2020 KLLCF Funded Projects announced
We are pleased to announce the following projects have been awarded funding in 2020 through the RDCK’s Kootenay Lake Local Conservation Fund: Evaluating Bat Boxes as a Mitigation…
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2020 CVLCF Funded Projects announced
We are pleased to announce the following projects have been awarded funding in 2020 through the RDEK’s Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund: Reintroducing Northern Leopard Frogs to the…
A Case for Conservation
Although private land covers a small portion of the Kootenay region’s total land base, keeping it ecologically intact plays a big part in conservation success. It’s for this…
Faces & Places: Sally Hammond
Sally Hammond spent her early childhood in an isolated area on the Taku River in northern BC. Seeing moose and grizzly bears wandering through the remote mining camp…
Quick action results in badger crossings
When Duane Wells was reading through the Fish &Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) Columbia Region Action Plans in search of potential funding opportunities, he came across one of particular…
2019 Conservation Leadership Awards announced
The Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) announced the recipients of its annual Conservation Leadership Award on Friday, October 4 in Invermere as part of the annual KCP Fall Gathering….
2019 KCP Fall Gathering in Invermere
The 2019 KCP Fall Gathering was held in Invermere on October 4 & 5, and had over 60 people from 30+ organizations attend! The organizing theme for the…
Species at Risk get a boost in the Kootenays!
The Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) has recently been awarded $2 million over four years in a federal Environment and Climate Change Canada grant to protect and restore species-at-risk…
Faces & Places: Richard Klafki
Growing up in Golden, it was only natural that Richard Klafki was passionate about spending time outdoors, including activities like fishing and skiing. And with a father who…
Preparing for large toadlet migration at Fish Lake
Submitted by the Valhalla Wilderness Society The Fish/Bear Lake Western Toad Ecology and Hwy 31A Mortality Mitigation Study is funded in part by the Kootenay Lake Local Conservation…