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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Although private land covers a small portion of the Kootenay region’s total land base, keeping it ecologically intact plays a big part […]
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 […]
2019 KCP Fall Gathering in Invermere
The KCP Fall Gathering field tour at the Nature Trust of BC Columbia River Wetlands – Edgewater property on October 5. Photo […]
Species at Risk get a boost in the Kootenays!
The endangered northern leopard frog is one of the species benefitting from the ‘Kootenay Connect’ initiative. Photo courtesy of Marc-Andre Beaucher.
The Kootenay […]
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 Fund to enhance […]
Overwintering success for Northern Leopard Frog project
Submitted by Lea Randall, Calgary Zoo Conservation Research Population Ecologist
Reintroducing Northern Leopard Frogs to the Columbia Marshes is funded in part by the Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund to re‐establish self‐sustaining […]
The Pipe Ram: a wildlife good-news story
Written by Kaitlin Hancock, a Habitat and Wildlife Co-op Technician Summer Student with the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development in Cranbrook.
Saving Land for Bears and Badgers
Cranbrook, BC — The Nature Trust of BC announces the protection of the Columbia River Wetlands – Edgewater property in the Kootenays.
Located […]
