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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...

We need more inspiring people like you to join our team of Board of Directors! As a board member, you volunteer your time to govern and care for the organization at a foundational level. You can join a committee that suits your interests, and utilize your...

As fall comes to an end, so does our season of monitoring Shore-Spawning Kokanee (SSK) Salmon at our restoration site. We had another awesome year and we are looking forward to monitoring in the new year. Kokanee Salmon & Why They Are in Decline Shoreline Spawning Kokanee...

Thanks to our wonderful sponsors and incredible volunteers, we recently wrapped up another successful year of Watershed Monitoring. This program utilizes the Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Inventory Network (CABIN) national water quality monitoring protocol to assess water quality through the collection and analysis of macroinvertebrate aquatic...

Our Lake Education Program aims to empower and inspire younger generations to care about local watersheds and learn why protecting them are so important. Back in September, staff member Kayla met up with Grade 8/9 students from J.V Humphries School in Kaslo to discuss water quality...

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...

From April 1st to 30th, Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society organized a beach cleanup initiative in partnership with the Trails for Creston Valley Society (TCVS) and the East Shore Freshwater Habitat Society (ESFHS). We called for all hands on deck to address the growing...