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

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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Building a Schoolyard Wetland: Kinnaird Elementary, Castlegar

The BCWF's Wetlands Education Program headed to the West Kootenays to build a schoolyard wetland at Kinnaird Elementary in Castlegar.  With the help of the Grade Sevens we constructed a liner wetland over two sunny days last week! There were several steps involved in building a liner wetland: Placing the geotextile fabric in the excavated …

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