It is our pleasure to introduce our new Program Manager Camille LeBlanc. Camille has been our tireless Environment Manager for the past 8 months. Maybe you have chatted with Camille at an outreach event, shared a boat ride looking for Osprey or picked up styrofoam...
Photo Credit: Joanne Siderius Answering the call On the chilly Sunday morning of December 1, 2019 members of the Kootenay Lake community bundled up and got to work cleaning-up massive amounts of StyrofoamTM at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park. This clean-up was organized by Anne Pigeon owner and...
Title of Position: Program Coordinator Terms of Employment: December 15, 2019 to April 30, 2021 (with possibility for extension); approximately 10-15 hours per week; contracted by Living Lakes Canada Wage: Depending upon experience Start Date: December 15, 2019 Deadline to Apply: November 30, 2019 Submit Application To: Heather Leschied, Operations Director, Living...
For 7 years FOKLSS has hosted an event focused on good food, great people and rich learning about Kootenay Lake from experts in our community The Summit took place on November 8, 2019 at Taghum Hall on the Kootenay river from 5:30-9:30pm. The theme of this years...
On October 21, 2019 FOKLSS hosted a workshop on shore-spawning Kokanee with presentations from Joanne Siderius Senior Naturalist of the Kokanee Creek Nature Centre and Jeff Burrows Senior Fish Biologist from Ministry of Forest Lands and Natural Resource Operations Even though the election was in full...
On October 10 2019, Friends of Kootenay Lake staff along with two volunteers went out on the West Arm to gather data on shore-spawning Kokanee. Late fall is usually the time when many living systems start to wind down for the winter. Cottonwood leaves start to...
Discussing the impacts of climate change on Kootenay Lake. With presentations by local researchers, climate scientists, and non-profits. This highly anticipated event will feature talks from local leaders in climate science and action, set to the beautiful backdrop of the Kootenay River. The Kootenay Lake Summit is...
A reminder to keep an eye out for redds on the shoreline, as Kokanee are spawning between September and October On September 27th FOKLSS went to a known spawning site of shore spawning Kokanee, right at the time when they had begun to spawn and monitoring...
On Friday September 27th, the FOKLSS team enlisted the help of 19 students from Selkirk College's Integrated Environmental Planning program to complete maintenance at Duck Bay Wetland These second-year students helped our FOKLSS team fulfill our project goals for year two of the Duck Bay Wetland...
Watershed Watch has just released a new report on water scarcity in B.C.: Tapped Out: A Special Report on Water Scarcity and Water Solutions in British Columbia. According to this report, "2.9 million British Columbians live in areas where water shortages are likely to be a serious problem...
