May is Invasive Species Action Month and 33 organizations throughout B.C. will be able to continue their work fighting invasive plants, due in part to…
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Invasive species programs get three years funding
The Government of British Columbia is providing $678,900 over three years to the East Kootenay Invasive Species Council (EKISC) and $69,000 over three years to…
Invasive plants – an East Kootenay crisis
By Mark Hall Early this summer as the sun set on the Steeples Mountains I stood in awe admiring this natural cathedral in the same…
Regional invasive plant battle gets ammo
The East Kootenay will be receiving about 13% of a $1.72 million provincial government funding allotment designed to held fight invasive plants. The Ministry of Forests,…
Making something bad look good
By Larry Halverson/Friends of Kootenay The greenish-yellow flower may look pretty but it is one bad noxious weed. It degrades grazing capacity, and devastates wildlife…
Province helping region to weed out invasive plants
The provincial government is providing a total of $213,300 to the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) and to the East Kootenay Invasive Plant Council…