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  • Wetlands Need Stewards! – Victoria Wetlandkeepers

    Wetlands Need Stewards! – Victoria Wetlandkeepers

    From July 16-18, the Wetlands Education Program (WEP) team had the pleasure of partnering with the Habitat Acquisition Trust, Haliburton Community Organic Farm Society, and the Rithet’s Bog Conservation Society for the Victoria Wetlandkeepers Workshop. BCWF acknowledges and respects the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples, whose traditional territory Victoria is on, and the Songhees, Esquimalt, and W̱SÁNEĆ Nations who steward and live-in relationship with these lands since time immemorial. The purpose of this workshop was to…

  • Building Wetlands in the Somenos Marsh: Treating Storm Water and Creating Habitat

    Building Wetlands in the Somenos Marsh: Treating Storm Water and Creating Habitat

    This article was submitted by Elizabeth Bailey, Program Coordinator for the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society.Elizabeth attended the 2014 Wetlands Institute. Along with a team of experts and community supporters, the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society (SMWS) has restored a wetland pond in the Somenos Marsh to treat storm water and create wildlife habitat. It has been…