Every day a new wetland that brings with it bigger challenges, unexpected answers, and a greater understanding of its functions and values. Wetlands Workforce work-pods have been out in the field conducting the Wetlands Ecosystem Services Protocol (WESP).
Two of the major tasks our Wetlands Workforce crews are working on this year are the Wetlands Ecosystem Services Protocol (WESP) and Predictive Mapping.
Dave Polster is a plant ecologist with over 40 years of experience in vegetation studies, reclamation, and invasive species management.
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…
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The Wetlands Workforce is helping build real estate for wetland birds by building birdhouses to place in restored wetlands.
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 is no easy task, but one conservation hero has put us on a path of continued investment in healthy watersheds and wetlands.
World Waters Day: New Wetlands Workforce project launches, a year-long initiative to improve the function of British Columbia’s wetlands.
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.
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.
