Kootenay Conservation Program Kari Stuart-Smith, a wildlife ecologist and Manager of Biodiversity & Wildlife at Canfor, has dedicated over 30 years to advancing sustainable forest…
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Kootenay Connect offers innovative approach to conservation efforts in region By Nicole Trigg Kootenay Conservation Program With heat waves, wildfires, flooding and drought becoming…
2019 Conservation Leadership Awards announced
The Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) announced the recipients of its annual Conservation Leadership Award on Friday, October 4 in Invermere as part of the annual…
Species at Risk get a boost in the Kootenays
Submitted by the Kootenay Conservation Program The Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) has recently been awarded $2 million over four years in a federal Environment and…
Nature Talks: The Grizzly Bear
By Anne Jardine Over 200 nature lovers flocked to Invermere’s community centre for a Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) presentation on grizzly bears Thursday, September…
Grizzly expert brings bear’s-eye-view to Invermere
Grizzly bear expert Dr. Michael Proctor has come face-to-face with more grizzlies than he can remember, and he always lives to tell the tale. Dr….
EcoSociety to challenge Jumbo Municipality in court
The West Kootenay EcoSociety is today (Feb. 18) submitting an application for a Judicial Review of the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality at the B.C….
Wealth of speakers and knowledge at upcoming conference
Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology is presenting Urban Wildlife: Challenges and Management on April 18/19 at Cranbrook’s Rocky Mountain Prestige Inn. Wildlife numbers are…