By Ian Adams Op-Ed Commentary On a recent trip to Panama, we took in a night hike to dive into the remarkable nocturnal tropical world….
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260 ha of land near Canal Flats acquired for conservation
The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC) Kootenay River Ranch Conservation Area just got bigger, thanks to the support of numerous funding partners. This project enhances…
Spring’s yellow carpet
By Ian Adams Early May brings the East Kootenay’s most stunning and best-known floral display, arrowleaf balsamroot. Colloquially known as Okanagan sunflower in the Okanagan…
Recreationists in denial
By Peter Christensen Op-Ed Commentary Recently while walking in the Dry Gulch Recreation Area, or what is formally known as the Radium Stoddart Big Horn…
Rocky Mountain Sunrise Gold
Summer solstice sunset celebrants align themselves along Penhenge’s heel and summer solstice stones on Munson Mountain above Okanagan Lake; Penticton, BC, June 21 , 2014….
Eager Hill and The Three Worlds of the Morning Star
By Dan Hicks As November rolled into December, Mercury was our Morning Star – an apparition in our southeastern sky – rising two hours before…
Sandhill Cranes – our true-life big bird
By Dan Hicks In August’s dry Douglas fir-ponderosa pine open grassy forest north of Cranbrook, a wary greater sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis tabida) keeps a…
Five habitat projects receive nearly $1.85 million from Trust
Habitat such as wetlands and creeks, and animals such as elk and bull trout will benefit from five multi-year projects that are restoring over 1,700…
Saving land for bears and badgers
The Nature Trust of BC today (July 18) announced the protection of the Columbia River Wetlands – Edgewater property, conservation lands covering 423 acres (171.5…
Restoring a natural Ponderosa Pine ecosystem
One of 38 FWCP-funded projects in the Columbia region this year The Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) is funding a project that will restore a…