Most West Kootenay communities depend on small streams for domestic and agricultural water supply. Many of these streams also provide important aquatic and riparian habitat.

The ability of these small […]

Water testing on Columbia Lake in January 2016. CLSS Photo

The Columbia Lake Stewardship Society (CLSS) has been working hard […]

The Kootenay Lake Shoreline Guidance Document was initiated in 2012 by the Kootenay Lake Partnership, a government-to-government partnership brought together to support collaborative approaches to shoreline management in response […]

Located on the outskirts of Invermere in the Columbia Valley, Abel Creek is a healthy feeder stream for Lake Windermere that has the Paddy Ryan Lakes as its source […]

Grizzly Bear Coexistence Solutions project coordinator Gillian Sanders is pictured with a two-year-old female grizzly bear that was tranquilized, collared, and managed […]

Photo by Juliet Craig

Listed as a provincial noxious weed, leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) is an invasive plant with negative impacts. […]