Guide for Recreation Leaders
Recreation Leaders play an important leadership role as a user group in the Comox Lake watershed. This Connected by Water resource is designed to support you in teaching your participants the importance of preserving our watersheds and conserving water. It includes information about the watershed, interactive activities to facilitate with your program participants, and a robust list of local resources to support you in investigating our local watershed environment further.
Additional Resources
Connecting Students With Their Watershed Manual is a workbook for community leaders to inspire volunteers and develop local watershed stewardship project plans. Each module guides the user to create a personal project. The manual includes self-evaluation tools, checklists, examples, teaching tools, background information, and lots of great illustrations and ideas.
Connecting Students With Their Watershed
For more information on engaging students on watershed protection education, see our curriculum-linked resources for educators.
Local Watershed Education Opportunities
- Morrison Creek Streamkeepers: Offers walking tours
- Project Watershed: Excellent resources for Grades K - 7 with links to lesson plans, field trip options, information sheets and colouring pages
- Cumberland Community Forest Society: Offers a K-9 educators resource, organizes bio blitzes throughout the year, offers walking tours and workshops
- Cumberland Lake Park Society: Inclusive outdoor experiences, educational programs, and community-building initiatives that enhance both the local environment and the well-being of residents and visitors
- Strathcona Wilderness Institute: Inspiring awareness, appreciation and stewardship of the natural world through education and participation
- MARS - Wildlife Rescue Centre: School tours and guest speakers available
- Comox Valley Nature (Naturalists Society): Kid-friendly outdoor learning opportunities
- Comox Valley Conservation Partnership: Connect with watershed and stewardship groups across the Comox Valley