By Megan Jamison, Kootenay Conservation Program Ten conservation projects were recently approved by the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) to receive funding from the…
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East Kootenay Conservation Leadership Award presented
Submitted by Kootenay Conservation Program Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) is proud to announce the recipients of its annual Conservation Leadership Awards, which recognize one person…
Shuswap Band’s first biologist now leads a growing team
By Megan Jamison Kootenay Conservation Program Braydi Rice, a lifelong Columbia Valley resident, has been working with Shuswap Band since 2020 and stepped into the…
Restoring natural landscapes with NTBC
By Megan Jamison Kootenay Conservation Program Michelle Daniel, Kootenay Conservation Land Coordinator with The Nature Trust of BC (NTBC), is passionate about ecosystem enhancement and…
A collaborative approach to forest management
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…
Restoring critical endangered pine species
Faces & Places: Randy Moody Story by Megan Jamison Kootenay Conservation Program Randy Moody, co-founder of the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation of Canada (WPEFC), is…
Conservation fund supports local water and wildlife
By Megan Jamison Kootenay Conservation Program Nine important conservation projects were recently approved by the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) to receive funding from…
Program elevates wetland conservation in Columbia Valley
By Megan Jamison, Kootenay Conservation Program Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP), a partnership of over 85 organizations, leveraged significant funding in 2024 towards land stewardship in…
Mark Thomas receives Conservation Leadership Award
Submitted by Kootenay Conservation Program Kootenay Conservation Program is proud to announce the recipients of its annual Conservation Leadership Awards which recognize one person from…
Kootenay collaboration takes conservation to the next level
On a bright October day, three dozen people crest a knoll in the Wycliffe Conservation Complex, a corridor of conservation lands just north of Cranbrook….