North Cowichan and the Quw’utsun Nation announced that they will be partnering to co-manage the Municipal Forest Reserve.
Cowichan Tribes Chief Cindy Daniels says that they are looking forward to taking up “stewardship responsibilities within their ancestral territory.”
The collaboration will see the Nation and municipality work to create a co-management framework. The Municipality also committed to investigating future trail development and protection of culturally sensitive areas.
Mayor Rob Douglas says these first steps are pivotal “in our shared journey towards environmental stewardship and reconciliation.”
North Cowichan has paused all new decisions related to the MFR while the framework is established.
