Kootenay Connect Priority Places
Focal Areas and Highlight Species
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Slocan River Valley
Slocan River Valley
Lead partners: Slocan Lake Stewardship Society and Slocan River Streamkeepers
Accomplishments:
- >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
Bonanza Biodiversity Corridor
Bonanza Biodiversity Corridor
Lead partner: Slocan Lake Stewardship Society
Accomplishments:
- 1,425 species recorded, including 26 at-risk species
- 17 hectares of floodplain wetlands restored at 3 sites
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Creston Valley
Creston Valley
Lead partner: Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area
Accomplishments:
- 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
Duncan Lardeau
Lead partner: North Kootenay Consulting Accomplishments:
- 7 dams built by re-located beavers doubled the wetland area of Argenta Slough and held water during drought
- Rare marsh birds and >32 western painted turtles benefited from enhanced riparian and wetland habitat
Columbia Lake
Columbia Lake
Lead partners: Nature Conservancy of Canada, The Nature Trust of BC, Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners
Accomplishments:
- 44 active beaver dams monitored holding 49,700 m3 of water maintaining 38.5 hectares of benchland wetlands
- 84 hectares of open forestgrassland habitat enhanced for species at risk
- 5 hectares of ranchland treated to improve open forestgrassland and grazing areas
Columbia Valley Wetlands
Columbia Valley Wetlands
Lead partner: Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners
Accomplishments:
- 164 bird species recorded in 38 floodplain wetlands based on long-term monitoring
- >4,590 functioning American badger burrows recorded to inform designation of Wildlife Habitat Features and Wildlife Habitat Areas
- 25 beaver dam analogues built, storing 54,362 m³ of water and restoring 35 hectares of wetland habitat
Wycliffe Wildlife Corridor
Wycliffe Wildlife Corridor
Lead partners: Nature Conservancy of Canada, The Nature Trust of BC, Province of BC
Accomplishments:
- >27 km of wildlife-friendly fencing work completed over four years to promote safe passage of wildlife, benefiting 792 hectares of habitat
- 196 hectares of forest restoration to improve habitat for species at risk
