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This introductory course provides students with an opportunity to improve their amphibian species identification and handling skills, learn about survey design and standard inventory and monitoring techniques, and get hands-on experience surveying for amphibians in a variety of settings. This 1.5 day course will include...

Comox Valley 2020: 3rd Annual Vancouver Island Water Stewardship in a Changing Climate Symposium: Climate Change, Collaboration and Restorative Landscapes Thursday, April 23, 2020 - Friday, April 24, 2020 Courtenay, British Columbia Information: Partnership for Water Sustainability in BC Tel.: 604-947-2911. Email: kstephens@watersustainabilitybc.ca https://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/events?eventid=7359    

This leadership training opportunity is hosted as a partnership between CBEEN and Selkirk College. Hosted on the beautiful shores of Kootenay Lake, workshop patricipants will take a deep dive into three days of hands-on learning and skill building in the Art of Hosting. Come away...

Register for the first-ever Friends of Kootenay Lake Osprey Monitoring Webinar! The first week of April marks the return of the high flying, deep diving and fish-loving Osprey (pandion haliaetus). These birds migrate here from Central and South America, returning to their nests along the Kootenay...

Get up to speed on what Friends of Kootenay Lake has been up to Join us for our first online AGM on June 3rd at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Through these challenging times, we here at FOKLSS have been keeping ourselves busy by planning...

Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society offers a CABIN Field Assistant Training for Kootenay Lake residents Register here by July 20th! Note: Due to limited spaces, those who register will be contacted by our team to determine their ability and interest in continuing to monitor...

Want to know more about Friends of Kootenay Lake's Shore-spawning Kokanee Habitat Enhancement Project?   On August 25th between 10:00 - 10:45 am, join us for a virtual information session hosted by Program Manager Camille LeBlanc. In this one hour session, you will learn why...

2020 ONLINE WETLANDS INSTITUTE SPEAKER SERIES - LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE! The BC Wildlife Federation is hosting an online webinar series regarding wetlands education over the next two months, but there is limited space remaining to participate! Those interested are urged to sign up promptly before...

Want to know more about Friends of Kootenay Lake’s Shore-spawning Kokanee Habitat Enhancement Project? On October 15 from 7:00 – 8:00 pm, join Friends of Kootenay Lake for a virtual information session hosted by Program Manager Camille LeBlanc. In this one hour session, you will...

Association of State Wetland Managers Webinar #2: Identifying Where to Place Beavers and When to Use Beaver Mimicry for Low Tech Restoration Thursday September 24th, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. PST   ASWM is hosting a webinar series introducing the restoration of aquatic ecosystems through...

Join the Nelson - West Kootenay chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL), Sustainable Selkirk and the Mir Centre for Peace in a series of local events featuring talks from both local and global climate champions as part of the global Countdown launch.   The goal...