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Our land and waters provide us with food, beauty, wildlife, and a place to live.
It connects us to our ancestors, and is the basis upon which our community can grow and prosper
It will take time to restore balance. Through careful monitoring of the environment today, we can better identify sensitive habitats to protect as well as areas for sustainable use of natural resources.
Learn more about the SMPWe listen to the community and to people experienced about the environment about where to focus our energy. From their collective wisdom, we use modern tools to undertake major projects that protect ecosystems, encourage growth of traditional foods and restore degraded ecosystems. This helps us achieve our goals of sustainably living in the present so that future generations may also thrive. The map below shows past, present and future projects related to stewarding natural resources.
Create connectivity between the ocean and the wetland to allow anadromous salmon spawning.
May 2023 - March 2025
Penelakut Village
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Scientific study of Bonsall Creek to inform a nature based recovery strategy
Nov 2023 - Nov 2025
Bonsall Creek estuary and stream east of the highway
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To inform management of marine ecosystems
Ongoing
Lamalchi Bay, Shorelines of Penelakut, Thetis and Galiano Islands, Subtidal areas between islands
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