Winter Webinar Series

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.