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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Swamped with Joy: Wetlandkeepers in Mission
Slowly creeping along the shore of the swamp, I take delicate silent steps as I carefully scan the vegetation. Heart racing and muscles tense, I’m looking for any sign of movement that will give away its location. An almost imperceptible…
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Kelowna Students Lead the Charge to Protect Endangered Painted Turtles
In 2010, students at KLO Middle School in Kelowna discovered baby Western Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta) nesting in their long jump sandbox. Although this species is the most widespread turtle in North America, it is considered endangered in parts of…
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Cypress Mountain Wetlandkeepers
The Wetlandkeepers workshop at Cypress Bowl near West Vancouver was an opportunity to acquire skills in identifying wetland types, to learn how to map wetlands and identify plant species within them as well as to understand the problem of soil…
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Stud’s Pasture Wetland, Kamloops
The Stud’s Pasture Wetland on the Tk’emlups Indian Reserve near Kamloops, BC was restored as part of the Wetlands Institute in the summer of 2010. It is currently being monitored by enthusiastic past participants of that institute, Sue Huddart & Diane James. They have since been featured…
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