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Category: Wetlands Workforce

  • Wetland Ecosystem Services Protocol and Predictive Mapping

    Wetland Ecosystem Services Protocol and Predictive Mapping

    Two of the major tasks our Wetlands Workforce crews are working on this year are the Wetlands Ecosystem Services Protocol (WESP) and Predictive Mapping.

  • Healer of the Land — Dave Polster, his Techniques, and a Legacy of Trees

    Healer of the Land — Dave Polster, his Techniques, and a Legacy of Trees

    Dave Polster is a plant ecologist with over 40 years of experience in vegetation studies, reclamation, and invasive species management.

  • Seeing is Believing — Improving our Wetlands one Survey at a Time

    Seeing is Believing — Improving our Wetlands one Survey at a Time

    Something unexpected visited the ponds at the Halleran site in Meadow Creek, a small community in the mountainous Lardeau Valley. At the Halleran site, it is quite common to see grizzly bears in the flourishing vegetation or elk wadding in one of the many ponds created on the property. The Halleran restoration project began in…

  • Birdhouse Boom! Building Real Estate for Wetland Birds

    Birdhouse Boom! Building Real Estate for Wetland Birds

    The Wetlands Workforce is helping build real estate for wetland birds by building birdhouses to place in restored wetlands.

  • The Yaqan Nukiy Wetland Project

    The Yaqan Nukiy Wetland Project

    Over the last three years, the B.C. Wildlife Federation’s Wetlands Education Program has been working in partnership with the Lower Kootenay Band on two landscape-scale restoration projects on traditional Yaqan Nukiy territory. The project site is well over 517 hectares in size.

  • Leaving a Legacy

    Leaving a Legacy

    Leaving a legacy is no easy task, but one conservation hero has put us on a path of continued investment in healthy watersheds and wetlands.

  • B.C.’s Wetlands are Getting a Boost

    B.C.’s Wetlands are Getting a Boost

    B.C.’s Wetlands are getting a boost, with the B.C. Wildlife Federation receiving $5 million to maintain important Wetlands across the Province in 2021.

  • Our First Nations Liaison

    Our First Nations Liaison

    Meet Glenn Auger, Wetlands Workforce First Nations Liaison. Glenn has a diverse background of skills and experiences, but it is the work he has done as a First Nations Liaison that has given him much joy in his career.

  • Our Wetland Stewards

    Our Wetland Stewards

    The Wetlands Workforce program started with four key wetland stewards, brought on after completing their internship with the B.C. Wildlife Federation, through the Canadian Conservation Corps (CCC) Program.

  • BCWF Celebrates Watershed and Wetland Funding

    BCWF Celebrates Watershed and Wetland Funding

    BC Watershed Security Coalition & BCWF Celebrate a Big Win for Watersheds as the B.C. Government announces $27 million to be invested into watershed initiatives and wetland projects.