Restoration of Wetlands and Wildlife Habitat
Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund supports water resources.
2021 KLLCF projects announced: Kootenay Lake fund helping support local landscape & wildlife
Native bees and other pollinators are being helped by the Kootenay Lake Local Conservation Fund, which is financially supporting the Wildflowers for […]
2021 CVLCF projects announced: Local fund supports water, wildlife and wetlands in the Columbia Valley
The Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project through Wildsight Golden is one of the first projects to receive multi-year funding through the […]
Shannon McGinty
Balancing recreation with conservation is the role of the Lake Windermere Ambassadors (LWA), the water stewardship group that has been monitoring the ecological health of the lake since its inception in 2010, and LWA Program Coordinator Shannon McGinty couldn’t be more perfectly qualified for this challenge.
2020 KLLCF Funded Projects announced
We are pleased to announce the following projects have been awarded funding in 2020 through the RDCK’s Kootenay Lake Local Conservation Fund:
Evaluating Bat Boxes as a […]
2020 CVLCF Funded Projects announced
We are pleased to announce the following projects have been awarded funding in 2020 through the RDEK’s Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund:
Reintroducing Northern Leopard Frogs to […]
Marc Trudeau
It’s been two years since Marc Trudeau took the helm of the Rocky Mountain Trench Natural Resources Society, replacing long-term coordinator Dan Murphy. A registered forest technician with a background in forestry and wildfire, Marc brings passion and knowledge to the role.
A Case for Conservation
Although private land covers a small portion of the Kootenay region’s total land base, keeping it ecologically intact plays a big part […]
Although private land covers a small portion of the Kootenay region’s total land base, keeping it ecologically intact plays a big part […]
Rixen Creek – 2020
The Nature Trust of BC: Located within the West Kootenay dry warm Interior Cedar Hemlock biogeoclimatic zone, the 32-hectare (80-acre) Rixen Creek property has a mix of habitat types including forest, meadow and riparian, which occur among varied elevations, slopes and aspects.
