This website collects and shares content related to urban forest canopy of Čaŋēɫč (lək̓ʷəŋən) or ĆEṈ¸IȽĆ (SENĆOŦEN) or p’hwulhp (HUL’Q’UMI’NUM’) also known as Garry oak (scientific name: Quercus garryana) and the associated ecosystem (Kwetlal or ḰȽO,EL).
Starting with data from the lək̓ʷəŋən territory, known today as the Kosapsom and Songhees Nations and we soon add data from the W̱ SÁNEĆ region encompassing the five local communities: BO,ḰE,ĆEN (Pauquachin), MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat), W̱ JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), W̱ ,SIKEM (Tseycum), and S,ȾAUTW̱ (Tsawout).