Susan Bond and Dan Murphy were recognized for their outstanding contributions to Ecosystem Restoration in the East Kootenay's Rocky Mountain Trench. The Kootenay Conservation Program awarded both Susan and Dan their 2019 Conservation Leadership Award for the East Kootenays at the KCP's Fall Gathering in Invermere on October 4, 2... (read more)
A prescribed burn is planned for the East Kootenays between now and mid-September, provided the weather cooperates. The burn is planned for three adjacent burn units in Sulphur Creek, between 1330m and 2160m elevation in the Bull River drainage north of Fernie. The main objective of these burns, totally just over 500 ... (read more)
A new report out from Agrologist Tim Ross on long term effects of ER treatments on understory vegetation in ponderosa pine open forests.This project has demonstrated that populations of understory vegetation are light dependent, but has also confirmed that available light is not the only controlling factor. Soil type is a contri... (read more)
The 2019 spring prescribed burning season is complete. Unfortunately, conditions did not cooperate particularly well and many burns that were planned did not get lit. A prescribed burn near Fussee Lake was partially burnt - only one unit of a planned two units, with 300 ha being partially burned. Conditions were mixed so it did ... (read more)
Join Marc Trudeau for the fourth KCP Winter Webinar. Marc is the coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Trench Natural Resources Society and will be discussing Ecosystem Restoration (ER) in the Rocky Mountain Trench. As long ago as the 1950s, it was becoming evident that the grasslands and open forests of the Southern Trench were ch... (read more)
Genome BC is coming to Cranbrook March 12! University of Northern BC's Dr. Dezene Huber is presenting Genomics in an Era of Shifting Ecological Baselines. Tuesday March 12th from 6:00pm-7:30pm in the main lecture theater at College of the Rockies in Cranbook, BC. Dr. Huber will be talking about the impacts of c... (read more)
Regulated Rivers II: Science, Restoration, and Management of Altered Riverine EnvironmentsMay 8-9, 2019 Prestige Lakeside Resort and Convention Centre, Nelson BCDescription: Regulated waterways provide important services such as flood regulation, power generation with low greenhouse gas emissions, and energy storage. Nevertheles... (read more)
Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology is offering a Field Soil Description and Classification course, June 12-14 in Revelstoke. The emphasis of this course is to record accurate soil description data for subsequent soil classification in the field and verify with other groups. Techniques will be demonstrated to i... (read more)
Ecosystem Restoration in the East Kootenays' Rocky Mountain Trench is essential activity to help reduce catastrophic wildfire risk to protect homes and communities, improve range and wildlife habitat and restore low-intensity stand maintaining fire to the region. Trench ER Partners continue to actively pursue funding to ensure a... (read more)
Welcome to the revamped Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program website! Many thanks to Lee Tengum at 7am in Cranbrook for expert coding to modernize the site with a clean, fresh look. Ecosystem Restoration does Electronic Restoration!We'll be updating the site regularly with news items that are of interest to ... (read more)