The BCWF Bog Blog is the blog of the B.C. Wildlife Federation’s Watershed Team. Launched in 2010 through BCWF’s Wetlands Education Program, it has grown alongside our work. The Bog Blog features educational content and stories from the field across British Columbia including project updates, field notes, and plain-language insights into beaver-based restoration, wetland and fish habitat recovery, and the partnerships that make this work possible. For general BCWF updates, visitwww.bcwf.bc.ca/news-updates.
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Road Impacts on Wetlands
Across British Columbia, roads often cross or run alongside wetlands. When this happens, they can change how water moves across the land and reduce habitat for fish and wildlife. Wetlands provide year-round food, cover, and water for a diverse range…
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Final Report 2025
Healthy watersheds play a critical role in supporting fish, wildlife, and communities across British Columbia. In 2025, prolonged dry periods, wildfire risk, and intense rainfall events highlighted the importance of restoring and protecting wetlands and streams. In response to these…
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Restoring Nature on Its Own Terms
This article was originally published in BC Outdoors magazine in Fall 2025 and reflects work completed by the early 2025 field season. Restoration and monitoring efforts are ongoing, with additional work planned in the years ahead. “It’s time we start…
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Aspiring Biologist Profile — Kaia Bjorklund
Kaia Bjorklund grew up in the forests and fens of Prince George where the land served as both her school and her playground. A member of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation, she is a passionate, aspiring biologist with a strong…
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Volunteer Highlight — Director David Oliver Goes Above and Beyond
This article was originally published in BC Outdoors magazine in Spring 2025 and reflects beaver dam analogue (BDA) restoration work completed by the B.C. Wildlife Federation during the 2024 field season in the East Kootenay region. Since its publication, BCWF…
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Working Like Beavers to Transform the Landscape
This article was originally published in BC Outdoors magazine in Spring 2025 and reflects beaver dam analogue (BDA) restoration work completed by the B.C. Wildlife Federation during the 2024 field season in the Thompson–Nicola region. Since its publication, BCWF has…
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Creston Rallies to Restore Kootenay Lake’s Kokanee Salmon
Kootenay Lake’s Giants of Gerrard rainbow trout once routinely grew to an astonishing 30 pounds, but a decades-long ecological crisis triggered by hydro developments dating back to the 60s badly disrupted the lake’s Gerrard and Kokanee salmon populations. Now, an…
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Low Water at Ginty’s Pond Highlights Need for Continued Investment in Watershed Restoration
For nearly four decades, wildlife biologist Al Peatt has kept a close eye on Ginty’s Pond, a wetland in the semi-arid, desert-like climate of B.C.’s Similkameen Valley. In 1990, under his leadership as one of the founding directors of the…
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When Roads Meet Wetlands — Assessing Impacts Across Northern B.C
Northern B.C. is shaped by wetlands — and by the roads that cross them. Understanding how the two interact is essential for protecting ecosystems and planning future development. This past field season, the BCWF Watershed Team and our First Nations…
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Beavers Return to Earl Ranch
When our team returned to Earl Ranch this fall for routine maintenance and effectiveness monitoring, one year after building ten Beaver Dam Analogues (BDAs) in the stream flowing through the property, the signs were unmistakable: freshly peeled branches, packed mud,…
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