Coastal Region E-letter

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Columbia Region E-letter

  E-letter Columbia Region November 2024 E-letter Columbia Region September 2024 E-Letter Columbia Region July 2024 E-Letter Columbia Region June 2024 E-letter Provincial May 2024 E-letter Columbia Region April 2024 E-letter Columbia Region February 2024 […]

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Peace Region E-letter

  E-letter Peace Region November 2024 E-letter Peace Region September 2024 E-letter Peace Region July 2024  E-letter Peace Region June 2024  E-letter Provincial May 2024 E-letter Peace Region April 2024 E-letter Peace Region February 2024 […]

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Toadfest 2024 Cancelled

Toadfest 2024 Cancelled Organizers have cancelled plans for Toadfest 2024 due to the local wildfires, smoke and road closures. There will be no public event this year and organizers are discouraging visitors to Summit Lake […]

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New Columbia Region board member!

Greg Rickbeil: new public representative for our Columbia Region board! Meet Greg. He’s the newest member of our Columbia Region board, that is responsible for all funding decisions and the region’s annual operating plan. There […]

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Wanted: your fish guts!

In 2018—19 the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) in the Columbia Region is funding 55 projects for a total project investment of more than $6 million. One of those projects, coordinated by the Province […]

Columbia Region

Release of Vancouver Island Marmots reaches milestone

FWCP helping one of the rarest mammals in the world The Vancouver Island marmot is among the world’s most endangered mammals, but a captive breeding program, supported by the FWCP, is helping to turn numbers […]

Coastal Region

Wetland Restoration Helps Endangered Frogs

Northern Leopard Frogs Benefit from Restored Wetlands Approximately 3.4 hectares of wetland were restored in November and December 2016 in the Creston Valley through a joint initiative between the FWCP, the Ministry of Forests, Lands […]

Columbia Region

New Peace Region Manager

Chelsea Coady Takes Over Peace Region Meet Chelsea Coady, our new Peace Region Manager. This professional biologist and novice birder has worked with the Fraser Basin Council, the Province (in the Ministry of Environment) and […]

Peace Region

New Fishing Wharf on Kootenay Lake

New Fishing Wharf for the West Arm After seven years of planning, fundraising, permits, and construction, Procter has a new fishing wharf. Thanks to the initiative and hard work of the West Arm Outdoors Club, […]

Columbia Region

Mule Deer Meandering and Mortalities

Mule Deer Migrations and Mortalities For Release: July 15, 2016 Mule Deer populations in the Kootenay region have gone through significant declines in recent years: one occurred following the severe winter of 1996-97 and a […]

Columbia Region

Helping Endangered Frogs Recover

The most at-risk amphibian in B.C. is a species of interest for us. We’ve helped move more than 34,000 tadpoles from Creston to its historical range in the East Kootenay, and we support a captive […]

Columbia Region