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.
Richard Klafki
Richard, Director for the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Canadian Rockies Program that spans both the East and West Kootenays, quickly discovered as an undergrad university student that his calling was wildlife biology.
2019 Spring Tours
In spring 2019, KCP hosted an East Kootenay Stewardship Committee meeting in Kimberley, and a West Kootenay Stewardship Committee in Trail.
