Wycliffe: Where the Land Came Back Together
The Wycliffe Conservation Complex is an area rich in plants, animals and habitats, managed through long-standing partnerships.
Interest: Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability
Protecting Land and People: Wildfire Mitigation and Ecological Restoration in Moyie and Columbia Lake
Communities near Moyie and Columbia Lake are taking action to reduce wildfire risk and preserve ecosystems in new ways.
Bats get a new room to roost
Twelve species of bats call the Basin home, such as the Yuma myotis and endangered little brown myotis, and fulfill important functions in ecosystems like wetlands and forests, including consuming a significant number of insects.
A wetland gets vital attention
Restoring, protecting and speaking up for the land is at the heart of a five-year project being implemented by the Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it First Nation, focused on the northern portion of Shottanana Lake.
There’s no place like a cozy, affordable, energy-wise home
The Trust is supporting groups throughout the region as they do energy retrofits on existing affordable rental buildings and build new affordable homes.
Diligent monitoring helps keep potentially disastrous mussels out
The Invasive Mussel Defence Program’s goal is simple: keep invasive zebra and quagga mussels out of provincial waterways. And, so far, the program has managed to do just that.
Reviving the Columbia: Indigenous efforts to restore salmon
Since 1939, salmon have been blocked from returning to the Canadian portion of the upper Columbia River due to the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam. Despite this, Indigenous Nations have remained committed to the goal of salmon reintroduction.
Doubling down on wetland restoration in yaqan nuɁkiy
The community of yaqan nuɁkiy near Creston is currently restoring wetlands. Wetlands are an integral part of a healthy ecosystem.
Local action, basin impact
This Earth Month, the Trust asked residents of the Basin to send in their tips for energy efficiency, food waste, cutting out single-use plastics and building wildfire resilience. Here’s what they said…
Building wildfire resilience
Communities throughout the Columbia Basin do amazing work advancing the well-being of their spaces and people in the face of climate change. Here are a few great examples of what communities have achieved.
