Library

Here you will find a collection of documents, educational information, presentations, maps and reports that are relevant to the work we do or have done.

2020- Seeing Cowichan Forests Beyond Trees- Exploring options for protecting private forested land in the Cowichan Region

1987- Standing Crop and Habitat Characteristics of Juvenile Salmonids at Sites in the Cowichan River System

2018- Cowichan Valley Water Quality Sampling Summer

1949- Game of Fish Populations of the Cowichan River

Educational Resources

2019- Stewards of the Somenos Marsh: Arbutus Magazine

2019- Somenos saga: how a threatened mini-wilderness survived and thrived

1998- Cowichan Valley Winter Tourism Initiative Proposal

Building Homes for Bats

Invasive Species Rack Card

 Clean Water Action Project Brochure

GreenStreams Strategy Brochure

Water Quality and Riparian Areas

Somenos Marsh Conservation Area Visitors Guide 

Community GreenWays

Somenos Lake Watershed Monitoring

Native Bird Profiles

Native Plant Profiles

Invasive Species Profiles

Contaminant Profiles

Wild Fins Salmon and Trout in the Somenos Watershed

Beverly Wetland Restoration - Ecosystem Services In Action

Beverly Wetland Restoration - Species

Somenos Creek Habitat Restoration

Somenos Creek Habitat Restoration Salmon Species

2010- Waterfowl Stewardship Action Plan

2019- Bings Creek Discharge Event

2019- Best Management Practices for Parrot’s Feather in the Metro Vancouver Region

2022- Somenos Watershed Map

2020- Somenos Watershed Including Quamichan Map

2020- Somenos Watershed All Streams Map

2020- Somenos Watershed Forest Cover Map

2020- GreenStreams Strategy Map

2020- Clean Water Action Project Residents Map

2020- GreenStreams Project: Bings and Menzies Creek

2018- Somenos Watershed Map

1980- Somenos Lake Bathymetry

1977- Somenos Lake Bathymetry

1972- Somenos Lake Bathymetry

1860- Map of Cowichan Valley and Chemainus

2018- Investigation of Anomalous Hydrology in Somenos Creek and an Assessment of Effects from Beaver Dams Near the Confluence with the Cowichan River

2017- Economic Impacts of Pacific Salmon Fisheries

2015- Somenos Basin Salmonid Summer Habitat Assessment

2015- Somenos Marsh Wetland and Stream Restoration Design

2015- VIU Richards Creek Water Quality and Invertebrate Assessment Report

2009- Final Report for Richards Creek Habitat Study

2009- Richards Creek Flow Augmentation Survey

2008- Crofton Lake and Richards Creek Habitat Study

2005- Richards Creek Flood Assessment

2005- Water Quality Monitoring in the Somenos Basin 2003-2005

2002- Fish Production Plan for The Cowichan Valley Regional District

1999- The Somenos- Quamichan Watershed Atlas and Fish Production Plan

1983- Richards and Somenos Creek Dredging

1980- Somenos Lake Fish Survey

1973- Emigration of the Peamouth Chub Across a Dilute Seawater Bridge, Zoogeographic Study

1972- Somenos Lake Fish Survey

1954- Somenos Lake Fish Survey

2017- Riparian Vegetation Survey of Somenos Creek

2016- Somenos Management Plan 2001-2026

2003- Somenos Garry Oak Ecosystem Mapping and Management Plan

2001- Somenos Management Plan

2001- Somenos Marsh Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) Site Summary

2022- Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society Spring & Summer 2022 Newsletter

2022- Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society January 2022 Newsletter

2020- The Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society Year end E-newsletter -The Quill

Society Bylaws - Updated April 2018

Strategic Plan 2017-2022

SMWS Reports

2022- SMWS Annual Report

2017- Beverly Street Wetland Restoration

2012- Restoring Wetlands in the Somenos Basin

2015- Beverly Wetland Restoration Design

2013- Somenos Basin Stormwater Management

2012- Restoring Wetlands in the Somenos Basin

2021- Yearly Parrot’s Feather Report

2021- Parrot’s Feather Pond Liner Experiment Report

2021- Parrot’s Feather Mat Assessment

2021- August 2021 Parrot’s Feather Report

2021- July 2021 Parrot’s Feather Report

2021- June 2021 Parrot’s Feather Report

2019- Somenos Basin Parrots Feather Monitoring and Management Plan

2019- Management Options, Monitoring Programs, and Research Designs for Controlling Parrots Feather in Somenos Creek

2018- Parrot’s Feather in Somenos Creek

2016- Parrot's Feather Somenos Creek Aerial Drone Survey Video

2020- Salmon Emergency in the Somenos Watershed

2018- Fish in the Somenos Basin

2016- Somenos Basin Coho Salmon Summer Habitat Assessment

2016- Coho in Somenos

2015- Somenos Marsh Coho Salmon Summer Habitat Assessment

2020- Bings Creek Watershed Habitat Assessment and Restoration Plan

2021- Averill Watershed Assessment

2021- Richards Watershed Assessment

2022 - Bings/Menzies Creek: A Natural Commons in the Cowichan Valley Regional District. Using the Ecological Accounting Process to Establish a ‘Financial Case for the Stream’

2021- Yearly Water Quality Report

2020- Somenos Watershed Water Quality Report 2020

2018- Observations on the Effect of Beaver Dams on Water Quality in Somenos Creek and Somenos Lake

2018- Investigation of Anomalous Hydrology in Somenos Creek and an Assessment of Effects from Beaver Dams Near the Confluence with the Cowichan River

2003- The Economic, Social and Environmental Value of Wetlands

2006- Vascular Plants as Engineers of Oxygen in Aquatic Systems

2016- Multi-trophic Impacts of an Invasive Aquatic Plant