These 7-day hands-on courses educate participants about wetlands stewardship and wetland construction skills. Participants are encouraged to come with a wetland project that they can implement upon returning home from the Institute. Read about our past institutes.
Members of the City of Vancouver's engineering department will spend the next several years building and rehabilitating urban wetlands in the Still Creek Watershed, using skills they acquired from a Wetlands Institute workshop last year. Sophie Warren and Julie McManus collaborate with the City of Vancouver Parks Board on improving stormwater management and on rainwater …
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A recap of the 2023 Wetlands Institute By Jamie Long, Conservation Stewardship Communications Coordinator, B.C. Wildlife Federation For over two decades, the B.C. Wildlife Federation's Wetlands Institute has been essential in empowering participants with the skills necessary to lead watershed projects across BC. In 2023, the Wetlands Institute, facilitated by the BCWF’s Wetlands Education Program, …
Continue reading Knowledge-sharing Ensures Healthier Landscapes Province-wide
As the B.C. Wildlife Federation geared up for its 2023 Wetlands Institute, we were inspired to look back at the transformative journeys of past participants. Among them was the heartwarming story of Susan DeBeck, who attended the program in 2021. While many come to our Institute with backgrounds in environmental science, Susan stands out as …
Continue reading The Wetlands Institute Inspires Ongoing Backyard Restoration Efforts
This year marked the 20th annual Wetlands Institute – a world-class, immersive watershed restoration training for British Columbians. Since 2002, this program has engaged British Columbian ecological professionals in restoration techniques, impacting a variety of wetlands across the province in multi-phase and continual projects. From September 19 to 25th, participants from across the province …
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Wetlands Institute 2021 Participants in front of the Native Plant Nursery on Galiano Island. Vancouver Island is home to a diversity of wetland types, from bogs to salty estuaries, marshes and swamps. Taking advantage of this variety of wetland ecosystems, BCWF’s Wetlands Education Program (WEP) jumped on the opportunity to bring the 19th annual Wetlands Institute to Vancouver Island from October 2-8th. The Institute had 18 enthusiastic …
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