All residence in the basin have a say in the CRT Review. Click here to check out the Columbia River Treaty Review website, get informed and add your voice to the discussion! ...
Thanks to the Nelson Young Naturalists for a great day by the lake. We had a lot of fun at the Water Quality for Kids event last weekend! Here are a couple of pictures with a Friends of Kootenay Lake instructor teaching kids about the...
This quick read describes in a nutshell what a Shoreline Guidance Document is and why it is being created for Kootenay Lake. KL_SGD_2013.pdf ...
The Columbia Basin Biodiversity Atlas has been renewed: new map technology, new species, and new citizen science reporting tools. Check it out at www.biodiversityatlas.org....
Celebrated every April 22, Earth Day is the largest, most celebrated environmental event worldwide. Friends of Kootenay Lake is working with the Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Council, the City of Nelson, Kootenay Native Plant Society, West Kootenay EcoSociety,and the Nelson Pilots Association to host a family...
[caption id="attachment_659" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo Credit: Friends of Kootenay Lake[/caption] Max Depth: 150m Surface elevation: 532 m Length: 104 km Area: 400 km²...
[caption id="attachment_656" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo Credit: Jim Martin CrazyM Bird and Nature Photography[/caption] Did you know that hunting, trapping, angling and wildlife viewing are collectively worth about $1.3 billion to the province’s economy? This shows that protecting natural resources like Kootenay Lake can have both environmental...
This report provides an overview of the impacts and benefits of the Columbia River Treaty (the Treaty) to the Columbia Basin (drainages into the main stem of the Columbia River north of the 49th parallel) in Canada and to the Province of B.C....
On Friday Feb 8th issue of the Nelson Star News there was an interesting historical factoid that in 1913 people used to be able to skate on the lake from Nelson to 8mile. Wonder when the last time the lake froze like that?...
[caption id="attachment_421" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo Credit: Friends of Kootenay Lake[/caption] We are launching our citizen science based water quality monitoring program for Kootenay Lake in February 2012. Want to get involved? Contact us! ...
