Back in the spring, FoKLSS hosted several cleanup events, including the east shore cleanup throughout the entire month of April. Now, as Kootenay Lake's busy season is in full swing, we're beginning to plan our cleanups for summer and fall. Here are our first cleanups...
Friends of Kootenay Lake, as part of our Watershed Monitoring Program, is again offering training for our volunteers and partners to help us monitor streams along the West Arm of Kootenay Lake. Year two of this program will add to, and build on, an existing...
For those wondering what is going on at the Balfour Kootenay Lake Ferry Terminal, we are providing an update we received on the construction project. Work on the Kootenay Lake Ferry Service Improvements Project is moving forward steadily and is on track to delivering the important...
The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) has begun a review of the Kootenay Lake Development Permit Area. "Environmental Development Permit Areas are one of the tools used by local governments to ensure that development activities are completed in a way that is sensitive to the...
On June 22nd, we co-hosted a meeting for Harrop-area residents with Tom Biebighauser, Wildlife Biologist and Wetland Ecologist. Tom provided a great presentation on the importance of wetlands, and we followed by discussing the Harrop wetland specifically, our projects in the area , the future of...
FoKLSS' Program Manager, Camille LeBlanc, helped the Kootenay Conservation Program (KCP) deliver module three of their Conservation Ambassador Training last week. As part of this module KCP partners that are stewardship representatives from various backgrounds, who often work with private landowners, discussed the practical side of...
Our 2021 AGM has now come and gone, and it went amazing. Thank you to everyone who attended! The notes and presentation from the AGM can be found below. You can find the entire AGM on YouTube here. AGM Introduction Camille LeBlanc, Friends of Kootenay Lake Program Manager,...
On May 29 at Harrop Wetland, long term volunteers, new volunteers and neighbours to the site helped gather amphibian data at the site. This data will help inform future stewardship and restoration action! These dedicated volunteers will monitor in 2021 and in future years! We were...
Our Osprey Monitoring Workshop, co-hosted with Joanne Siderius, has now come and gone! Thank you to all of the eager and curious community members who attended. There were tons of great questions and an obvious interest in supporting this monitoring program. Our Assistant Program Manager, Kayla,...
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...
