Melissa Flint
With her background in conservation biology combined with passion for permaculture and food security, Melissa Flint is well-qualified to be the Wildsight Creston Valley Branch Project Director-Coordinator.
Call for 2023 Kootenay Lake Local Conservation Fund projects now open
In 2021, the Kootenay Lake Local Conservation Fund contributed to the Cottonwood Lake Preservation Society fundraising campaign to acquire the land on […]
Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund accepting 2023 proposals
A local project to reduce the risk of M.ovi, a disease that domestic sheep can carry and infect local bighorn sheep, was […]
Kootenay Conservation Program applauds RDCK’s Local Conservation Fund effort
Residents of the Slocan Valley will have the opportunity to decide if they want a Local Conservation Fund during a referendum on […]
Krista Watts
Krista Watts’ scope of work is as expansive as the geographical area within which she works. As the Environment Lead for Columbia Basin Trust, her role is to support the Trust’s ecosystem enhancement strategic priority.
Brenda R. Beckwith
A senior scientist and the ethnoecology lead for the West Kootenay-based Kootenay Native Plant Society (KNPS), Brenda has a PhD in Ethnoecology from the University of Victoria (UVic) focused on camas landscapes, which led to a greater understanding of this previously under-researched culturally significant plant. She also holds a MSc in Ethnobotany and a BA in Plant Ecology from California State University in her hometown of Sacramento.
2022 Spring Tours
In June 2022, KCP hosted an East Kootenay Stewardship Committee meeting in Cranbrook, and a West Kootenay Stewardship Committee in Nelson.
Technical Project Planning Workshop
To bolster the success of funding applications and projects, the Columbia Basin Trust in partnership with the Kootenay Conservation Program offered the Technical Project Planning Workshop.
Effectiveness Monitoring for Ecosystem Restoration Projects
At this workshop participants will learn how to develop effective monitoring programs for evaluating their ecosystem restoration projects.
Building Climate Resiliency into your Terrestrial Restoration Project
This workshop focuses on case studies that integrate climate change adaptation and resilience into their on-the-ground terrestrial restoration projects.
