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.

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.