2025 Webinars
#2. Key Biodiversity Areas in the Kootenay – Columbia: Sites of Unique Biodiversity
Date: Thursday, January 30 at 12 pm PT / 1 pm MT.
Presenter: Ian Adams, R.P. Bio., M.Sc., BC Coordinator for Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs)
Ian Adams has been the BC Coordinator for Key Biodiversity Areas with Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, since 2021. He is based near Cranbrook in the beautiful East Kootenays where he has worked as a professional biologist in many capacities for over 25 years. Much of his work has focused on species at risk, from badgers to tailed frogs. Previous positions include working on behalf of the Ktunaxa Nation Council for wildlife conservation throughout ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa. He has also worked for the Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program, has been a consulting ecologist in various capacities and taught undergraduate biology courses at College of the Rockies. Ian is a Director with Kootenay Conservation Program and chairs the Board of Directors with Columbia Outdoor School / Blue Lake Camp. Additionally, he is long-time President of Symphony of the Kootenays. Ian has been an RPBio since 1997 and holds a BSc and MSc in wildlife ecology from the University of Guelph.
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are a relatively new conservation designation started by IUCN, with sites recognized worldwide. Canada’s KBA Secretariat, a non-governmental group led by Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, Birds Canada and NatureServe Canada, is identifying sites across the country. KBAs cover all ecosystems including terrestrial, freshwater and marine. Join Ian Adams, BC Coordinator for KBAs, to learn more about KBAs including what they are (and aren’t), opportunities for on the ground stewardship actions in KBAs, and other applications to conservation stewardship throughout the Kootenay – Columbia region.
