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Culverts: Part of Badger Recovery
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American badgers, like these, are an endangered species. Decreasing highway mortality – road kill – is an important part of the recovery plan for badgers, which are found in the East Kootenay. A recent FWCP report recommends improving existing culverts and adding new ones so fewer badgers are killed crossing our increasingly busy roads. |
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Good News for Endangered Frogs
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After an absence of more than 30 years in the East Kootenay, a breeding population of endangered Northern Leopard Frogs was found in Bummers Flats, just north of Fort Steele. In addition, thirteen egg masses were recorded in the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area – the highest since 2001. Both “good news” findings in FWCP 2007 are the result of a captive rearing and release program led by FWCP from 2001 – 2005.
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Check Out Sturgeon Video Online
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If you have access to the web (and we know you do) check out a three-minute video on the FWCP website that shows adult sturgeon being captured for broodstock. The FWCP funds the East Kootenay hatchery that rears juvenile Upper Columbia River White Sturgeon for release into West Kootenay rivers.
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Fungus Helps Mother Nature
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If you have access to the web (and we know you do) check out a three-minute video on the FWCP website that shows adult sturgeon being captured for broodstock. The FWCP funds the East Kootenay hatchery that rears juvenile Upper Columbia River White Sturgeon for release into West Kootenay rivers.
Photo: Angus Glass |
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Fort Shepherd Conservation Area – Update
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Plans to acquire 1,000 hectares of land along the Columbia River near Trail for conservation continue, and a draft Management Plan for the lands is expected in March 2008. Signs will soon be going up to mark the boundary. The FWCP is helping to fund the purchase of this important habitat and is funding the Management Plan that will define how the lands are used and managed in the years to come. |
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| FWCP has teamed up with the Geospatial Research Centre at Selkirk College to further develop the existing Biodiversity Atlas. This dynamic online mapping tool displays information about species and habitats in the East Kootenay. In time, it will include more information about biodiversity and the landscape across the Columbia Basin. This information has the power to improve conservation planning and land-use decision-making. |
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Wolverines – Monday, March 31, Nelson
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.Senior FWCP Wildlife Biologist John Krebs will host a presentation on wolverines: their life history, biology, habitat selection and distribution. Learn more about this amazing carnivore at 8 pm, on Monday, March 31 at Selkirk College in Nelson (Rosemont Campus). This presentation is co-hosted by the West Kootenay Naturalists. Donations to the Naturalists gratefully accepted.
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Gerrard Rainbow Trout Open House
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.The FWCP is hosting a free, drop-in open house on Wednesday, April 30 on the Lardeau River (viewing platform), from noon to 4 pm. Find out more about the unique Gerrard Rainbow Trout and learn how efforts to restore the ecosystem are helping this special fish and other species. Visit www.fwcp.ca in April for more details.
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Help Endangered Sturgeon
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.Release your own juvenile white sturgeon at the old ferry landing near Creston on Monday April 28 or at Beaver Creek Park near Trail on May 1. Help save this endangered species. Check for details at www.fwcp.ca closer to the date.
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Celebrate the Sturgeon
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.The Okanagan, Secwepmc and Ktunaxa Nations will be holding a Pow Wow at the Castlegar Community Arena on Saturday May 3. Dancers, drummers, arts, crafts and food will all be part of the mix to help celebrate this amazing fish. Watch West Kootenay papers in April for details.
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Got a Photo for Us?
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This bobcat was spotted near Nelson’s big orange bridge and confirms that we live in a place that is rich in biodiversity. If you have photos of the many species who share the Columbia Basin with us, send them along If we publish your photo, we’ll send you a FWCP shirt. |
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Fish & Wildlife Reports
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The FWCP is building a science-based understanding of the species in the Columbia Basin and is updating its free database all the time. New reports are now available on Western Screech-Owls, Bull Trout, Kokanee and Western yellow-bellied Racers. |
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Conserving & enhancing fish & wildlife
affected by the construction
of BC Hydro dams in the
Columbia Basin since 1995 |
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