REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF INVASIVE SPECIES ON FRESHWATER QUALITY

Thanks to the EcoAction community funding program, local communties pitched in to restore riparian habitat at 3 critical waterbodies- Bonanza Biodiversity Corridor (Slocan Valley), Jubilee Wetland (Rossland) & Harrop Sunshine Bay

Regional Park

Yellow flag iris pull and weaving workshop

Local artist and CKISS staff, Jaymie Johnson showed how invasive plant waste can be safely re-purposed in this popular workshop

Ecogarden workshop at the Kootenay Gallery of Art

KinSeed Ecologies Bren Beckwith inspired a large group of gardeners to design, learn and garden with native plants.

The NetworkSpotter’sworks to stop the spread of invasive species though community reporting

86

reports

to CKISS

718 iNaturalist plant reports

23 reports of high priority plants verified in field

Spotter’s Network gets a boost

Thanks to the Regional District of Central Kootenay Kootenay Lake Local Conservation Fund, and Living Lakes Canada, community science volunteers trained and then monitored and surveyed for purple loosestirife, yellow flag iris, invasive clams and zebra and quagga mussels along Kootenay Lake.