Winter Webinar Recordings

Thurs, Jan 16 at 12 pm PT / 1 pm MT

Join Hillary Page and Richard Klafki, both with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, who will share their unique journeys in grassland ecology and conservation. Grasslands are among the most critical ecosystems in British Columbia, covering less than 5% of the land but supporting over 30% of the province's species at risk. These landscapes are also essential for communities and agriculture.

Thurs, Jan 30 at 12 pm PT / 1 pm MT

Join Ian Adams, BC Coordinator for KBAs, for a presentation on what KBAs are, what they are not, and some of their applications in conservation stewardship throughout the Kootenay - Columbia region. As of December 2024, there are 188 sites published across Canada, including 33 sites in BC. There are over 100 more in varying stages of development and review in BC alone, including sites in the Kootenay - Columbia region.

Thurs, Feb 13 at 12 pm PT / 1 pm MT

Join ecologist Ryan Durand to learn how the Slocan Lake Stewardship Society has developed a living conservation plan drawn from years of ecosystem research in the Bonanza Biodiversity Corridor. A strategic conservation framework has been developed based on a broad range of identified conservation values, species and habitat inventories that encompass microscopic slime moulds to wide-ranging carnivores.

Thursday, February 27 at 12 pm PT / 1 pm MT

How does stewardship work when small, Indigenous-led teams take a relational approach, rather than a prescriptive one? Join ethnoecologist Jonaki Bhattacharyya, who will walk us through boots-on-the-ground examples of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCA) establishment, cultural burning, and wildlife monitoring from BC’s southern interior, taking note of nuances and lessons learned.

Michael relates the local to the global while providing examples along the way including western toads, northern leopard frogs, badgers, elk, wolverines and more.

Leslie presents ideas for what can be done at a site scale for enhancing wildlife corridors and ecological connectivity from the perspective of a landscape architect.

Sara discusses how Ktunaxa’s approach seeks to enhance the values in the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA).

First Nations Emergency Services Society (FNESS) is working with First Nations to develop an integrated spatial data base and planning tools to support collaborative planning.

Tracy reviews several road ecology research initiatives lead by the Miistakis Institute to identity where wildlife cross roads, from pronghorn to wood frogs.

Rob shows how different countries on six continents are all tackling the common issue of making roads more permeable and less lethal for wildlife.

Dr. Michelle McLellan’s main research interest is the studying population dynamics of recovering and threatened large mammal populations. Dr. Lana Ciarniello focuses on the interaction of humans and bears

Justina explores the essential role that unfragmented, unroaded, and undeveloped lands and waters play in sustaining biodiversity and landscape connectivity, and the particular responsibility that Canada bears.

In this talk, Greg uses tree-ring evidence to reconstruct historical fire regimes and structures of dry forests in the southern Rocky Mountain Trench of British Columbia.

We examine whether resilience is the most effective concept to cope with increasing novelty.

More than a century of resource extraction, land-use change, and fire exclusion have altered the structure, composition, and spatial patterns of forest and non-forest patchworks, fundamentally altering the wildfire environment.

Prescribed fire, alone or in tandem with a suite of other mitigation strategies, is an integral tool used to improve ecosystem resilience.

Fire was used by indigenous people over thousands of years; but, over the last approximately 100 years, Settlers and Colonial practices made it illegal to burn.

This presentation provides a case study that demonstrates how to integrate climate science and risk assessment into tangible forest management decision-making on a 11,300 hectare community forest on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake.

To bolster the success of funding applications and projects, the Columbia Basin Trust in partnership with the Kootenay Conservation Program offered the Technical Project Planning Workshop.

At this workshop participants will learn how to develop effective monitoring programs for evaluating their ecosystem restoration projects.

This workshop focuses on case studies that integrate climate change adaptation and resilience into their on-the-ground terrestrial restoration projects.

This workshop focuses on case studies that consider climate change in implementing their aquatic restoration projects.

This workshop explores how to turn an idea into a well-developed project plan by reviewing fundamental components needed to develop a successful project.

In 2019, the Kootenay Connect and the Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners initiated a project to map the Columbia Valley Wetlands — a large internationally recognized RAMSAR wetland complex.

Green Maps are used worldwide to highlight nature and its value to healthier communities. They often highlight values that are sometimes overlooked, yet are integral to sustainable human communities.

Old forest matters; not only for its inherent qualities, but also because old forest retention is the Province’s principle strategy to maintain biodiversity.

Wolverine are a species of conservation priority provincially and nationally, partially due to their naturally low reproductive rates.

Bat houses (or more aptly described as bat boxes) are popular across the continent. But are they beneficial or harmful for bats over the long haul?

In this webinar, Clayton Lamb provides insight into the response of bear density to mitigation measures for reducing road density and highlights meaningful conservation actions that will benefit bears, a variety of wildlife, and people.

Plant and pollinator communities must be considered together for effective conservation of either, as well as for the continuation of the benefits that spread through the ecosystem and beyond.

In this webinar, Rachel Darvill speaks about the five different marsh bird species that we can find in the Columbia Basin that are often lumped as “grebe spp.”

Join Neil Fletcher with the BC Wildlife Federation where he will discuss Wetland Restoration in the Kootenays.

In this webinar, we will discuss the impacts of wildfire suppression, fire ecology, ER strategies, operations and monitoring within the Rocky Mountain Trench.

The Slocan River Streamkeepers have implemented over 40 riparian restoration projects in the Slocan Valley since 2005, restoring the equivalent of 5 km of riverbank.

Whitebark Pine is an endangered tree species found throughout the highest elevation forests in the Columbia Basin.

Join Deepa Filatow and David Poon from the BC Government to learn more about the SIFT tool that can help identify restoration sites and opportunities.

Join Dr. Paul Hansen to learn about a set of tools for collecting standardized site inventories and for assessing functional health of riparian and wetland sites. 

Join Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy Fish and Wildlife Information Specialist Albert Chirico, R.P.Bio for a review of fish and wildlife resources.

Join forester John Cathro to learn about the importance of fire in healthy forest ecosystems, and strategies to manage for fire on private properties in the Kootenays.