13 Apr FOKLSS is Hiring!
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12 Mar The Nelson Daily: Kootenay-Columbia lakes and rivers win protections
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Navigable lakes and rivers across Kootenay-Columbia will receive blanket protections under new legislation that was introduced after MP Wayne Stetski tabled his own bill on the subject. Read the full article here....
12 Mar World Water Day Fact Sheet
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World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme, ‘Nature for Water’, explores nature-based solutions (NBS) to the water challenges we face in the 21st century Click here to see some facts about global water...
05 Mar Collaborative Consent and Revitalizing Indigenous Laws: POLIS Webinar Recording & Summary
On January 15, 2018, we hosted the second webinar in our 2017/2018 Creating a Blue Dialogue webinar season, Collaborative Consent and Revitalizing Indigenous Laws: Pathways to Indigenous Water Governance and Co-Governance with speakers Rosie Simms (POLIS Water Sustainability Project), Michael Miltenberger (North Raven), and Simon Owen (Indigenous Law...
25 Jan CONNECTING COMMUNITY-BASED WATER MONITORING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP IN CANADA
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23 Jan A Guidebook to the Alberta-North West Territories Mackenzie River Basin Bilateral Water Agreement
Transcending Boundaries: A Guidebook to the Alberta-Northwest Territories Mackenzie Basin River Bilateral Water Management Agreement provides a detailed examination of one of the most comprehensive and progressive transboundary water agreements in the world. Through the Bilateral Agreement between Alberta and the Northwest Territories, signed on March...
23 Jan FLOW: Forum for Leadership on Water 2017 Flow Monitor
FLOW MONITOR: Canadian Water Policy Watch Much has changed since FLOW's last edition – in particular, the election of a new federal government that has committed to a renewed, nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous governments, to review and modernize key environmental laws and policies, and to make...
05 Jan Salmon or trout: What the heck is a steelhead, anyway?
Bethany Lindsay CBC, Dec. 23, 2017 Meet the anadromous subspecies of Oncorhynchus mykiss, a trout that behaves like a salmon. Read the full news story here....
04 Jan BC First Nations Water Governance Roundtable Summary Report & Next Steps
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Published On: October 31st, 2017 Author: Natasha Overduin, Susi Porter-Bopp, and Genevieve Layton-Cartier This report provides a record of the discussions that occurred at the BC First Nations Water Governance Roundtable, held in Smithers, British Columbia in Wet’suwet’en territories on June 28th and 29th, 2017. This roundtable was co-hosted...
21 Nov Murky Waters: Taking a Snapshot of Freshwater Sustainability in BC
A Report by the BC Real Estate Foundation "Murky Waters, the first in this series, examines the state of freshwater ecosystems in British Columbia. With an ambitious goal in mind, we worked with a committee of water experts to create a framework that includes desired impacts,...