#friendsofkootenaylake Tag

Did you hear? Friends of Kootenay Lake turns 10 this month!  That's 10 years of impactful stewardship and education work dedicated to improving the health of Kootenay Lake. And it's all thanks to our supporters, members, volunteers, and funders!  To celebrate this awesome milestone, we would like to...

Back at the end of June, we completed our first round of Osprey and Bald Eagle monitoring on all three arms of Kootenay Lake! FoKLSS staff monitored the North Arm and were later joined by volunteers to monitor the South and West Arms. We had...

After a long winter, it's time to clean up our shorelines and give them a fresh start! The beaches of Kokanee Creek are littered with Styrofoam, an oil spill, and other debris and we need your help to clean this up.   More info & register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/beach-cleanup-at-kokanee-creek-provincial-park-tickets-310145311977   ...

On a beautiful and sunny Friday afternoon, 10 volunteers and FOKLSS staff gathered at the Nelson Dog Walk to clean up the shoreline. The goal of this cleanup was to make this area safer for dogs and our community. Nelson Dog Walk is littered with glass...

September 17th Cleanup Recap On September 7th, volunteers and FOLKSS staff did a shoreline clean up near Chahko Mika mall. In a span of two hours, they filled a giant garbage bag with cigarette butts, cans, newspaper, food containers, food wrappers and more.     The most common item found...

Osprey Monitoring Workshop June 17th, 2017 in Nelson, BC Lake Watchers Workshop Series Saturday, June 17th: 1:00PM-3:00PM – REGISTER HERE At the Kokanee Creek Nature Centre at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park Join the Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society for our 2nd Lake Watchers Workshop on Osprey Nest Monitoring Techniques...

CANCELED - Osprey Monitoring Workshop June 18th, 2017 in Creston, BC Lake Watchers Workshop Series Sunday, June 18th: 1:00PM-3:00PM - CANCELED We regret to inform you that our Creston Osprey Nest Monitoring Workshop has been canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please feel free to contact us at...

The Kootenay Lake Summit is Returning for it's Fourth Year! [caption id="attachment_1446" align="alignnone" width="649"] Photo by Alistair Fraser[/caption] The Summit will take place at the Yasodhara Ashram in Riondel on October 22nd from 9:30am-3:00pm and the cost is FREE, Please preregister here (we only have a limited number of tickets so please...

[caption id="attachment_1442" align="alignleft" width="333"] Avery Deboer- Smith[/caption] It is my pleasure to welcome Avery Deboer-Smith to the Program Manager position for the Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society. Avery was raised in Nelson, BC where she grew up running in the forest and playing in the...