The Comox Valley Conservation Partnership are hosting their third annual Family Watershed Day on Sept. 22. The event will take place at the K'贸moks Estuary Lookout by the Courtenay Airpark go help celebrate River鈥檚 Day. 

鈥淎fter the success of the first two years we knew we wanted to continue putting on this free family friendly event. This year with 11 conservation groups and a Kids鈥� Zone, it will be even bigger and better,鈥� commented Helmut Novak from the Millard-Piercy Watershed Stewards.

There will be tents with information, activities and games set up next to the Courtenay Riverway Walk from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. The event aims to share information about local watersheds and show the work various groups are doing to steward them.

鈥淭his a great opportunity to find out what is going on in your backyard and who is doing it,鈥� said Pam Lengyel from the Beaufort Watershed Stewards.

Various local watershed groups will be participating such as Beaufort Watershed Stewards, Comox Valley Nature, Comox Valley Project Watershed Society, Cumberland Community Forest Society, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Millard-Piercy Watershed Stewards, Morrison Creek Streamkeepers, Pacific Salmon Foundation, Save Our Forests Team and Tsolum River Restoration Society. Each group will have a tent of their own to inform the public on the work they do. 

鈥淲e are not just presenting information; we are also letting people know how they can help 鈥� from volunteering to planting specific things in your garden, there are many actions one can take to keep our watersheds, and the 鈥榗reatures鈥� that use them, healthy,鈥� said Caila Holbrook from the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society.

Some of the displays will be interactive with information on watershed health, estuary habitat and restoration, drought management and salmonid lifecycles. The benefits of native ecosystems, information on invasive flora and fauna, contaminants in watersheds and the importance of forests. Short informative walks will be lead by Comox Valley nature and Project Watershed along the Courtenay River Estuary. 

The event also features a Kids鈥� Zone with plenty of activities for children including games, crafts and a face painter. 

鈥淓ach booth will have a stamp and participants who collect stamps from all the booths will be put in a draw to win one of three prizes. You can come have fun, learn something and maybe even win something,鈥� stated Kathryn Clouston from the Morrison Creek Streamkeepers.