TOMORROW! Thursday, February 7, 10am-11am PST/11am-noon MST
Join our collaboration with Neil Fletcher of the BC Wildlife Federation and the KCP Winter Webinar Series to explore wetland restoration in the Kootenays! Wetlands are a critical component of ecosystem conservation, for supporting a variety of species at risk, holding and filtering water, recharging groundwater, and storing carbon. In the Kootenays, many wetlands have been lost due to dam impoundment and land development. This webinar will discuss the importance of wetland restoration, results from a BCWF-led monitoring study of past restoration projects, recent BCWF-led restoration projects in the Kootenays, and ways to get involved in the conservation movement.
Thursday, February 21, 10am-11am PST/11am-noon MST
Join Gregoire Lamoureux from the Slocan River Streamkeepers to explore fish habitat enhancement and wetland restoration. The Streamkeepers have implemented over 40 riparian restoration projects in the Slocan Valley since 2005, restoring the equivalent of 5 km of riverbank. In this webinar Gregoire Lamoureux, Restoration Ecologist, will talk about some of the projects implemented over the years, the importance of good relationship with landowners, the challenges & benefits of the projects and more.
Join Marc Trudeau for the fourth KCP Winter Webinar. Marc is the coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Trench Natural Resources Society and will be discussing Ecosystem Restoration (ER) in the Rocky Mountain Trench. As long ago as the 1950s, it was becoming evident that the grasslands and open forests of the Southern Trench were changing for the worse. Modern-day wildfire suppression was bringing an end to the cycle of frequent, low intensity fires that maintained these ecosystems for thousands of years. In this webinar, we will discuss the impacts of wildfire suppression, fire ecology, ER strategies, operations and monitoring within the Rocky Mountain Trench.
