Description:
The Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners completed 4 projects as part of the Kootenay Connect- ECCC project. The projects included the 3CW Conservation Lands project whose goal was to identify and rank important biodiversity hotspots in riparian and upland habitat in Columbia Valley (CV) and initiate conservation actions in the hotspots. The second project, 3CW Conservation & Mitigation of Wetland Basins Vulnerable to Drought (3CW Hydro & Beaver) is composed of two sub projects: the hydrological subproject evaluates wetland vulnerability and determines priority wetlands where management actions like conservation or mitigation should be implemented. The second subproject assesses the impact of beaver dams on the wetland and constructed an artificial beaver dam to mitigate the loss of water overwinter. The third CW-KC project, the 3CW cottonwood/beaver project focused on identifying and protecting important cottonwood trees from beaver harvesting. The 4th project 3CW Western Painted Turtle and SAR (3CW WP Turtle & SAR) project objectives are to enhance conservation actions on Lewis’s woodpecker, Western Painted Turtle, alkali saltgrassfoxtail barley ecological community (EC), osprey, and American badger.

Keywords: wetlands; riparian; birds; beaver; hydrology; climate change

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Organization: Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners

Category: Project Overview

Focal Area: Columbia Wetlands

Resource Type: Report

Year: 2022