#Stewardship Tag

Cottonwood Creek Cleanup

East Nelson Park and Ride Nelson Nelway Hwy, Nelson, BC, Canada

We're excited to invite you to a hands-on opportunity to make a difference in the Nelson community. We’re organizing a clean-up event Along the Cottonwood creek system and would love for you to join us! There's trash that has been noted in and around the...

Kokanee Birding Info Night

kokanee nature centre 4902 Hwy 3A, Nelson, BC, Canada

Calling all bird lovers, nature walkers, and curious minds! Join Friends of Kootenay Lake for our Birding Info Night at the beautiful Kokanee Nature Centre. We'll kick off the evening with a short panel where local birders reflect their what ignited their curiosity in the...

Harrop Field Day: Deer Fencing

Harrop Wetland access via 6375 Erindale Rd, Harrop BC, British Columbia, Canada

Join us to continue our management at Harrop Wetlands! ✨ We’ll be installing protective fencing around emerging shrubs and this season's invasive species treatment areas. This is a great way to get hands-on with restoration work, learn about wetland ecology, and help protect this vital...

BC Rivers Day: Cottonwood Cleanup

Cottonwood Falls Park, Nelson Nelson, British Columbia

Join Us for BC Rivers Day: Cottonwood Creek Cleanup! For the second year in a row we, in partnership with Living Lakes Canada (LLC), are excited to host a community stream cleanup along Cottonwood Creek as part of this years BC Rivers Day celebrations! Thank...

Harrop Fall Planting

Harrop Wetland access via 6375 Erindale Rd, Harrop BC, British Columbia, Canada

We’re arranging a Community Planting Day for the fall—and we’re putting out a call to local gardeners and plant stewards! If you’ve been propagating or transplanting native plants at home, we’d love to invite you to bring them to the wetland in the fall as part of our planting effort....

Harrop Wetland 2026 Season Prep

Harrop Wetland access via 6375 Erindale Rd, Harrop BC, British Columbia, Canada

We have decided to host one additional field day in Harrop! To prepare for the 2026 season we will be getting a head start on our treatment areas. This includes laying benthic barrier, sawdust, and cardboard. Help us continue the management of Reed Canary Grass...

Stewarding for Preventing and Managing Invasive Plants

Free 1.5 Hour Virtual Workshop! Wed, Jan 14 at 2pm PST There's a new Conservation Ambassador Training opportunity! Module 7: Stewarding for Preventing and Managing Invasive Plants. This new workshop, presented by Laurie Frankcom (Central Kootenay Invasive Species Society) and Brittany Eliadis (East Kootenay Invasive...

Trees of the People: Cottonwoods around the Crown of the Continent

Free 1 Hour Virtual Workshop! Thurs, Jan 22 at 12pm PST In partnership with the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology (CMI), Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) presents their Annual Winter Webinar Series on the theme of Lessons for the next chapter of Restoration & Stewardship...

Building Homes for Wood Ducks

Nelson United Church 602 Silica St, Nelson, BC, Canada

Celebrate World Wetlands Day with us by taking part in a hands-on workshop focused on one of our region’s most distinctive wetland birds—the Wood Duck. > Register Here < This free event invites participants to assemble pre-cut Wood Duck nest boxes, which will be installed in suitable...

Restoring Grasslands in the Rocky Mountain Trench

Free 1 Hour Virtual Workshop! Thurs, Feb 5 at 12pm PST In partnership with the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology (CMI), Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) presents their Annual Winter Webinar Series on the theme of Lessons for the next chapter of Restoration & Stewardship in...