Impact Report: Kootenay Connect Priority Places, 2019 – 2026
This report shares the impact of Kootenay Connect Priority Places. It celebrates the remarkable work of local champions and partners—working together for the place we all call home, now and for the future. Nearly ten years ago, new research envisioned a landscape-level framework for conservation work in the region. Rather than focusing on a single species or ecosystem, a dozen ecological corridors were mapped across the Kootenays.
KCP Annual Report 2025/26
KCP’s Annual Report 2025/26 is ready!
From delivering year seven of “Kootenay Connect Priority Places” projects in seven priority areas in the Kootenays, to co-hosting a […]
Kootenay Connect: repenser les corridors fauniques dans un écosystème en mutation
The Kootenay Connect initiative and KCP’s Kootenay Connect Priority Places (KCPP) were the topic of an article written in the French-language news magazine "La Source"! A friendly challenge between Kootenay biologists Marcy Mahr and Michael Proctor developed into the Kootenay Connect initiative, a conservation framework for a regional network designed to help species move and adapt as ecosystems shift with a changing climate. The vision of connectivity across 12 corridors received support from KCP and many keen partners to help bring it to life and create lasting conservation benefits for the Kootenay region.
Local actions contribute to conservation priorities in the Creston Valley
Kootenay Conservation Program and the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area brought together diverse perspectives from the Creston Valley to discuss priority actions for stewardship of local fish and wildlife, and to identify partnerships moving forward. At the Creston Valley Conservation Action Forum Check-in Meeting in February, over 35 biologists and representatives from various local stewardship organizations, First Nations, and other agencies came together to review the progress being made on the five priority actions identified during a previous regional forum hosted in 2020.
Rikki Christie
KCP is pleased to welcome Rikki Christie to the team as Program Assistant. She looks forward to connecting with partner organizations across the Kootenays, to learn more about the region’s diverse conservation initiatives. Rikki is especially excited to collaborate with others who share her passion for the outdoors and conservation.
Program Assistant – Rikki Christie
Local Conservation Fund
Regional District of Central Kootenay
Rikki brings over 15 years of experience coordinating programs, projects and events to the KCP team. […]
10,000 Wetlands Initiative: Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration in the Columbia Valley
Awarded to BC Wildlife Federation to enhance the hydrologic resilience of historic beaver complexes using low-tech beaver dam analogues to improve water storage, address stream incision, and increase resilience to climate […]
Columbia Valley Bank Swallow Habitat Conservation
Awarded to Wildsight Invermere to enhance and protect critical bank swallow nesting habitat in the Upper Columbia Valley by implementing on-the-ground conservation actions at high-priority sites.
PROPONENT: Wildsight Invermere […]
