The Wild and Scenic Film Festival returns to Invermere for its fourth year! The festival promises a full evening of environmental and adventure films that illustrate the Earth's beauty, the challenges facing the planet and the work communities are doing to protect the environment, supplemented...
To help address the gaps in important water data needed by all levels of governments to make water-based decisions in the Columbia Basin in preparation for climate change. This 2-day water dialogue convened by Living Lakes Canada, the Columbia Basin Watershed Network, Selkirk College and...
The Columbia Region Ecological Discussions include speakers addressing a diversity of topics such as science communication, active ecological management, citizen science, research skills and techniques and the influences that our natural environment has on art and culture. For more info click here.
Date: January 1, 2018 Location: Lakeside Park, Nelson, BC Kootenay Co-op Radio and the Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society are once again partnering up to host the Polar Bear Swim at Lakeside Park in Nelson, BC on New Years Day. We will be serving up hot...
A call for presentations for the "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Managing Health of Fish and Wildlife" Hosted by the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology, this conference will provide an opportunity for improved dialogue among experts; First Nations, veterinarians, academics, epidemiologists, wildlife biologists, stakeholders, managers, stewardship...
A presentation on ECO Canada’s latest research release on the landscape of the environmental workforce. In this free, 1-hour webinar, you will get the latest information on environmental employment and the skills employers are looking for. Key findings and insights you will learn: Where environmental...
The Kootenay Native Plant Society is holding a gala evening with a tasting menu featuring camas and other wild foods, presentations celebrating camas restoration in the West Kootenay, and a silent auction. All proceeds will support the Camas Conservation Area in Millennium Park, Castlegar. KNPS...
Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is widely discussed in academic research as having value for understanding how ecosystems are changing because of climate change. Some scholars have noted that TEK, especially when brought into discussions of environmental planning and management, takes on a distinctly political character,...
EPA's Office of Research and Development hosts this webinar series to share current research and results. Through innovative science and engineering, EPA’s researchers are developing cost-effective, sustainable solutions to 21st century complex water issues.
Environmental impact assessments want to know if trends over time differ between control and impact sites. Statistical methods for the analysis of trends over time use many of the same methods as the analysis of experimental data (e.g. ANOVA, regression) but must now deal with...
Join forester John Cathro to learn about the importance of fire in healthy forest ecosystems, and strategies to manage for fire on private properties in the Kootenays. For more information click here.
The WildBC Below Zero workshop will take you outside for a close look at how life survives the Canadian winter in your area. Participants will learn about adaptations of local plant and wildlife species, as well as winter ecology and responsible human actions, through the...
