Accomplishments:

• 1,425 species recorded, including 26 at-risk species
• 17 hectares of floodplain wetlands restored at 3 sites

Slocan River Valley

• >3,500 live stakes and trees planted to enhance 4.6 km of riparian shoreline
• 4,000 species recorded, including 145 at-risk species
• 4 Lewis’s woodpecker nests observed with 26 fledglings

Accomplishments:

• 164 bird species recorded in 38 floodplain wetlands based onlong-term monitoring
• >4,590 functioning American badger burrows recorded to informdesignation of Wildlife Habitat Features and Wildlife Habitat Areas
• 25 beaver dam analogues built, storing 54,362 m³ of water andrestoring 35 hectares of wetland habitat

Wycliffe Wildlife Corridor

Accomplishments:

• >27 km of wildlife-friendlyfencing work completed overfour years to promote safepassage of wildlife, benefiting792 hectares of habitat
• 196 hectares of forestrestoration to improve habitat forspecies at risk

Accomplishments:

• 44 active beaver dams monitored holding 49,700 m3 of water maintaining 38.5 hectares of benchland wetlands
• 84 hectares of open forest grassland habitat enhanced for species at risk
• 5 hectares of ranchland treated to improve open forest grassland and grazing areas

• 21 hectares of shallow open water wetlands enhanced to improve habitat for endangered northern leopard frogs
• 120 ft2 new “Swallow Resort” constructed with 60 nesting compartments for endangered barn swallows
• 900 hectares of wetland habitat improved at Six Mile Slough and Duck Lake by replacing and removing derelict water controls

Duncan Lardeau