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Restoring a Kootenay River floodplain

Project Year: 2025-2026

Multi-year Project

Project Lead

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Watershed/Sub-region

Columbia Region

East Kootenay

Project Type

Habitat-based Actions

FWCP Contribution

158,633.00

Action Plan Alignment

Ecosystems

Project ID

COL-F26-W-4231

Bummers Flats Floodplain and Wetland Habitat Restoration

This multi-year project will restore 50 hectares of wetland in a floodplain along the Kootenay River

The project will re-activate natural floodplain processes that were disturbed by engineered dikes. Habitat will be restored for a diversity of wetland species, such as waterfowl, songbirds, raptors, amphibians, bats, elk, and beaver. Suitable habitat for Endangered northern leopard frog will also be created.

ʔaq̓am is leading with Indigenous knowledge that will inform restoration.