Thank you! A huge thank you to everyone who tuned in on March 8th & 9th to learn about and discuss boating and fisheries on Kootenay Lake. Over 100 individuals in our community took part and were eager to dive into...
[caption id="attachment_4063" align="alignright" width="415"] Left to right: Joelle Burnie (FoKLSS staff), Gary Munro (Volunteer), and Molly Teather (FLNRORD) recording data and analyzing eggs. Photo: J. Siderius[/caption] Our Shore-Spawning Kokanee Habitat Restoration & Research Project is an all hands on deck initiative....
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...
From Dec 26-Jan 7 a portion of your purchase at Sprout Plant-Based Eatery, ROAM, and Back to Nature Apparel will be donated to Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society to help improve the health and stewardship of Kootenay Lake! Make sure...
Some of our partner organizations have hosted some really awesome webinars last month and we wanted to share them with you. Dig in! Living Lakes Canada: Indigenous-led Water Relationships within the Columbia Basin Webinar Series This three-part webinar series was organized to...
Harrop Wetland is a small but very important habitat located in Sunshine Bay Regional Park, Harrop, BC. It is considered an ephemeral wetland, meaning it only retains water seasonally and only in wet years, filling primarily by Kootenay Lake floodwaters...
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...
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...
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...
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...
