Columbia Basin Watershed Network
The Columbia Basin Watershed Network Society (CBWN) is the voice for watershed stewardship across the Columbia Basin, and the go-to hub for watershed groups to […]
Sally Hammond
Sally Hammond spent her early childhood in an isolated area on the Taku River in northern BC. She joined the Slocan Lake Stewardship Society (SLSS) a few years after moving to the Slocan Valley full-time and has focused her passion, time and energy to its purpose ever since.
The Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology (CMI)
The Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology (CMI) is dedicated to outstanding natural resource management through building and sharing knowledge about the ecology of the […]
Wetland Restoration in the Kootenays
Join Neil Fletcher with the BC Wildlife Federation where he will discuss Wetland Restoration in the Kootenays.
Baiba Morrow
For Baiba Morrow, the mountains are both her muse and her sanctuary. Whether it’s the soaring Himalaya, the volcanoes of Kamchatka or the Ellsworths in Antarctica, they’ve shaped her outlook on life.
Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network
The Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network (CBEEN) is the regional network for environmental education in the Columbia Basin. The mission of CBEEN is to encourage […]
Rachael Roussin
The Kootenays will never be the most productive agricultural zone in Canada, but Rachael Roussin sees potential for the region to be a leader in carbon sequestration and climate resilient farming.
Kootenay River Ranch Expansion – 2020
Nature Conservancy of Canada: The acquisition of two more land parcels along the Kootenay River valley bottom means 260 hectares (637 acres) more habitat for American Badgers, Grizzly and Black Bears and a variety of ungulates.
Cori Lausen
Leading bat biologist Cori Lausen is on a mission to protect B.C. bats from white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease that kills bats in winter hibernation.
Derek Petersen
Parks Canada was one of the first agencies to join KCP when it was first formed in 2002 as the East Kootenay Conservation Program, and Derek Petersen was one of several Parks staff on rotating participation.
