Tsolum River Partnership (TRP)

Building on the work of the Mt. Washington Partnership, which addressed the water quality issues during 44 years of toxic copper pollution, the TRP is focusing on watershed recovery - restoring fish habitat and stabilizing the river channel.


The Tsolum River Partnership is made up of the following agencies and organizations:
  • TRRS
  • K’omoks First Nation
  • Mosaic Forest Management/TimberWest
  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans 
  • BC Ministry of Environment
  • BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
  • BC Conservation Foundation
  • Comox Valley Farmers’ Institute 
  • City of Courtenay
  • Comox Valley Regional District


Mission Statement
To restore and maintain the ecological features of the Tsolum River watershed by acting to preserve the integrity and stability of the river and its biotic community which will provide the necessary conditions for a self-supporting fish population.

Focus
The Tsolum River Partnership supports watershed recovery planning and adaptive management principles. The focus is to identify information gaps, promote research opportunities and identify and prioritize key recovery activities and projects focusing on the following areas:
  • flows and hydrology
  • channel conditions and bedload  movement
  • fish habitat (including flood refuge and off-channel connectivity)
  • riparian features and stability
  • temperature (including thermal refuge areas)
  • water quality monitoring to compare with the current provincial Water Quality Objectives. for the Tsolum River