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Conservation Neighbourhood Creston-PurcellsDuncan-Trout LakeKootenay LakeKootenay Lake West ArmLower ArrowLower Columbia RiverSlocan ValleySouth Selkirks-SalmoUpper Arrow
Focuses Ecosystem Restoration/EnhancementEducation/OutreachSpecies-at-RiskWildlife/Fish Conservation
Regional District RDCK
Group Types Non-Profit Organization

Our Mission:

To work to preserve and promote this special place.

Our Vision:

To know nature and keep it worth knowing.

West Kootenay Naturalists’ Association

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Conservation Neighbourhood Creston-PurcellsDuncan-Trout LakeKootenay LakeKootenay Lake West ArmLower ArrowLower Columbia RiverSlocan ValleySouth Selkirks-SalmoUpper Arrow
Focuses Ecosystem Restoration/EnhancementEducation/OutreachSpecies-at-RiskWildlife/Fish Conservation
Regional District RDCK
Group Types Non-Profit Organization

Our Mission:

To work to preserve and promote this special place.

Our Vision:

To know nature and keep it worth knowing.

The West Kootenay Naturalists is a Nelson Club under the umbrella of BC Nature, which represents over 52 nature clubs throughout British Columbia. The Kootenay area of our province, in […]

Selkirk College School of Environment & Geomatics

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Conservation Neighbourhood Creston-PurcellsDuncan-Trout LakeKootenay LakeKootenay Lake West ArmLower ArrowLower Columbia RiverSlocan ValleySouth Selkirks-SalmoUpper Arrow
Focuses Citizen ScienceEducation/OutreachGISLeadership DevelopmentSpecies-at-Risk
Regional District RDCK
Group Types Educational Institution

Our Mission:

To focus on experiential, hands-on outdoor learning in our nationally-accredited environmental science programs. Selkirk College inspires lifelong learning, transforms lives through education and training, and serves our communities.

Our Vision:

Selkirk College is a learner-centred college that provides educational experiences and pathways to prepare students for work, further education, service, and lifelong learning. Their vision is to make learning authentic, inspiring, rewarding and relevant to students, the region, and the world.

Selkirk College is not only BC’s oldest regional college but the first created through a community referendum. Selkirk is a leader in environmental sustainability and has implemented initiatives that improve […]

Living Lakes Canada

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Conservation Neighbourhood Columbia ValleyCreston-PurcellsDuncan-Trout LakeElk ValleyGoldenKootenay LakeKootenay Lake West ArmLower ArrowLower Columbia RiverSlocan ValleySouth CountrySouth Selkirks-SalmoUpper ArrowUpper Kootenay River Valley
Focuses Citizen ScienceEcosystem Restoration/EnhancementEducation/OutreachWater policyWater quality/quantity monitoring
Regional District RDCKRDEK
Group Types Non-Profit Organization

Our Mission:

To maintain a national network to protect, restore and rehabilitate the health of lakes, wetlands, rivers, other water bodies, and watersheds in Canada.

Our Vision:

To empower people to take care of the water they depend on.

In 2010, with the participation of Global Nature Fund and the Lake Winnipeg Foundation, Wildsight launched Living Lakes Canada (LLC). Living Lakes Canada is a joint initiative of Wildsight, Global […]

Wildsight – Regional

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Conservation Neighbourhood Columbia ValleyCreston-PurcellsDuncan-Trout LakeElk ValleyGoldenKootenay LakeKootenay Lake West ArmLower ArrowLower Columbia RiverSlocan ValleySouth CountrySouth Selkirks-SalmoUpper ArrowUpper Kootenay River Valley
Focuses Education/OutreachEnvironmental MonitoringLandscape ConnectivityWaterYouth Programs and Activities
Regional District CSRDRDCKRDEKRDKB
Group Types Non-Profit Organization

Our Mission:

Wildsight works to protect wildlife, water and wild places in Canada’s Columbia and Rocky Mountain regions. Our education programs include Winter Wonder (K-3), Nature Through the Seasons (K-3), Classroom with Outdoors (4-7), Ecostewards (4-6), Go Wild (9-12), Columbia River Field School (10-12), Beyond Recycling (5-7) and Know Your Watershed (9).

Our Vision:

The Columbia Mountains and Southern Rocky Mountain area has healthy, functioning ecosystems. A network of protected wild landscapes and watersheds provide for native plant, fish, and animal populations, and maintain healthy human communities.

Wildsight focuses on three core areas: the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains, upper Columbia River Valley, and the Columbia Mountains. Wildsight’s program areas include conservation, water, climate adaptation solutions, sustainable communities, […]

Nature Trust of British Columbia

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Conservation Neighbourhood Columbia ValleyCreston-PurcellsDuncan-Trout LakeElk ValleyGoldenKootenay LakeKootenay Lake West ArmLower ArrowLower Columbia RiverSlocan ValleySouth CountrySouth Selkirks-SalmoUpper ArrowUpper Kootenay River Valley
Focuses Ecosystem Restoration/EnhancementLand ConservationLand ManagementWildlife/Fish Conservation
Regional District CSRDRDCKRDEKRDKB
Group Types Land Trust

Our Mission:

The Nature Trust of British Columbia is dedicated to conserving BC’s biological diversity through securement and management of ecologically significant lands.

Our Vision:

British Columbia’s rich and diverse natural habitats are conserved for future generations

NTBC is a leading land conservation organization based in BC. They acquire ecologically significant land and care for this land in order to protect the natural diversity of […]

Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute

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Conservation Neighbourhood Columbia ValleyCreston-PurcellsDuncan-Trout LakeElk ValleyGoldenKootenay LakeKootenay Lake West ArmLower ArrowLower Columbia RiverSlocan ValleySouth CountrySouth Selkirks-SalmoUpper ArrowUpper Kootenay River Valley
Focuses Education/OutreachInventoryPolicy/RegulationResearch
Regional District CSRDRDCKRDEKRDKB
Group Types Educational Institution

Our Mission:

To support informed decision-making by Columbia Basin-Boundary communities through the provision of information, applied research and related outreach and extension support.

Our Vision:

The Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute (RDI) envisions a resilient region where Columbia Basin-Boundary communities thrive as a result of collaborative learning and informed decision-making.

RDI is a regional centre of excellence in applied research and information provision focused on strengthening rural communities in the Columbia Basin Boundary region of British Columbia. The RDI is […]

Kootenay & Boundary Farm Advisors

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Conservation Neighbourhood Columbia ValleyCreston-PurcellsDuncan-Trout LakeElk ValleyKootenay LakeKootenay Lake West ArmLower ArrowLower Columbia RiverSlocan ValleySouth CountrySouth Selkirks-SalmoUpper ArrowUpper Kootenay River Valley
Focuses AgricultureEducation/OutreachLand ManagementResearch
Regional District RDCKRDEKRDKB
Group Types Project (Not Organization)

Our Mission:

KBFA provides producers with free, technical production support and information from a network of specialized resources, including independent consultants and academics.

Our Vision:

KBFA supports producers to improve agricultural production and efficiency by helping find solutions to farm-specific production issues, coordinating educational events and connecting producers to information.

KBFA general advisors help agricultural producers access free agricultural information, resources, and expertise to support them with technical production. KFBA services are free to agricultural producers in the KBFA region […]

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