Tag: BCWF
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World Migratory Bird Day 2025 — Creating Bird-Friendly Communities Across the Pacific Flyway
Each year, World Migratory Bird Day unites people across the globe in celebrating one of nature’s most awe-inspiring phenomena—the seasonal movement of billions of birds across vast distances. In 2025, the focus is on how we can make our communities—rural and urban alike—safer, healthier, and more welcoming for migratory birds. When Is World Migratory Bird…
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Supporting People, Supporting Watersheds
Celebrating Birch Matkowski’s R.P.Bio We’re proud to share that Birch Matkowski, a Jr. Restoration Biologist with the B.C. Wildlife Federation, recently earned her Registered Professional Biologist (R.P.Bio) designation. This is a major milestone in her career and a reflection of her dedication to conservation and restoration work across the province. Birch joined our team in…
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Using Laws and Legislation to Protect Your Wetlands
Have you ever seen someone filling in, draining, or destroying a wetland and wondered, “are they allowed to do that?!“ Maybe it’s your neighbor harming a wetland on their private property and you have concerns about it. Or, maybe there’s a new development proposed that will pollute your favorite wetland. Now that the value of natural ecosystems is becoming more appreciated and understood as a critical component of our landscape, it is important to learn how we…
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Common Wetland Invasives
In recognition of National Invasive Species Awareness Week 2025, the B.C. Wildlife Federation is highlighting the growing threat of invasive species in B.C.’s wetlands. Since 1996, the BCWF has been a leader in wetland conservation, working to protect, restore, and spread the word about these critical ecosystems across the province. Wetlands play a crucial role…
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World Wetlands Day 2025 — Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future
Today’s youth play a crucial role in what must be a collective effort to protect, restore, and sustainably manage wetlands across B.C., Canada, and the world. On World Wetlands Day 2025, the B.C. Wildlife Federation is embracing the theme Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future, emphasizing the importance of collaborating with young people to value…
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Keeping up with the Wetlands — A Summer of Wetland Exploration
With fall weather in full swing, it’s time to look back on some of the educational workshops the BCWF’s Wetlands Education Program (WEP) ran this summer! From exploring fens and marshes, to swamps and other wetlands, the WEP team connected with passionate individuals and local projects across coastal B.C. To kick off our summer season,…
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Beavers as Bioengineers
The B.C. Wildlife Federation is turning to expert engineers—otherwise known as beavers—to help protect our province’s precious land and water resources. Our 10,000 Wetlands project aims to use beaver-based restoration to enhance watershed resilience by harnessing the industrious skills of beavers, a species that has faced near eradication. The project aims to build dozens of…
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Communities Come Together to Revitalize Ginty’s Pond
After years of planning, work is finally underway to restore Ginty’s Pond to an open-water ecosystem. An essential wetland habitat in B.C.’s Interior, conservation efforts at this wetland will protect several federally listed species at risk, such as the Yellow-breasted Chat, Western Screech Owl, Interior Snakes, Great Basin Spadefoot, and Western Painted Turtles. Although this…
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Bonaparte channel restoration is a win for coho and the people who love them
The Bonaparte River coho channel is a unique and potentially productive coho salmon rearing habitat again, thanks to the efforts of the Bonaparte First Nation and the B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF). The original 500-metre channel has been restored, renewed and doubled in length, according to Bonaparte CEO Sean Bennett. “The fencing was basically rotten, the…
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Planting Seeds for Long-term Change
What comes to mind when you think of salmonberries? Do you think about how their flowers nurture pollinators, and their berries feed creatures of every size? Perhaps you pondered how fallen fruit attracts insects to nestle into the soil and among the fallen leaves. Indeed, salmonberry is a potent force for diversity and abundance. A…