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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Free 1 Hour Virtual Workshop! Tues, Jan 13 at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Time The lived experiences and cultural knowledge of Indigenous, Black, and other educators and families of the Global Majority are not always well represented in outdoor learning. Nor are all outdoor...
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...
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...
Free 1 Hour Virtual Workshop! Thurs, Jan 29 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...
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...
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...
