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At the 2024 Land Awards Gala, the Real Estate Foundation of BC (REFBC) presented awards to people and projects demonstrating exceptional leadership in sustainable, equitable, and socially just land use.

Fresh Water

WINNER:

Comox Valley Project Watershed Society
Kus-kus-sum: Unpave Paradise

Kus-kus-sum is a former sawmill site in the K’ómoks Estuary that’s become a leading example of collaboration and reconciliation. In partnership with the K’ómoks First Nation and City of Courtenay, Project Watershed has ripped out steel and concrete to restore a tidal marsh. Once restoration is complete, the property will be returned to the K’ómoks First Nation and protected by a conservation covenant. The First Nation gave the name Kus-kus-sum (meaning “slippery” in Ayajuthem) to the site in remembrance of an ancient village.

FINALISTS:

Kingfisher Interpretive Centre Society
Conservation Through Education

Living Lakes Canada
Columbia Basin Water Monitoring Framework

Nature Trust of BC
Enhancing Estuary Resilience: An Innovative Approach to Sustaining Fish and Fish Habitat in a Changing Climate

Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Connected Waters: Working Together for a Resilient Floodplain

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