Golden Check-in Meeting
Golden Check-in Meeting - January 2025
Geddes Creek: New Protected Area in Columbia Valley
The Columbia Valley has a new conservation area. The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has added the Geddes Creek Conservation Area (just outside of Radium Hot Springs) to its network of protected areas in the Columbia Valley. Geddes Creek covers 193 hectares (477 acres) right next to Kootenay National Park. It begins just two km from Radium and stretches north almost to Edgewater.
Kootenay Conservation Program elevates conservation partnership in Wycliffe
Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP), a partnership of over 85 organizations, leveraged significant funding in 2024 towards land stewardship in the East Kootenay that, in turn, supports community well-being. With funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada for the Kootenay Connect Priority Places initiative, KCP has brought in millions of dollars to support monitoring and restoration work throughout the Kootenays, including the Cranbrook and Kimberley area.
Kootenay Conservation Program leverages funding to support Creston Valley wildlife
The Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) spent significant funding in 2024 towards land stewardship in the Creston Valley. With funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada for the Kootenay Connect Priority Places initiative, millions of dollars have supported monitoring and restoration work throughout the Kootenays. KCP is a partnership of over 85 organizations, which collectively have a huge impact on wildlife and habitat conservation in the region.
Anna McIndoe
You may have heard of the provincial Together for Wildlife strategy, but do you know who’s driving its efforts locally? Based in Cranbrook, Anna McIndoe works for the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship and is the regional implementation lead for the Kootenay-Boundary Region.
KCP Partnership model provides inspiration to other conservation collaborations
On October 10, 2024, the Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) and its partners launched the Kawartha Resilient Lands Collaborative at a well-attended kickoff event in Peterborough, Ontario. The new Regional Conservation and Climate Partnership (RCCP) looks to bridge sectoral divides among people and organizations working in land, water, climate, and conservation. KLT looked to the Kootenay Conservation Program, the Thompson-Nicola Conservation Collaborative, and Corridor Appalachien as inspiring landscape-scale initiatives working in the Canadian context.
Kootenay BroomBashers – A Community Led Pulling Together Program
Regional District of Central Kootenay Local Conservation Fund supports local conservation initiatives.
Paige Thurston
Paige Thurston, Manager of Living Lakes Canada's Columbia Basin Water Monitoring Framework, is excited about the achievements the program has made over the past few years, including the Columbia Basin Water Hub and the Cottonwood Creek Restoration Project. Living Lakes Canada (LLC) facilitates collaboration in monitoring, restoration, and policy development initiatives for the long-term protection of lakes, rivers, wetlands and watersheds in Canada.
Webinar 4: Code-Switch – Translating Stewardship Practice across Cultures
Thursday, February 27 at 12 pm PT / 1 pm MT
How does stewardship work when small, Indigenous-led teams take a relational approach, rather than a prescriptive one? Join ethnoecologist Jonaki Bhattacharyya, who will walk us through boots-on-the-ground examples of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCA) establishment, cultural burning, and wildlife monitoring from BC’s southern interior, taking note of nuances and lessons learned.
