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The western upland bench of the Columbia Valley provides a suitable landscape for many small wetland features where minimal investigative work has been completed. In 2023, we visited 371 of […]
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The Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners (CWSP) received funding from Kootenay Connect ECCC for three projects in Columbia Valley. The projects in year 5 of the KC/ECCC projects continue the work […]
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This report focuses on the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding to investigate climate change vulnerability of wetlands and restoration effectiveness. The eDNA method allows estimation of species richness from […]
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This project combines hydrological and ecological assessments to better understand the Columbia Wetland Complex and the individual wetlands within it. It includes a hydrological classification of the different wetland types […]
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The Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners (CWSP) received funding from Kootenay Connect ECCC for four projects in Columbia Valley, BC. The projects included the 4CW Conservation Lands project with a goal to […]
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In year four (2022-2023) of the Kootenay Connect project the Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners (CWSP) continued work on Species at Risk in the Columbia Valley, from Canal Flats north to Golden. […]
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The cottonwood conservation project promotes retention of mature wildlife trees in the Columbia Wetland by protecting trees from beaver herbivory. Wetland mapping and surveys in Year 1 identified critical stands […]
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Ecosystem mapping was completed for 14,144 hectares of the Columbia Valley Wetlands during the winter of 2019-2020. The mapping was completed at a scale of 1:1,250 using a variety of […]
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The purpose of the cottonwood/beaver project is to assess the status of important cottonwood stands and install wire protectors if they are required to protect critical stands from beaver harvesting. […]
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MacDonald Hydrology Consultants (MacHydro) in collaboration with the Columbia Wetland Stewardship Partners (CWSP) conducted a project to evaluate wetland vulnerability and determine priority wetlands where management actions like conservation or […]
