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This map provides an overview of applications for Wildlife Habitat Areas (WHA) and Wildlife Habitat Features (WHF) in the Columbia Valley, from 2021 to 2024.
Keywords: inventory; Wildlife Habitat Areas; Wildlife […]
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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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Black cottonwood floodplains perform critical ecological functions in healthy watersheds, as they are the interface between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and integral to watershed hydrology. Mature cottonwood forests adjacent to […]
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This map shows work done in the Six Mile Slough and Duck Lake Nesting Area by the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area (CVWMA) through Kootenay Connect from 2021 to 2023.
Keywords: […]
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In the fifth year (2023-24) of working on the Kootenay Connect initiative, the Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners (CWSP) was contracted to operate the continuation of Years 1-4 (2020-23) of species […]
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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 map shows where Invasive Plant Management occurred in 2023, including invasive plant treatments and monitoring.
Keywords: invasive species; grassland
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Organization: Nature Trust of BC
Category: Invasive Plant Management
Focal Area: Wycliffe
Resource Type: […]
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This report provides a brief summary by M. Procter of scientific highlights and activities completed in 2023/24 in each of the Kootenay Connect focal areas.
Keywords: corridors
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Organization: Trans-Border Grizzly Bear […]
