BCWF’s Wetlandkeepers Courses are 2 1/2 day workshops that educate participants about wetland restoration, rehabilitation and conservation, while enhancing the wetland site!
Participants of the 2023 Houston Wetlandkeepers workshop. On July 27th - 29th, members of A Rocha Canada teamed up with the Wetlands Education Program (WEP) team to host the Houston Wetlandkeepers course! Interested consultants, residents, retirees, and volunteers joined us for a fun-filled, informative weekend focused on wetland health in the Bulkley-Nechako Region. We began …
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One of the key tenets of the BCWF’s Wetlands Education Program (WEP) is a commitment to the process of reconciliation and creating an open dialogue to listen, learn, and grow. We strive to foster enduring, mutualistic partnerships to ensure the preservation, conservation, and restoration of wetlands through knowledge exchange and cooperation. This summer, the WEP …
Moyie River Fire (2021) courtesy of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman This July, the Wetlands Education Program (WEP) team ventured to the picturesque East Kootenays to host a Wetlandkeepers workshop. Located in the southeast corner of British Columbia, the East Kootenay’s are a mountainous region home to numerous small towns such as Golden, Invermere, Cranbrook, and …
In mid-June, the Wetlands Education Program (WEP) team travelled to the North Okanagan to visit Armstrong and Spallumcheen. Like many of the locations WEP visits, Armstrong and Spallumcheen are situated at the bottom of one of B.C.’s numerous river valleys. Valleys are the result of longstanding erosion of land by glaciers, rivers, or streams. It’s …
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