Does BC need a Wetland Policy?

On January 29, 2016May 5, 2022 By kaylaakinsIn Outreach, Wetland Stewardship Continued Projects, Wetlands Education Program (WEP)9 Comments

We're asking British Columbians to weigh in on a simple Yes or No question: Does BC need a policy that specifically supports wetlands? Why would BC need a wetland policy? We’ve been asking BC communities informally for years, and finally decided we need to “go to the polls” and then share the results back to …

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Building Wetlands in the Somenos Marsh: Treating Storm Water and Creating Habitat

On May 5, 2015July 30, 2021 By Neil FletcherIn Outreach, Wetland Stewardship Continued Projects, Wetlands Education Program (WEP), Wetlands InstituteLeave a comment

This article was submitted by Elizabeth Bailey, Program Coordinator for the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society.Elizabeth attended the 2014 Wetlands Institute. The new wetland will filter stormwater and provide habitat. Along with a team of experts and community supporters, the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society (SMWS) has restored a wetland pond in the Somenos Marsh to treat …

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Golf Balls and Wetlands – Part 2

On February 20, 2015July 30, 2021 By Diane KissIn Wetland Stewardship Continued Projects, Wetlands Education Program (WEP)1 Comment

This article was submitted by the Logan Lake Enhancement Working Group. Click here for part 1 Another year, another impacted area and another crop of willing BCIT students. Throw in some funding, equipment, materials and supplies. Mix liberally with Tom Biebighauser and we have the recipe for another successful wetland restoration/construction project. See “Golf Balls and …

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Update on KLO Middle School: Painted Turtles and fish will soon settle into a new naturalized creek and wetland complex

On October 31, 2014July 30, 2021 By Diane KissIn Wetland Stewardship Continued ProjectsLeave a comment

This project was started because students at KLO middle school in Kelowna found baby painted turtles in their long jump sand box. This area has now been fenced off and students displayed some interpretative signs. In 2010, students at K.L.O. Middle School in Kelowna found nesting painted turtles in their long jump sand box. Michelle, …

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Hunters build a fence to protect wetland from cattle and mud-boggers

On October 30, 2014July 30, 2021 By Diane KissIn Wetland Stewardship Continued Projects1 Comment

Some of these hunters may be retired, but they continue to work hard to preserve their local wetland. Part of the crew: Dave Carleton, Ray Paulsen, Bryn White, and Jillian Tamblyn. This wetland has been overgrazed by roaming cattle and degraded by off-road mud-boggers. McLachlan Lake (unofficially named) is located in the Garnet Valley, not far west …

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