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Cowichan Region

Beyond the Guidebook 2015: Communicating the ‘New Normal’ in the Cowichan Region


“The summer dry season has extended on both ends and we can no longer count on a predictable snowpack and reliable rain to keep our watersheds healthy,” stated Jon Lefebure, CVRD Board Chair and Mayor, District of North Cowichan. “Our region and each of us individually needs to adopt new ‘water smart’ management practices. NewNormalCowichan.ca’s main message is that we all have a part to play in establishing a culture of water conservation.”

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Beyond the Guidebook 2015: Cowichan Region's Kate Miller elaborates on "Our Regional Team Approach – why it is different but perfect for us"


“We truly have a rich basis in which to begin the process of stepping back, learning and reflecting on our next steps,” wrote Kate Miller. “As we look out into the future in a changing environment – our new normal – this richness and the depth of community participation can only help our region’s future resiliency…..at the end of the day we need to have everybody at the table.”

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Flood AND Drought: “New Normal Cowichan is a regional adaptation initiative. It illustrates what putting ‘water balance thinking’ into action looks like,” stated CVRD's Keith Lawrence at the 2015 Feast AND Famine Workshop


“Communication had been happening in the region for many years, but this year was a more deliberate attempt to make that communication happen in a coordinated way. We worked with the various local governments to gather information about the impacts. And we also looked at what can we do collectively to solve the issues,” stated Keith Lawrence. “In 20015 we had a coordinated approach to communicating what is happening in our region.”

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Inter-Regional Collaboration & Watershed Health in the Georgia Basin: Cowichan Valley Regional District strives to bridge gap between awareness of what needs to be done vs ensuring action will happen


“The IREI program supports the CVRD’s ‘Phase II Regional Asset Management Project: Built and Natural Systems’. This is an important capacity building project to support the development of an asset management program for regionally funded CVRD assets. This includes examination of integrating natural systems into our asset management planning,” wrote Jacob Ellis, Deputy CAO, in 2015.

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