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For Year 5 of the Kootenay Connect Project, the main activities for all projects were dedicated to completing on-the-ground field work, site specific restoration assessments and extensive analysis of existing […]
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In 2021, Kootenay Connect identified the Slocan River Valley as a focal area for connectivity in the West Kootenays with wildlife corridors connecting the Southern Selkirk range in the east […]
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In 2021, Kootenay Connect identified the Slocan River Valley as a focal area for connectivity in the West Kootenays with wildlife corridors connecting the Southern Selkirk range in the east […]
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Within the Upper Columbia Wetland, an area known for its undammed and relatively natural floodplain wetlands, there is a series of wetlands colloquially known as the Bench Wetlands that exist along […]
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The Columbia Wetlands are a series of floodplain wetlands within the Upper Columbia River Basin in Canada which exist in the only undammed portion of the river system. As these […]
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During year 5, the bat conservation component of Kootenay Connect consists of 3 main activities: monitoring, inventory, and roost habitat enhancement. We track species diversity and relative abundance through annual […]
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At the end of 2022, we learned of a colony of problem beavers that needed to be moved, (or exterminated), from Pass Creek near Castlegar. Since none of the previously […]
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This document reports on the activities completed by the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area (CVWMA) in 2024-2025, as part of Kootenay Connect Priority Places. The goal of the first project […]
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In 2024, CWSP conducted two areas of research in wetlands on the upland bench west of Columbia Lake. This area was identified in previous work as particularly vulnerable to climate […]
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As part of a long-term project to restore wetland and beavers on the Duncan-Lardeau floodplain, this project carried out live-staking of willow along a waterway locally known as the Argenta […]
