It’s the best time of year to be a birder in the Columbia Valley. With more than 200 species of birds returning or stopping in…
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Wetlands are our natural defences and need to be conserved
By Kate MacKenzie During the recent UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, over 190 nations adopted a Global Biodiversity Framework. Part of that agreement is…
Wings Over the Rockies’ theme and keynote speaker revealed
Wings Over the Rockies Nature Festival Society is happy to announce the theme and keynote speaker for the 2023 festival. Our theme is “Wildlife &…
RDEK Board Highlights
The following is a summary of some of the items covered during the April 9 Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors’ meeting….
Gaming grants support wetlands
When Margaret Hartley signed up for a Wetlandkeepers workshop with the BC Wildlife Federation in 2012, she wasn’t fully aware of the variety of life…
Three small fires in region; all human-caused
The BC Wildfire Service is reporting three small human-caused fires have begun in the East Kootenay over the past two days, with one in the…
Living Lakes Canada celebrating many milestones
Living Lakes Canada is heading to Valencia, Spain for the 15th International Living Lakes Conference on May 7-9. The conference, titled the World Congress for…
Wonderstruck by the Columbia Wetlands
By Nicole Trigg Dr. Suzanne Bayley thinks it must have been 50 years ago – and decades before she even moved to Canada – when…
Small fire reported south of Cranbrook now out
Here is a wildfire update for Sunday, August 5, for the East Kootenay. The Sage Creek wildfire east of the Flathead Valley 65 km south…
2017 in the East Kootenay
The following is a glimpse of the Year 2017 in the East Kootenay – with images culled from our seasonal photo essays. All the images…