major instream structures August/ September 2009

Posted by: Jack Minard on Friday January 2, 2009 at 8:57 am

Ongoing Projects - Eyed Eggs in and Daily Teams Trained!

After carefully picking dead eggs 20 volunteers helped transport the eggs to our facility on Headquarters Creek.

 

There are now 1,000,000 eggs hatching in our little facility and the eggs are being eggsat by a crew of 12 Volunteers and four backup people.

 

The eggs will hatch shortly with the alevins slowly becoming fry by late March when we release them into the Tsolum river to take their chances at life. They will encounter coho, trout, mink, otter, ducks of all kinds, garter snakes and seals on their way to the estuaery. From there they encounter other predators, pass through the Broughton Arcipelago and out into a changing ocean...

We are always hopeful thousands will find their way home but we have not seen good returns since 2001.

Posted by: Jack Minard on Tuesday December 9, 2008 at 9:58 am

Breaking News - Mt. Washington Project to get underway this year!

The supervising contractor has been selected! Work at the site will be limited this year but preparations are underway to get the gravel "borrow" quarries ready and improve the road so the larger trucks can negotiate the route from the borrow pits to the site.
 
This will allow as early a start next year as possible with an action plan,  roads and gravels all ready to go! 
 
Say tuned for more...

Posted by: Jack Minard on Thursday July 3, 2008 at 11:16 am

Breaking News - Detailed Design for Complete Reclamation of the Mt. Washington Mine Now Available!

Since the Battle Cry "COVER THE MINE IN '99" became lost in legal limbo there has been an ongoing and effective partnership moving reclamation forward. The battle cry is now "COVER THE MINE IN 2009!".  A decade later this is becoming a reality. Work will commence by the end of July 2008 with a full cover completed by 2010! 
Click here to Download Report (pdf, 42 MB)

Added Jan 23, 2008:
Comox Valley Media Release (Word Doc, 33 kb):
MediaMineDesignFinal.doc

Executive Summary (pdf, 1.29 MB):
Executive Summary_20080117_Booklet Style_HA_Rev04.pdf

For more information please contact us...

Posted by: Donna Derrien on Thursday January 3, 2008 at 3:24 pm

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