BCWF Watershed Team Updates
Find BCWF updates relating to the B.C. Wildlife Federation’s Watershed Team here! For general BCWF updates, visit www.bcwf.bc.ca/news-updates. To view our Bog Blog, in which we share educational content and stories from the field, visit www.bcwfbogblog.com.
Note: Some overlap between blogs may occur from time to time.
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Species Profile — Great Blue Heron
Given how common they are around wetlands, it only makes sense to learn a bit about them. That way, the next time someone points one out, you’ll be able to rattle off a few fun facts and earn the title…
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A wetlands fire in New Zealand, and how it relates to us in B.C.
This week, a large fire destroyed more than 400 hectares of the internationally recognized Waituna Wetlands Scientific Reserve, located in the Southland Region of New Zealand. The massive fire lasted for nearly 24 hours, and destroyed mature manuka trees (Leptospermum…
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Wetland Institute Alumni Restores Wetland in Fraser Valley
Why did the farmer restore a wetland? Because it mud perfect sense. Terrible puns aside, Celia Serrano probably didn’t anticipate how deep she would wade into B.C.’s wetland culture when she boarded her plane from Spain to start her internship with…
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Species Profile — American White Pelican
Every last member of our wetlands team voted for this shot of an American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) to feature as our Photo of the Week. The bird certainly makes a striking impression both frozen in an image and when spotted in person.…
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Stewards of the Sea-to-Sky — Wetlands Institute 2012
Can you solve this riddle? What do you get when you combine 3 communities, 36 participants, 12 trainers, 4 coordinators, and 4 restoration sites, then let it grow for 8 days? If you guessed a journey of stewards gaining knowledge…
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B.C. Planners Unite for Wetlands!
On Wednesday, July 11, 2012, the BC Wildlife Federation’s Wetlands Education Program hosted a one-day workshop in Squamish targeting municipal planners from B.C. The workshop’s main objective was to inform planners on ways they can incorporate wetland stewardship into their…
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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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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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