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This colouring book was designed for the Comox Valley Waterfowl Management Project (CVWMP), a
cooperative farm and wildlife extension program operating in the Comox Valley (near the City of Courtenay) on
the east coast of Vancouver Island. This project aims to maintain wintering waterfowl populations in harmony
with successful farming in the valley.
Over 2000 Trumpeter Swans now winter in the valley. The Trumpeter Swan, North Americaís largest waterfowl,
was once considered an endangered species, but its world populations are recovering. The Pacific Coast
population consists of birds which nest in extensive wetland complexes in Alaska, and migrate southwards in the
fall to coastal wintering grounds such as the Comox Valley and Fraser delta. During the winter months, they feed
on marsh vegetation in coastal wetlands and on remnant crops and grasses from pastures and other farm fields
in the valley. Concentrated waterfowl feeding and grass consumption sometimes causes economic losses to farms
such as dairy operations relying upon grass for their livestock.
Since 1991, the CVWMP has helped finance the planting of green, growing grass cover or ìcover cropsî which
are grains seeded in the fall on cultivated fields after commercial cash crops such as potatoes have been
harvested. These cover crops provide good alternative winter feeding areas for the birds, help lure them away
from dairy farms and other crops susceptible to damage, help reduce soil erosion and provide extra organic
content to the soil. The CVWMP also helps to promote stewardship programs and other farm management
procedures which benefit both landowners and many coastal wildlife species.
Environment Canada provides the majority of project funding and Ducks Unlimited Canada administers the
project. The participation of local farmers, the Comox Valley Farmerís Institute and other agriculture-based
organizations has been critical to the project since its beginnings. For more information on the CVWMP, contact
Ducks Unlimited Canada at 604-592-0987.
About the electronic version of this document
August, 2001.
The conversion of this book to an electronic (.pdf) file form is part of an ongoing multi-agency effort to make popular
educational resource materials about the Georgia Basin (the Strait of Georgia and its surrounding coastal lowland areas)
more universally accessible through the internet. This document has been converted by Environment Canada and Ducks
Unlimited Canada, with funding from the British Columbia Waterfowl Society, the Vancouver Foundation and the
Habitat Conservation Trust Fund of BC.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
WATERFOWL SOCIETY
For more information about this document, please contact Ducks Unlimited Canada at 604-592-0987.
“Farms, Feathers and Fins” produced for the Comox Valley Waterfowl Management Project, © 1994 by Ducks Unlimited Canada. 604-592-0987

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