Esquimalt Gorge Park
Resilient Coasts for Salmon Project:
Green Shores for Shoreline Development Demonstration Site
As part of the Resilient Coasts for Salmon (RC4S) project, Stewardship Centre for BC and Pacific Salmon Foundation are partnering with Capital Regional District (CRD), including Esquimalt Parks and Recreation, the Gorge Waterway Initiative, World Fisheries Trust, Gorge Waterway Action Society and the Songhees Nation and Esquimalt Nation to develop a Green Shores demonstration site along a section of the Esquimalt Gorge Park shoreline.
The Esquimalt Gorge Park demonstration site is located in a residential neighbourhood of Esquimalt, on the southeastern Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is within the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) People, known today as the Songhees Nation and Esquimalt Nation.
DG Blair, Executive Director of the Stewardship Centre for BC, led a discussion about restoration options. Photo by Kelly Loch, Green Shores Projects Coordinator.
Using a Green Shores® nature-based approach, restoration of this shoreline will help to reclaim the ecological and cultural values of the site, including the restoration of vital nutrient and sedimentary processes that support all salmon species found in this area. Considered options for restoration include re-grading, shoreline stabilization, and planting with native riparian and upland species to provide habitat for fish, amphibians, insects and birds.
The project is undertaken with the financial support from the Environment and Climate Change Canada, Climate Action & Awareness Fund.
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Learn more
Visit the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Resilient Coasts for Salmon project website to learn more and find opportunities to get involved. Learn more about Green Shores on the Stewardship Centre for BC’s pages.
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