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Healing the Columbia

Yasodhara Ashram 527 Walkers Landing Rd. , Kootenay Bay, British Columbia

A talk and discussion on the ethics of water management in the upper Columbia Basin and the possibility of salmon re-introduction above Grand Coulee Dam. "A River Captured" represents a decade of research and a lifetime of learning about water for local author Eileen Delehanty...

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Wild & Scenic Film Festival

Columbia Valley Centre 646-4th Street, Invermere, BC

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...

Cracking the Code (in 3-D): A Water Data Hub Dialogue

Copper Point Resort 760 Cooper Rd, Invermere, BC

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...

CRED Talks (Columbia Region Ecological Discussions)

Revelstoke Community Centre 600 Campbell Ave, Revelstoke

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.

New Year’s Polar Bear Plunge!

Lakeside Park

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...

Call for Presentations for the Interdisciplinary Approaches to Managing Health of Fish and Wildlife Conference

Kimberly Conference Centre 290 North Star Blvd., Kimberly, British Columbia

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...

Webinar: The State of the Environmental Workforce in Canada

Online

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...

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Taste the Wild

Rod and Gun Club, Nelson BC 801 Railway St, Nelson, BC

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...

Webinar: Hidden Participants and Unheard Voices: Gender, Age, and other influences on Traditional Ecological Knowledge Research in the North

Online

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,...