The Strathcona Regional District is entering the second phase of an innovative project that will reduce flooding in the Kw’as Bay Road area on Cortes Island and ensure that both beavers and humans can continue to coexist.

For many years, people living near Kw’as Bay Road have been experiencing floods caused by beaver dams and blocked culverts. This has presented risks to the community, impacting access for emergency services and recreational activities in the park, as a blocked culvert causes floods and damage to nearby roadways.

The beaver cohabitation and flood mitigation project involves manually installing, by hand, to not disturb the beaver dams, three pond levellers and a culvert protection fence to mitigate flooding, reduce risks and restore wetlands. These coexistence techniques

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