Description:
This report outlines the Services provided by the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area (CVWMA) for Fiscal Year 2022/23. The overall goal of this year’s project for Kootenay Connect was to develop and implement designs and prescriptions identified in the CVWMA Connectivity Enhancement of Duck Lake Nesting Area and Frog Bear Corridor (2020-2021) report to: a) improve movement habitat for northern leopard frog migrating between overwintering and breeding habitats; and b) improve cross-valley wildlife movement from the Kootenay River east channel eastward to the Purcell Mountain Range, which would include Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Frog Bear conservation property. A combination of enhancement and restoration activities were selected as “measurable outcomes” based on the “Connectivity Enhancement” report from 2020-2021: channel / waterway edge contouring, wetland creation, native seeding and plantings, invasive plant management, and cattle exclusion fencing – south of the Duck Lake Nesting Area (DLNA), on the West Meadows Farm unit of CVWMA and Frog Bear property. The selected activities intended to improve approximately 30 ha of connectivity habitat for northern leopard frogs, grizzly bears, Bobolinks, and many other species at risk; plus, several bat species should benefit from overall habitat cover and foraging structure complexity in the enhanced areas.

Keywords: northern leopard frog; species at risk; wetlands; restoration

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Organization: Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area

Category: Project Overview

Focal Area: Creston Valley

Resource Type: Report

Year: 2023