Friends of Kootenay Lake is currently running a silent auction! We are still in the midst of our fall fundraiser, and all money raised will go directly to helping us continue our work around the lake. Plus, there are over 25 awesome items up for...
The 2024 Nelson Polar Bear Swim is on January 1! There are a ton of prizes to be won, including a staycation at The Sentinel in Kaslo, a $200 gift card to Relish in Nelson, and a two-day pass to Whitewater Ski Resort. Last year's swim...
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...
Volunteers continue to be the driving force of FoKLSS shoreline cleanups and thanks to their dedication and hard work, over 500 pounds of trash was removed from the lakebed and shorelines in 2021. They not only participated in the one off organized cleanups, but took...
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...
I had the chance to attend my first ever garbage cleanup with Friends of Kootenay Lake on Saturday, October 30th. Not only was I amazed by the different items pulled from the lakebed and off the shoreline, but the number of volunteers who showed up...
For over 14,000 years, the First People of this continent, including people of the Ktunaxa, Sinixt, Secwe̓pemc, and Sylix First Nations, took care of this landscape, growing with the seasons, learning the languages of the land, and carefully carrying traditional ecological knowledge through the generations....
Our friends at Living Lakes Canada recently completed their summer site visits as part of their Groundwater Monitoring Program. They visited close to 22 Volunteer Observation Wells in the Columbia Basin and monitored the static water levels in different aquifers throughout. "This summer we noticed that...
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...
