Due to COVID-19, our 2020 Spring Tour was held in a virtual format.
Click the links below to access PDFs of the presentations. A recording of the webinar will be made available as soon as it’s ready.
Click HERE for detailed background information on each of the presentations.
KCP Virtual Spring Tour 2020 recording
PDFs of 2020 Virtual Spring Tour presentations
Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund Projects
- Luxor Linkage Resilience and Forest Restoration Project: Restoring Rocky Mountain Douglas‐fir forest to dry open forest to provide important habitat and serve as a linkage corridor ~ With Kate Mackenzie (Nature Conservancy of Canada)
- Columbia Lake Ecosystem Monitoring & Education: Increasing knowledge and monitoring trends to sustain healthy water and habitats in Columbia Lake ~ With Nancy Wilson (Columbia Lake Stewardship)
Kootenay Lake Local Conservation Fund Projects
- North Kootenay Lake Water Monitoring Program: Collecting scale-appropriate climate data to inform land-use, conserve and restore ecosystems, support sustainable community development, and prepare for increased hazards ~ With Greg Utzig (Kootenay Centre for Forestry Alternatives)
- Beavers along the Lardeau and Duncan River floodplains: Conducting population survey and habitat assessment to inform beaver restoration ~ With Brenda Herbison (BC Conservation Foundation)
- Knotweed removal on private lands: Eradicating invasive knotweed from Areas A, D, and E of the RDCK ~ With Erin Bates (Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society)
