KCP Partners
The Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) is a broad partnership of over 80 organizations from across the Kootenays. Our partners include the following conservation organizations, resource industries, educational institutions, First Nations, and government agencies (all of which are profiled in our KCP Partner Profiles book — click on the image below for the online PDF):
Blue Lake Forest Education Society
British Columbia Wildlife Federation
Canadian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Commission
Canadian Intermountain Joint Venture
Canal Flats Wilderness Club
Castlegar & District Wildlife Association
Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society
Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network
Columbia Lake Stewardship Society
Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society
Columbia Valley Greenways Trail Alliance
Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners
Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area
East Kootenay Invasive Species Council
East Kootenay Wildlife Association
Eastshore Freshwater Habitat Society
EcoMosaic Consulting
Environment and Climate Change Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program – Columbia Region
Friends of Kootenay National Park
Friends of the Lardeau River
Grasslands Conservation Council of BC
Grizzly Bear Coexistence Solutions
Jakob Dulisse Consulting
Kootenay Community Bat Project
Kootenay Livestock Association
Kutenai Nature Investigations Ltd.
Lake Windermere Rod & Gun Club
Ministry of Environment (Parks)
Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Nelson District Rod, Gun and Conservation Club
Pandion Ecological Research Ltd.
Phase II Ventures Ltd.
Regional District of Central Kootenay
Regional District of East Kootenay
Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program
Rocky Mountain Trench Natural Resources Society
Round Stone Consulting
Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers Society
Shaw Ecological Research
Silverwing Ecological Consulting
Slocan Lake Stewardship Society
Slocan River Streamkeepers Society
Slocan Wetlands Assessment and Monitoring Program (SWAMP)
Trans Border Grizzly Bear Project
Upstream Environmental Consulting
Veridian Ecological Consulting
Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada
Wildlife Habitats for Tomorrow
Windermere District Farmers Institute
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
If you are a leader in a community-based organization with an interest in the natural resources of the Kootenay, you can contact contact manager@kootenayconservation.ca for more information on becoming a KCP Partner.
You can access KCP’s Governance and Participation Charter here, which outlines the role and function of KCP and our Partners.
“The KCP has been very effective in bringing diverse partners together around the vision of having landscapes that sustain naturally functioning ecosystems.” -Gregory Utzig, Kutenai Nature Investigations Ltd.
“The KCP has helped make sure everyone works together. KCP is a win-win for everyone. It keeps us all talking and coordinated.” – Hillary Page, Nature Conservancy of Canada
“The greatest value of KCP is its ability to pull people from a variety of sectors together and proactively address conservation challenges in the Kootenays”. -Marc-Andre Beaucher, Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area
“The Kootenay Conservation Program brings the strength and assets of a network of partners to the Canadian Columbia Basin. It is only through efforts such as these, working together across sectors and toward coordinated goals, that we can realize long-term healthy environments and healthy communities” – Ryan van der Marel, Kootenay Lake Partnership
“Since its formation the KCP partnership has been successful at securing land, and the Local Conservation Fund that it has established has helped us develop a program that shows promise for landowners in the region and beyond.” -Dave Zehnder, Windermere District Farmers’ Institute
